2015
50 years on and with over five years of research and development, Dennison are back manufacturing watches with cases made in England.
Read More »2010
The revival of the legacy begins, with the famous Dennison trademark registered once again in England.
Read More »1965
Dennison ended production after an illustrious history manufacturing watches for the British Military, world famous explorers and the best watchmakers in the industry.
Read More »1953
“I carried your watch to the summit. It worked perfectly.” Such was the opinion expressed by Sir Edmund Hillary on his successful Everest Expedition. He and his team were supplied with thirteen Smiths watches with Dennison Aquatite cases.
Read More »1953
Lieut. Commander Lithgow broke the World Air Speed Record over Tripoli flying the Supermarine Swift F.4 prototype WK198 whilst wearing a Dennison Aquatite cased J.W.Benson Tropical.
Read More »1949
Dennison were back in watch production and collaborated with Omega again to produce cases for the new Omega Automatic.
Read More »1940
World War II saw Dennison temporarily halt production of all watches and instead produced approximately 13,000 rocket projector beams for the British Royal Air Force. The company director at the time, Arthur Dennison, also served as a pilot for the RAF.
Read More »1928
Dennison were the largest manufacturer of highgrade watch cases in Europe, producing 250,000 per annum. Most of the production was contracted by watch companies such as Rolex, Omega and Longines for the British market. At the time, Dennison not only worked closely with these Swiss watch brands,…
Read More »1915
During World War One, Dennison supplied the British Military with highly durable watches, compasses and other items.
Read More »1914
Dennison developed and produced special water-resistant pocket watches to withstand the tough conditions of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s great expedition to Antarctica on the ship ‘Endurance’.
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