Marathon says the company that would become Marathon Watch was founded in 1904 as Weinsturm Watch and was later named Wein Brothers. The site states that Morris Wein founded Marathon Watch in 1939 and supplied precision timepieces throughout North America. It also says Marathon has manufactured timing instruments for the Allied Forces since 1941 and that the business remains in the fourth generation of the Wein family.
The site states that Marathon watches are designed in Canada and handcrafted in La Chaux-de-Fonds. On the Steel Navigator product page, Marathon says the 41mm Steel Navigator is a re-engineered version of its original Steel Navigator, developed in partnership with Kelly Air Force Base in 1986. That page also states that the model uses an ETA F06.402 HeavyDrive-PreciDrive quartz movement with stated accuracy of plus or minus 10 seconds per year.
Collections documented on the site include the Search and Rescue line, with models such as the TSAR, GSAR, CSAR, JSAR, MSAR, JDD, and OSAR-D. The site also shows Navigator models and series such as the Steel Navigator, CeraShell Navigator, NAV, NAV-D, SSNAV, SSNAV Auto, and SSNAV-D Auto. Marathon also lists special-project and edition names including USMC Editions, IDF YAMAM Editions, IDF Duvdevan Editions, and Maple Leaf Editions.
Marathon presents itself as proudly Canadian, and its website states that watch maintenance is completed at its Vaughan, Ontario headquarters by its North American head watchmaker. The contact page lists customer service lines for North America and Italy. The site also states that each watch comes with a two-year international warranty, with an additional third year available through online registration.
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