Originally Posted By goodgirl A speaker at a seminar I attended today told this story: Walt Disney commissioned time and efficiency studies at the studios. Among all the data collected it was discovered that employees looked at their watches to check the time at least 3.5 times a day. Walt felt that people should be reminded that Disney was a fun and happy place to work so he had the Mickey Mouse watch designed for his executives to wear. I'd never heard this before. Any truth to it?
Originally Posted By basil fan Cute story. I've never heard it before. Complete Guide to Disney's Mickey Mouse Shorts <a href="http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/disney/shorts.html" target="_blank">http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/ disney/shorts.html</a>
Originally Posted By trekkeruss I have never heard that story before. The company's official history of the first watch is on their own site: <a href="http://disney.go.com/vault/archives/characterstandard/mickey/watch/watch.html" target="_blank">http://disney.go.com/vault/arc hives/characterstandard/mickey/watch/watch.html</a>
Originally Posted By DlandDug I don't believe this is the case. Walt Disney did not have the Mickey Mouse watch designed-- the studio licensed the character to the Ingersoll Company. Furthermore, in 1933 there were hardly any executives in Walt Disney Productions-- other than Walt and his brother Roy.
