Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Monday, March 24, 2008
History of Time
A History of Time Keepers
1500s : Germany : Peter Henlein creates the first pocket watch.
1485 : Leonardo da Vinci sketches a fusee for a clock.
Early 1600s : Form watches becoming popular. Cases are shaped like animals and objects. Religious themes are popular.
1635 : Around this time that the fusee was adapted from clocks to watches.
1659 - 1675 : Christian Huygens invents the "Remontoire".
1687 : Daniel Quare patents the repeating mechanism that uses bells to sound quarter hours and the hours.
1704 : Peter and Jacob Debaufre, Nicolas Facio, are the first to use rubies in watch movements.
1750 : Watch makers began using enamel on watch dials.
1759 : Thomas Mudge invents the English lever escapement.
1775 : Abraham Louis Breguet sets up his own watch making shop in Paris, France.
1780 : Abraham Louis Perrelet invents the self winding movement.
1786 : Breguet is the first to use guilloche on watch dials.
1791 : J.F. Bautte founded the watch company that would eventually become Girard-Perregaux.
1807 : Thomas Young invents the recording chronograph.
1812 : Kutusov invents the first Russian pocket watch for the tsar prior to Napoleon's invasion .
1809 : Luther Goddard of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts is the first watch manufacturer in America.
1820 : Thomas Prest registers a patent for the self winding watch.
1833 : Antoine LeCoultre starts his own watchmaking business which later become Jaeger-LeCoultre.
1837 : First Tiffany store opens.
1843: Adrien Philippe develops a watch with winding and setting through the crown.
1844 : The start, stop, and reset chronograph is invented by Adolph Nicole.
1844 : Antoine LeCoultre invents the millionometre.
1848 : Louis Brandt opens his own workshop in La Chaux-de-Fonds which eventually became the Omega Watch Company.
1850s: Swiss watchmaking takes root.
1853 : Tissot makes the first dual time zone watch.
1858 : Minerva is founded.
1860 : Heuer is founded.
1865 : Zenith founded.
1881 : Movado founded.
1884 : Greenwich, England is officially named the zero meridian and used as the world wide recognized basis of time zones.
1886 : Geneva Seal established.
1894 : Universal Geneve established.
1905 : Hans Wilsdorf starts the Rolex Watch Company.
1914 : Eterna introduces the first wristwatch with an alarm.
1918 : Japan : Shakosha Watch Company opened. This would become Citizen in 1931.
1923 : John Harwood is the first to mass produce a self winding wristwatch.
1924 : Tokyo : Seiko brand name is launched by Kinttaro Hattori.
1926 : Rolex introduces the first waterproof case called the "Oyster".
1929 : First anti magnetic watch created by Tissot. 1930: Chronovski introduces its first line of wrist watches.
1933 : Ingersoll introduces the "Mickey Mouse" watch.
1956 : Rolex introduces their first model that displays the day and date.
1957 : Hamilton introduces the world's first battery driven watch.
1962 : Rado produces the world's first scratch proof watch called the "Diastar 1".
1962 : ETA of Switzerland develops the first quartz battery operated watch.
1970 : Hamilton releases the "Pulsar", the first electronic digital watch.
1972 : Longines and Seiko introduce the LCD, (Liquid Crystal Display).
1980 : Hublot founded.
1983 : SMH of Switzerland launches the Swatch brand.
1985 : Swiss Heuer Company merges with TAG to form TAG Heuer.
1986 : Audemars Piguet introduces the first self winding tourbillon.
1991 : Franck Muller founded.
1999 : Casio innovates with the first wristwatch with a built-in Global Positioning System (GPS).
1500s : Germany : Peter Henlein creates the first pocket watch.
1485 : Leonardo da Vinci sketches a fusee for a clock.
Early 1600s : Form watches becoming popular. Cases are shaped like animals and objects. Religious themes are popular.
1635 : Around this time that the fusee was adapted from clocks to watches.
1659 - 1675 : Christian Huygens invents the "Remontoire".
1687 : Daniel Quare patents the repeating mechanism that uses bells to sound quarter hours and the hours.
