Abingdon Co. and The National WASP WWII Museum Launch New Watch Collection
LAS VEGAS, April 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Abingdon Co., the female-owned company that creates watches for women, launches its new watch series: Legends, a series that pays homage to the incredible women throughout time that have broken barriers and defied all odds. To kick off the series, the company created a small-batch of commemorative aviation watches in collaboration with The National WASP WWII Museum to honor the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP). The watch will be unveiled to the public during the museum's annual WASP Homecoming Celebration and Fly-in this weekend in Sweetwater, Texas. After the unveiling, the watches will take their first flight on a BT13 aircraft with the Chick Fighter Pilots, an active all-female flight group, at the historic Avenger Field where the WASP trained during WWII, followed by a live auction.
- Female-owned watch brand Abingdon Co. partners with the National WASP WWII Museum to kick off honoring the legendary WWII female pilots.
- To kick off the series, the company created a small-batch of commemorative aviation watches in collaboration with The National WASP WWII Museum to honor the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP).
- In August, Abingdon Co. will be expanding the WASP collection to include a gun metal watch, offered in a special collectors box.
- Abingdon Co., alongside The National WASP WWII Museum, will gift 14 watches to the remaining 14 WASPs who currently live across the country.