The story · Since 1969
The Traser story
- 1969 Founded in Niederwangen, near Bern, Switzerland by Oskar Thüler (founded parent company mb-microtec).
- 1989 The P6500 Type 6 was supplied to the US Army to the MIL-W-46374F specification, which led to the creation of the traser brand.
- 2015 traser became Official Timekeeper of the Tour de Suisse, a role it held through 2017.
- 2020 The range was reorganised into Tactical, Outdoor and Diver collections, and the P67 Diver launched with a helium valve and 50 bar water resistance.
- 2024 The P68 Pathfinder Solar was launched.
Firsts and innovations
1989. traser describes the P6500 Type 6 as the world's first self-illuminated watch, lit by mb-microtec's trigalight tritium gas tubes.