Armitron is an American watch brand and manufacturer headquartered in Little Neck, New York, United States.[1] The brand was founded in 1975 by American immigrant Holocaust survivor, Eugen Gluck.[2]
History
At the time of Armitron's founding, E. Gluck Corporation (then E. Gluck Trading Company) was a subsidiary of Armin Corporation. It specialized in LED-powered, five-function (hour, minutes, second, day and date) digital watches. The Armitron brand name is a combination of “Armin” and “electronics”. Often using cases from Switzerland and bracelets from Hong Kong, Armitron originally used LED watch modules produced by Computed Time Corp. a subsidiary of Armin Corporation[3] in Arlington, Texas.[4] These watches were also sold under other Armin Corporation brands such as Quasar and Saturn Time Corp.[4]