Zenith TV’s last a long time too, I still use my 1982 Zenith to this very day. I looked on the back and it is so old it says, “Zenith Radio Corporation” on the back as well as “Made In USA.”
Most any consumer product built decades ago was built to last, just not as long as the generation before it
Planned obsolescence is the watchword now. Usually, it is camouflaged as progress, more functionality - whatever. Why are there 6 or so iPhone versions from when it was first introduced.
I have tools and other things older than my children, some older than before I met my wife 41 years ago. My grandfather’s Illinois Watch works great - still.
Most name brands us oldsters recognize went Japanese, Chinese, Malaysian, Mexican a decade or more back...today isn’t our daddy’s world.