Sector No Limits and Sector are Italian wristwatch and diving watch brands by homonymous company.

History

It was founded in 1973 by Filippo Giardiello, in Naples, Italy, then also owner of

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and later the company was established in Neuchâtel, Switzerland. In 2001, it passed ownership to the BVLGARI's

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and moved headquarters to

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, Switzerland. Since 2006 it is owned by the Morellato Group, basically manufacturers of jewellery, in Fratte di Santa Giustina in Colle near Padova, Italy, and is no longer active in Switzerland.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 Francisco Rodriguez, better known as Francisco 'Pipin' Ferreras (born January 18, 1962) is a Cuban free-diver known for his achievements in deep free diving and his relationship with his wife, Audrey Mestre. Life Ferreras was born in Matan ...

or ''Pipin'', Chris Sharma,

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, Alessandro Ballan, Damiano Cunego,

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or ''Manolo'', Jorge Lorenzo (until 05.11.15 when the contract was written off as a result of Valentino Rossi-Marc Marquez Sepang's 2015 GP controversy), and

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have given testimonials of this brand. However, the most famous testimonial for SECTOR sport watches was Umberto Pelizzari, record holder in freediving, and French

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Patrick de Gayardon.

References

External links

Official website
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