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Cochineal 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.
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- 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.
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STEAM LAS VEGAS, Oct. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Abingdon Co. has a fresh new look and is excited to announce the next step in its evolution emerging as Abingdon. The new brand, which includes a new logo, watch designs, packaging, website, and imagery, has been designed to reflect the values of the company. Abingdon provides high-quality, purpose-built watches for women who do more. Every detail of an Abingdon watch from the hands on the dial to the buckle on the band is designed to help customers reach their goals. Abingdon continues to empower consumers with a strong focus on supplying the tools they need to succeed so they can climb, drive, fly, ride and discover.
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- The new brand, which includes a new logo, watch designs, packaging, website, and imagery, has been designed to reflect the values of the company.
- Every detail of an Abingdon watch from the hands on the dial to the buckle on the band is designed to help customers reach their goals.
- Those who purchase a watch become part of the Abingdon Crew and these fearless members do impressive things in remarkable places.
- Celebrities including Laura Dern and Jasmine Davis have also been spotted wearing an Abingdon watch.
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Facebook LAS VEGAS, Sept. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Abingdon Co. has been selected for Qurate Retail Group's Small Business Spotlight, an initiative to strengthen diverse small businesses through increased exposure and various other pro-bono in-kind services. The program, which launched in 2020 and is now in its third year, builds on Qurate Retail Group's longstanding foundation of supporting small businesses and reflects the company's commitment to increasing opportunities for underrepresented groups.
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- Viewers can watch live on QVC's and HSN's TV channels, websites, apps, social pages or the QVC+ and HSN+ streaming experience.
- "The Abingdon Co. is thrilled to take part in the Small Business Spotlight on QVC and HSN during National Hispanic Month.
- As a Hispanic woman in business, it's important to promote female empowerment and know that we can do anything."
- In 2006, The Abingdon Co. began during a roundtable dinner conversation between a mix of energetic women pilots and mechanics.
