What was the first watch tested for durability on television?

July 8, 2020August 26, 2011 by Pamela Landy

The first watch tested for durability on television was not a Timex.

In 1955, a Bulova “Clipper” watch attached to a weighted ball survived the “Niagara Falls Test.”

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