The world's first car brand
More than 100 years ago, Carl Benz built the first world-recognized car. In 1926, Mercedes-Benz and Daimler merged to form the company we know as Daimler-Benz. Daimler had already passed away at this time, and Benz was already 82 years old. For unknown reasons, these two automobile inventors never met once, even though they were in two small cities only 80 kilometers apart, which became a great regret in the history of automobiles. But their heirs lived up to expectations, carrying forward the business started by the two great men and making Mercedes-Benz the world's first-class car company.
The world's first lighter brand
IMCO is the world's first lighter brand. In 1907, IMCO was founded by Austrian Mr. Julius Meister and began to produce buttons. In 1918, they produced the world's first kerosene lighter. ZIPPO lighters were inspired by Austrian kerosene lighters. It is said that this lighter was made by Austrian soldiers in the trenches during World War I using bullet casings, so the lighter still retains traces of the war. The inner compartment of the lighter body (containing kerosene) is made to imitate the shape of a bullet, and the structure for holding flint is imitated to imitate the bolt of a rifle. The windproof cap on the fuselage can adjust the flame size up and down, and the windproof performance is excellent.
The world's first briefcase brand
In 1642, during the reign of French Emperor Louis XIII, the Tissot family added the name of their ancestor "Dupont" to their surname. In 1872, 25-year-old Simon Tissot-Dupont began to establish his personal career in prosperous Paris. He decided to focus on manufacturing leather goods and handbags and achieved great success. He even named the traditional luggage "briefcase" for the first time, which was very popular among the aristocrats and gentlemen of the time and became a trend. In 1884, Simon Tissot-Dupont was praised as a master of contemporary leather goods design by the Louvre magazine, a model of fashion trends at the time. The handbags he created were also highly praised by the leather craftsmen of the time and became a model of European famous brands.
The world's first watch brand
It was invented by the Chinese during the Northern Song Dynasty more than 900 years ago. Switzerland, the capital of watches and clocks, wrote in an authoritative book in the world's watch industry: "The escapement used in modern mechanical clocks originated from the invention of Su Song in ancient China." Su Song combined watch machinery with astronomical observation instruments, and It was completely successful in principle, and he preceded Robert Hooke by six centuries. But in 1735 AD, the Swiss Mr. Blancpain founded a watchmaking workshop in the quiet Jura Mountains in western Switzerland. The birth of this workshop marked the emergence of the world's first registered watch brand, and the Swiss watch industry also entered the "brand era" from the "artisan era".
The world's first jeans brand
In 1853, Levi Strauss came to San Francisco and made the first pair of jeans.
In 1870, Levi Strauss nailed rivets on rough canvas work pants, and the world's first Jeans jeans were born. Levi s501 has been officially named since 1890, and it can be said to be the most representative pants style of Levi s. The anti-fit straight cut that has remained unchanged for 30 years and the concept of not following short-term trends continue to attract consumers of different eras, allowing Levi s501 to remain classic and fashionable.
The world's first razor brand
Kim Camp Gillette is the founder of the American Gillette Company and the inventor of the safety razor. In 1902, Gillette finally began mass production of its new razor. When the United States entered World War I, Gillette saw photos of bearded soldiers on the front lines from news photos published in newspapers. He saw this as a great opportunity to introduce Gillette razors to the world. Therefore, Gillette seized the opportunity to propose to the government that it sell its company's new products to the government at a preferential discount. After the war ended a few years later, American soldiers had developed the habit of using Gillette razors. When a large number of Allied troops returned to their home countries, they brought Gillette razors to every corner of the world, which was equivalent to the largest free advertising for Gillette and made Gillette go global.
The world's first telephone brand
In March 1876, Bell obtained a patent for the invention of the telephone. The patent number was US 174465. Telephone inventor Gray invented the telephone at the same time, but applied for a patent a few hours later than Bell, and therefore lost the right to invent the telephone. In 1880, Bell conducted the first "photophone" experiment using sunlight as the light source.
The world's first cigarette brand
When cigarettes first appeared, they were all soft-packed and did not have hard boxes. Later, cigarette factories found that this was extremely inconvenient for smokers to carry and store. , so it was lined with thick paper to make the cigarette shell stiff so that smokers could put it in the bag and keep the integrity of the cigarette. This paper was the prototype of the cigarette brand. Later, the cigarette factory printed characters, scenery, animals and plants on one side of the paper (the other side remained blank), thus forming the original cigarette brand. The world's earliest cigarette brand was the "World Army" produced in Wells, England in 1894, also known as "The Infantry and Horse Army", with a limit of 100 tablets. The American Citigroup was the first foreign businessman to come to China to sell cigarettes. The White Rams brand of Western Beauty cigarettes it printed was very thick, making it the thickest among paper cigarette brands.