1970s Prim Chronotechna Šternberk, Nové Město nad Metují,Czechoslovakia watch, Caliber 80
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4932 x 4480 px | 41.8 x 37.9 cm | 16.4 x 14.9 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
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PRIM is a Czech trademark for a range of watches. The brand is now being used by the two Czech watches manufacturers. In 1949, the subsidiary of company Chronotechna Šternberk was established in Nové Město nad Metují, specializing in the production of personal watches (wristwatches and pocket watches). The first prototype watches were made in 1954 and were marked 'Spartak', the 'PRIM' brand was registered in 1956, the serial production started in 1957, thus Czechoslovakia has become one of only twelve countries in the world capable of producing wrist watches. It was the only manufacturer of watches in Czechoslovakia, reaching about half a million watches produced annually just before the Velvet Revolution. The Elton hodinářská manufacturer in Nové Město nad Metují always produced watches with this brand, but the brand itself, including the logotype, was owned by the parent company Chronotechna. Chronotechna was after 1989 privatized separately