Detex

DETEX CORPORATION has its origins in a predecessor company established in 1878 by Abraham A. Newman to manufacture and sell stationary watchclocks. Thus, DETEX has observed over 140 years of involvement in the Watchclock industry.

In 1923 the Newman Clock Company was consolidated with Watchman’s Clock and Supply Company, Eco Clock Company, and the Watch Clock Division of Hardinge Brothers, Inc. and adopted the name NEWMAN WATCHCLOCK CORPORATION. A few months later the name was changed to DETEX WATCHCLOCK CORPORATION to emphasize to existing Hardinge and Eco users that the company wasn’t the old Newman Clock Company.