Timex Corporation manufactures watches. It offers wristwatches and clocks for fashion, outdoors, and sports and fitness purposes. The company's products include wristwatches for men, women, and kids; audio; alarm clocks; eyewear; thermostats; timers and night lights; weather instruments; thermometers; straps; and pedometers. It offers its products through stores. The company has operations in Middlebury, Connecticut; Little Rock, Arkansas; Manaus, Brazil; Besancon, France; Pforzheim, Germany; Cebu, the Philippines; People's Republic of China; Jerusalem, Israel; and Delhi, India. Timex Corporation was founded in 1857 as Waterbury Clock Company and changed its name to United States Time Corporation in 1944. Later, the name was changed to Timex Corporation in 1969. Timex Corporation is a subsidiary of Timex Group B.V.