Carlos Santos was 14 years old when he started working in the shoe industry. He was a young man, working at Zarco’s offices, a family business that manufactured shoes in São João da Madeira, Portugal. But, for a young Portuguese man in the late 1960s, the future could be a complex place: the world was changing,…
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CX Swiss Military by Montres Charmex SA
The SWISS MILITARY™ and CX SWISS MILITARY WATCH™ timepieces are manufactured in Switzerland under license from Montres Charmex SA The history of SWISS MILITARY goes as far back as 1926. This was the year when Max Bürgin, the founder of Montres Charmex SA started his apprenticeship in one of the leading watch factories near Basel,…
Charmex Gold Ingot
Gold to this very day is one of the most sought after precious materials. The Charmex Gold INGOT timepieces sport a 24 carat (finesse 999.9) 2 gram gold ingot (bullion), set on a champagne dial. The blue cabochon on the crown and the engraved CX at twelve o’clock are but two details of this magnificent…