The Abingdon Company is a watch and
aviation products manufacturer founded in
Oregon in 2007 by Chelsea Abingdon Welch. The company manufactures what it describes as the first aviation watch specifically designed for women.
History
The Abingdon Co. began during a round table dinner conversation between a mix of women pilots and airplane mechanics. Pilot and company founder Chelsea Abingdon Welch listened as her colleagues repeatedly expressed their desires for a fully functional aviator's watch that was "fashionable, versatile and, most importantly, made for women". Abingdon first spent over 11 months designing two models—the Jackie and the Amelia—and then launched the company on November 3, 2007.
The Abingdon Co. also manufactures travel and dive watches, with various features:
* The Amelia features an
E6B
The E6B flight computer is a form of circular slide rule used in aviation and one of the very few analog calculating devices in widespread use in the 21st century.
They are mostly used in flight training, because these flight computers have bee ...
flight calculator and
Zulu time (
quartz movement
Quartz clocks and quartz watches are timepieces that use an electronic oscillator regulated by a quartz crystal to keep time. This crystal oscillator creates a signal with very precise frequency, so that quartz clocks and watches are at least an ...
)
* The Jackie features an E6B flight calculator and a
chronograph and the outer case back has over 64 twinkling
zirconia rivets (quartz movement)
* The Katherine features an ATIS
bezel
Bezel may refer to:
Object
* Bezel (jewellery), the rim which encompasses and fastens a jewel, watch crystal, lens or other object
* Bezel, the sloping facets of the crown of a cut gem after gem cutting
* Screen bezel, a space or frame around a d ...
and a chronograph (quartz movement)
* The Elise features a tri-time zone (quartz movement)
* The Marina is a fully automatic dive watch with a world timer, wet suit expander band as well as a silicone band, titanium band, and a diver's outer bezel.
References
External links
Official Website
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Watch brands
Companies based in Las Vegas