So a company that made TIMers for EXplosives was called Timex after a magazine and tissues. I suppose it's not impossible :-) From the article: "a Connecticu

So a company that made TIMers for EXplosives was called Timex after a magazine and tissues. I suppose it's not impossible :-) From the article: "a Connecticut-based manufacturer of bomb fuses for the British government, the Waterbury Clock Co.  A few years later Thomas Olsen would rechristen the company Timex" "Recalls Fred: “My father always loved to noodle with words. He liked to read Time magazine, and he used a lot of Kleenex, so he put the two names together and got Timex.”