| Skagen watches have a pretty unique birth. Many | | | | flew off the shelves, and they promptly ordered |
| moons ago, in the year 1986, Henrik Jorst and | | | | more. In the next year, Henrik and Charlotte |
| Charlotte Kjolbye found themselves, and each | | | | created thirty new watch designs. One particular |
| other, at a corporate party and fell in love. It was | | | | buyer who owned a mail order catalog took a risk |
| no less than love at first sight. However, a little | | | | and put Skagen watches on the back of the |
| while later Henrik's employers, Carlsberg, | | | | Father's Day edition, where they quickly sold out |
| transferred him to New York in order to become | | | | again. |
| the manager of the North American marketing | | | | Later on in the year 1995, Bloomingdales agreed |
| branch. Soon, Charlotte followed in his footsteps | | | | to sell the Skagen watches on a trial basis. Every |
| and wound up in New York as well, where they | | | | single watch was sold by the end of the day. |
| rediscovered each other. | | | | Skagen Designs was featured in an article in Inc. |
| One of Henrik's Danish pals sent him samples of | | | | magazine where it was among the top 250 |
| his company gift watches. He wanted to know if | | | | fastest growing private corporation in the United |
| there was a possible market for them in the | | | | States. In the period of five years, turnover had |
| United States. Going off of the samples, they | | | | gone up by 1200 percent. Eighty stores in |
| added their own tweaks, and made the watches | | | | Denmark were now selling the watches after a |
| a fashion piece. Much to their surprise, corporate | | | | new office opened to create ECU distribution. |
| buyers adored the designs, and recommended | | | | In 1995, the United Kingdom was being sold |
| that the couple sell these watches under a brand | | | | Skagen watches and Skagen Denmark now had |
| name as opposed to just selling them to | | | | almost 100 employees working for it. Many other |
| companies stamped with the company's logo. | | | | countries jumped on the bandwagon in 2000 and |
| Jorst and Kjolbye manufactured no less than eight | | | | began to sell the watches as well, including |
| hundred watches in four special designs with the | | | | Germany and the Netherlands. This line of |
| brand name "Skagen Denmark." The couple was | | | | watches had made huge strides in the industry |
| extremely passionate about the designs of their | | | | and had grown to an enormous company with |
| watches, and they claimed that they knew | | | | 160 employees and sixty markets world wide. |
| exactly what people wanted when buying a | | | | Over 250 unique watch designs are now available |
| watch. The first load of Skagen watches quickly | | | | with over 5000 stores all over the globe. |