Ultimately the wristwatches sold since 1961 unambiguously carry the genes of those on-board clocks with which the company founder, Helmut Sinn, was already equipping for the German Air Force in the sixties. At that time, he won a bid against the established watchmaker Junghans with his on-board clocks...
The pilots of these machines were enthusiastic about the functional, frill-free watches that Sinn made. The quality of the chronographs and the Sinn brand spread quickly throughout the aviators’ world. A better and more positive advertisement could not be wished for even by Helmut Sinn, himself an inspired pilot and former military flight instructor...
Even German astronauts wore Sinn watches on their Space Shuttle Missions...
And today?
Today things are different. If Helmut Sinn speaks about the company that still bears his name – which has not belonged to him since the middle of the nineties – he shakes his head. And that is the least sharp reaction. It’s a shock for him to see what has become of his company since a former International Watch Company manager and engineer took over the business. Above all, as far as “good prices” are concerned, in his view, the new Sinn company has forfeited a significant part of its original core market.
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