The Swiss Wittnauer Watch Company has an unconventional and original history. In 1890, Eugene Robert an importer of fine Swiss watches formally establishes a company in the name of the A. Wittnauer Company. This budding business of watch making was run by the family members. The Wittnauer company believed in the philosophy of designing the watches with all the durability and new functions in accordance to the American public demands. Wittnauer timepieces that are found on trips made by navigators, explorers, and astronomers. The Wittnauer Company with its novel design and technological superiority, develop prestigious timepieces that are always at the cutting edge of accuracy, consistency and style. This made every pioneer aviator in the early twentieth century started wearing A. Wittnauer Company watches . The Wittnauer Company has possessed its reputation for preeminent timepieces and is still a major market holder on the watch making scene and is now part of the Bulova family.