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AMERICAN BRANDS
ABINGDON CO.
I
t all started during a dinner conversation among female
pilots and airplane mechanics about what they were
looking for in a watch: fashionably feminine style and
versatility were at the top of the list. That’s when Chelsea
“Abingdon” Welch decided to found a watch company to
produce top quality, realistically priced watches “to meet the
needs of female pilots, mechanics, and adventurous women
all over the world,” she says.
Located in Las Vegas, the company employs surgical-
grade stainless steel, Swiss manufacturing, and Japanese
movements to create its timepieces. The watches feature
Superluminova hands and indexes, leather straps or metal
bracelets, colorful dials and a variety of functions
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