1956

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• The Sinn special watches GmbH & Co. KG is founded by Helmut Sinn. He produces mainly pilot's watches and chronographs, which by direct marketing can be offered at unbeatable prices.

• Rolex introduces the Day-Date watch at the Basel Fair, which would become known as the "President".

• Sandoz unveils Cal. HSF 56, the thinnest movement produced to date.

• Jaeger-LeCoultre introduces the automatic Memovox with Cal. 815.

• Citizen creates Para-Shock, the first Japanese shock-resistant movement.

• Deaths: Charles Ziegler technical director of Zénith, Pierre Seitz, Marcel Bloch of Juvenia, Henri Rodanet of Jaeger-LeCoultre, E. A. Ditisheim of Vulcain