Brand History
The Bulova brand was born in 1875 when a 23-year-old immigrant from Bohemia (Joseph Bulova) opened a watch shop in New York City. His goal was to revolutionize the watch industry by creating highly-accurate designs that can fit both men’s and women’s attire.
In 1912, Joseph Bulova opened one of the first factories focused on producing watches, and managed to standardize the mass production of timepieces. As such, by 1931 he already had launched a line of watches for men, one for women, the first electronic clock, and had installed an observatory to make sure his watches deliver time with accuracy.
In 1960, Bulova changed the way the world used to keep time, by creating the world’s first fully electronic watch (the Accutron). Furthermore, the Accutron was an integral component of the technology used for 46 NASA missions, including the first lunar landing.
Today, the brand is well-known all over the world and is owned by the Japanese conglomerate Citizen Watch Co.