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J.Ullman  maintained  additional
                                                                               stores  in  Vladivostok  and  Paris,
                                                                               while  it  had  agents  working  full-
                                                                               time  in  Singapore,  St  Petersburg,
                                                                               Cairo, Algeria and Buenos Aries.

                                                                               The  headquarters  were  located  at
                                                                               La-chaux-de-fonds  in  Switzerland
                                                                               while  the  actual  “jobber”  factory
                                                                               and  distribution  centre  was  in
                                                                               Hong Kong.

                                                                               Ullman  timepieces  are  considered
                                                                               highly  collectible  today  and
                                                                               regular  achieve  values  at  auction
                                                                               from  $20,000  upwards,  pocket
                                                                               watches  often  over  $100,000  and
                                                                               clocks over $1million.
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