Don't call it a comeback - DODANE TYPE 21

Don't call it a comeback!

The DODANE family started making watches all the way back in 1857. Like many watch companies of its day, it was a father in-law (Francois-Xavier Joubert) and his son (Alphonse Dodane) who put things in motion. The Dodanes developed a fly-back chronograph, and with the development of the airplane, shifted their focus to equipping planes with timing devices.

DODANE would go on to become a supplier for NATO, and the DODANE TYPE 21 made its debut in 1956.

And then DODANE went silent in 1995 due to a rather unpleasant convergence of what the company has described as a bad French economic situation, past due invoices from large orders, and the shift to quartz technology.  In short, the same sort of reasons that several well known watch companies closed up during this time.

But then in 2001 the DODANE family revived the TYPE 21!  These are not cheesy knock-offs farmed out to cut-rate manufacturers - no indeed!  These are the real deal!

Designed by the Dodane's in France, and produced and hand-assembled in Switzerland.  And you can buy direct from the company!

Check them out for yourself at:  www.dodane1857.com

And a big thank you to Cedric Dodane for supplying the images you see here!