Swiss Army Watches

A Swiss Army knife (SAK), (German: das Schweizer Taschenmesser) is a multi-function pocket knife or multitool. Generally speaking, a Swiss Army knife has a blade as well as various tools, such as screwdrivers and can openers. These attachments are stowed inside the handle of the knife through a pivot point mechanism. The handle is usually red, and features a white cross, the emblem of Switzerland. The knife model that is actually used by the Swiss Army has a knurled alox handle, a blade, a reamer, a blade combining bottle-opener, screwdriver, and wire stripper, and a combined can-opener and small screwdriver. It originated in Ibach, Schwyz, Switzerland in 1897, but, in spite of efforts in some quarters, the term is not a Protected designation of origin and any knife can claim to be a Swiss army knife.

The term "Swiss Army knife" is sometimes used generically to describe a tool, such as a software tool, that is a collection of special-purpose tools. The term "Swiss Army knife" was coined by US soldiers after World War II, as they couldn't pronounce its

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