The manufacture and distribution of these models and styles has been discontinued. Discover a large selection of wittnauer watches on chrono24 the worldwide marketplace for luxury watches. The wittnauer company was established by swiss immigrant albert wittnauer and his brothers in new york in 1890, focused on watchmaking. Albert wittnauer immigrated to new york city in the 1870s, a lad of sixteen with ambitions as wide as the atlantic.
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