Victorinox watches

Victorinox was founded in 1884, when Karl Elsener opened a cutler's workshop in Ibach, in the canton of Schwyz, Switzerland, where the company is still based. In 1891, with three other cutlers, he delivered the first soldier's knives to the Swiss Army. In 1909 he named the brand after his mother, Victoria; after the introduction of stainless steel ('inox') in 1921, the name became Victorinox. The company is owned by two foundations, the Victorinox-Stiftung and the Carl und Elise Elsener-Gut Stiftung.

Victorinox entered the watch business in North America in 1989 under the Swiss Army name, and in 2001 set up Victorinox Swiss Army Watch AG with its US partner Swiss Army Brands. On 26 April 2005 it acquired Wenger, the other Swiss Army knife supplier, which also made watches. The I.N.O.X. watch range was introduced in 2014. Victorinox watches are produced in Switzerland.