Bulova Moves Global Headquarters To Empire State Building

NEW YORK, May 4, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- To mark 140 years as a timekeeping pioneer, New York-based Bulova has moved its headquarters into New York City's most recognizable and celebrated building: the iconic Empire State Building.

To officially celebrate the move, Bulova will host an opening event party for friends and partners. An honored attendee will be Sir Alex Ferguson, the most successful football manager in history and former manager of Manchester United, for whom Bulova is official timekeeper.

"The new space is a perfect home for our expanding portfolio of watch brands, and signifies a new period of growth for the company," said Bulova President Gregory Thumm. "Moving back into the center of the fashion capital of the world provides us with a renewed energy and creative spirit while honoring our company's Manhattan origins."

The design features a collaborative, open workspace for the company's 29^th floor headquarters, symbiotic with the company's philosophy of innovation. Flooded with natural light, the space offers 360-degree Midtown panoramas, a shop-in-shop environment, and a reception area with displays set up as a rotating exhibit. Its hand-painted floor features the exposed-dial design of the original Bulova Accutron Spaceview.

This prestigious move brings Bulova back to its roots, as the company was originally located in lower Manhattan. Its founder Joseph Bulova opened his first store on Maiden Lane, which was the epicenter of New York City's jewelry industry. Later, its 1920s location on 47^th Street and 5^th Avenue was outfitted with a rooftop observatory, the first facility of its kind. One of the company's first breakthroughs, it was used to measure sidereal time based on the earth's rotation against fixed stars. In the 1940s, Bulova moved to a new location on 51^st street and 5^th Avenue before opening a new corporate center in Jackson Heights, Queens in the 1950s. The 1980s saw the company move to One Bulova Avenue in Woodside, Queens, and now three decades later, the company has come full circle back to Manhattan.

A celebrated national landmark, the Empire State Building was built in just over one year in 1930-31. Thousands of people from all over the world visit its observatories each year, and with its robust broadcasting technology, it supports all major television and FM radio stations in the New York metro area. Appropriately, the first-ever Bulova TV spot was broadcast from the top of the Empire State Building in 1941.

About Bulova

Founded in 1875, Bulova remains one of the world's most recognized brands, reaching a wide range of consumers with its Bulova, Bulova Accu•Swiss, Bulova Accutron II, Caravelle New York, Wittnauer, and licensed Harley-Davidson^® Timepieces by Bulova watches, Frank Lloyd Wright Collection^® watches and clocks, and Bulova Clocks. Bulova is headquartered in New York City, with offices in Canada, China, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Continuing to maintain its position at the forefront of the timekeeping industry, Bulova is committed to upholding an extraordinary legacy of excellence in design and technology as it expands to meet the needs of a diverse global audience. For more information, visit www.bulova.com.

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