Sector No Limits and Sector are

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and

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brands by homonymous company.

History

It was founded in 1973 by Filippo Giardiello, in

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, then also owner of Philip Watch and later the company was established in Neuchâtel, Switzerland. In 2001, it passed ownership to the

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's Opera Group and moved headquarters to

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, canton of Ticino,

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. Since 2006 it is owned by the

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, basically manufacturers of jewellery, in Fratte di Santa Giustina in Colle near

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, Italy, and is no longer active in Switzerland. From the founding, this brand is ever oriented to athletes. Sector makes Men's and Women's watches for sports enthusiasts around the world, especially sea divers.

Watch Types

Sector No Limits originally developed watches starting with the 1000 series SECTOR NO LIMITS brands. Then they made the 2500, ADV 3000, 4500, 5500 and 7500 models, all as a part of the Swiss ownership starting in 1973 and ending in 2000. These are vintage Sector watches that are collectible and sturdy, you can purchase them used and New Old Stock (NOS) on auction websites. They were sold and distributed all over Europe, Asia, and the United States. Sector currently manufactures watches and they started over with the 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, and 900 series and these can be purchased as new watches on Sector's website as well as other popular B2C websites.

Testimonials

Angela Bandini, Francisco Ferreras or ''Pipin'',

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, Simone Origone,

Alessandro Ballan Alessandro Ballan (born 6 November 1979 in Castelfranco Veneto, Veneto) is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer who most recently rode for UCI World Tour team . He is best known for winning the World Road Race Championships, in ...

Damiano Cunego Damiano Cunego (born 19 September 1981) is an Italian former professional road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2002 and 2018 for the , and teams. Cunego's biggest wins were the 2004 Giro d'Italia, the 2008 Amstel Gold Race, ...

Maurizio Zanolla Maurizio "Manolo" Zanolla (born in Feltre, 16 February 1958) is an Italian rock climber and mountaineer, and a pioneer of sport climbing in Italy during the 1980s and 1990s. Climbing career Manolo came to international attention with his free ...

or ''Manolo'',

Jorge Lorenzo Jorge Lorenzo Guerrero (; born 4 May 1987) is a Spanish former professional motorcycle racer. He is a five-time World Champion, with three MotoGP World Championships (, and ) and two 250cc World Championships ( and ). After winning the 2006 a ...

(until 05.11.15 when the contract was written off as a result of Valentino Rossi-Marc Marquez Sepang's 2015 GP controversy), and Vittorio Brumotti have given testimonials of this brand. However, the most famous testimonial for SECTOR sport watches was

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, record holder in freediving, and French skysurfer

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References

External links

Official website
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