One of the Most Interesting Personalities in Watchmaking Isn’t a Watchmaker

How Barry Cohen, founder of Luminox, is building some of the toughest modern watches on the market.

Barry Cohen didn’t start out his journey looking to build some of the toughest watches in the world, but that’s exactly what happened.

In the mid-1980s, he discovered Swiss company mb-Microtech AG, makers of tritium gas tubes used in safety equipment, signage, and more. What this tech was not yet used in was watches, and Cohen saw an opportunity.

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