The Fossil was founded in 1984 as Overseas Products International and the second business effort by Tom Kartsotis. Kartsotis operated a ticket brokerage business in his early twenties that gave him fame and wealth but wanted something new after a few years. His brother Kosta suggested Tom import
The Fossil was founded in 1984 as Overseas Products International and the second business effort by Tom Kartsotis. Kartsotis operated a ticket brokerage business in his early twenties that gave him fame and wealth but wanted something new after a few years. His brother Kosta suggested Tom import fashion watches for a reasonable price, made in the far east. Tom withdrew his savings and sold half of the ticket brokerage business to start his new enterprise. He flew to Hong Kong and hired a manufacturer to produce 1.500 watches and sold them in the United States to stores and boutiques. A new company, Overseas Products International, was born.
At age 24, Kartsotis hired Lynne Stafford (who later became his wife) as a designer and created the "retro" design style that made the company grow in the 1980’s and 1990’s. They were inspired by nostalgic advertisements in fashion magazines of the 1930’s – 1950’s for designing new watches which became a huge success. In 1987, the company became Fossil. Inc. and in 1989 they began to package their watches in tin and wooden boxes which made the nostalgic look of Fossil watches stronger.
- Stainless Steel Case
- Two-Tone (Silver And Gold-Tone) Stainless Steel Bracelet
- Fixed Gold-Tone Bezel Set With Crystals
- Silver Dial
- Luminous Gold-Tone Hands
- Alternating Index
- Roman Numeral Hour Markers
- Minute Markers Around The Outer Rim
- Dial Type: Analog
- Luminescent Hands
- Three Multi-Function Sub-Dials Displaying: Day Of The Week, Date And 24 Hour
- Quartz Movement
- Scratch Resistant Mineral Crystal
- Pull / Push Crown
- Solid Case Back
- Case Diameter: 40 Mm
- Case Thickness: 12 Mm
- Round Case Shape
- Band Width: 20 Mm
- Deployment Clasp
- Water Resistant At 100 Meters / 330 Feet
- Functions: Date, Day, Hour, Minute, Second, 24 Hours
- Dress Watch Style