Type Privately held company Founded 1968 | Industry Micro-Technology | |
Founder Walter Merz and Albert Benteli Headquarters Niederwangen, Switzerland Products Tritium lighted watches, maps readers | ||
mb-microtec AG is a Swiss company primarily known for its watches that use tritium gas to illuminate the hands and numerals.
Established in 1918 by two chemists, Walter Merz and Albert Benteli, Merz & Benteli AG had split to create mb-microtec AG in 1968. Before then, the production of luminous colors were mainly supplied to Swiss watch making industries, and even to renowned scientists such as Marie Curie. The usage of tritium gas/phosphor rather than glow paint was put into consideration for producing military-certified watches under the trade name Traser, and various other military components under glotac.
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