Monthly Archives for August 2012


August 3: Mickey Mouse Watch

Produced by the Ingersoll-Waterbury Watch Company, on 3 August 1933, the first Mickey Mouse watch was launched at the Century of Progress, Chicago World’s Fair. In addition to being popular with the public, the watch—versions of which are still produced today—saved Ingersoll-Waterbury from bankruptcy. Introduced just five years after he made Mickey Mouse made his […]