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aco, short for Lacher & Co, was founded by Frieda Lacher and Ludwig Hummel in 1925 in the German town of Pforzheim, where it is still based to this day. The company saw success during World War II with its pilot’s watches that gave the company its identity. In the 1970s, Laco went into hibernation as it couldn’t compete with the rising

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