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Why Wyler?

How does a Wyler watch relate to corkscrews?

Between 1927 and 1940, Paul Wyler obtained seven Swiss patents for various

watch inventions while living in Switzerland. In 1931 he founded the Wyler

Watch Company in Biel, Switzerland. He eventually moved to the United States

and maintained the Wyler Watch Company in Switzerland. The New York office

for Wyler was at 630 Fifth Avenue.

Two of Wyler

‟

s famous trademark watches

were the Wyler Dynawind and the Wyler

Incaflex. The Incaflex was registered as a U.

S. trademark while Wyler was living in

Forest Hills, New York in 1949.

In the midst of all of these watch

inventions, Wyler came up with a design

for a combination corkscrew and bottle

opener while living in Forest Hills. And on

January 6, 1948, he was granted United

States Design Patent Number 148,345 for

his design in the form of a key. Wyler called

his product

“

The Castle Key

”

and formed

the Castle Key Corporation at 630 Fifth

Avenue (same as the watch company at the

time).