1704 : Peter and Jacob Debaufre, Nicolas Facio, are the first to use rubies in watch movements.
1750 : Watch makers began using enamel on watch dials.
1759 : Thomas Mudge invents the English lever escapement.
1775 : Abraham Louis Breguet sets up his own watch making shop in Paris, France.
1780 : Abraham Louis Perrelet invents the self winding movement.
1786 : Breguet is the first to use guilloche on watch dials.
1791 : J.F. Bautte founded the watch company that would eventually become Girard-Perregaux.
1807 : Thomas Young invents the recording chronograph.
1812 : Kutusov invents the first Russian pocket watch for the tsar prior to Napoleon's invasion .
1809 : Luther Goddard of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts is the first watch manufacturer in America.
1820 : Thomas Prest registers a patent for the self winding watch.
1833 : Antoine LeCoultre starts his own watchmaking business which later become Jaeger-LeCoultre.
1837 : First Tiffany store opens.
1843: Adrien Philippe develops a watch with winding and setting through the crown.
1844 : The start, stop, and reset chronograph is invented by Adolph Nicole.
1844 : Antoine LeCoultre invents the millionometre.
1848 : Louis Brandt opens his own workshop in La Chaux-de-Fonds which eventually became the Omega Watch Company.
1850s: Swiss watchmaking takes root.
1853 : Tissot makes the first dual time zone watch.
1858 : Minerva is founded.
1860 : Heuer is founded.
1865 : Zenith founded.
1881 : Movado founded.
1884 : Greenwich, England is officially named the zero meridian and used as the world wide recognized basis of time zones.
1886 : Geneva Seal established.
1894 : Universal Geneve established.
1905 : Hans Wilsdorf starts the Rolex Watch Company.
1914 : Eterna introduces the first wristwatch with an alarm.
1918 : Japan : Shakosha Watch Company opened. This would become Citizen in 1931.
1923 : John Harwood is the first to mass produce a self winding wristwatch.
1924 : Tokyo : Seiko brand name is launched by Kinttaro Hattori.
1926 : Rolex introduces the first waterproof case called the "Oyster".
1929 : First anti magnetic watch created by Tissot. 1930: Chronovski introduces its first line of wrist watches.
1933 : Ingersoll introduces the "Mickey Mouse" watch.
1956 : Rolex introduces their first model that displays the day and date.
1957 : Hamilton introduces the world's first battery driven watch.
1962 : Rado produces the world's first scratch proof watch called the "Diastar 1".
1962 : ETA of Switzerland develops the first quartz battery operated watch.
1970 : Hamilton releases the "Pulsar", the first electronic digital watch.
1972 : Longines and Seiko introduce the LCD, (Liquid Crystal Display).
1980 : Hublot founded.
1983 : SMH of Switzerland launches the Swatch brand.
1985 : Swiss Heuer Company merges with TAG to form TAG Heuer.
1986 : Audemars Piguet introduces the first self winding tourbillon.
1991 : Franck Muller founded.
1999 : Casio innovates with the first wristwatch with a built-in Global Positioning System (GPS).
Sunday, March 9, 2008
Watching time ha snever been boring. Especially in this age whereby many atches carry lots o fbling bling cubic zirconia pieces. Celebs such as David Beckham, Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears, Puff Daddy, 2Pac popularised the use of timepieces not simply as timekeepers, but as loud fashion accessories.
Thursday, March 6, 2008
Designer Watches
History of Watches
Reading time has a long history, dating back many centuries ago. Long before the days of Jacob & Co, Rado, Tissot, Omega, Audemars, Tag Heur, Breitling, IWC, Chopard, Gucci and Tiffany.
Over the years, technology used in watches has evolved from the simple (alarms and chronographs) to the once unimaginable (television, radio and cell phone watches). Today, you can choose from a number of unique designs to fit your lifestyle perfectly.We've come a long way from the sundial, into an age where watch designs are evolving each day.From the design of the pocket watch (invented in the 1500's), Patek Phillippe & Co. began crafting what would become the very first wristwatch in the late 1800s. Initially, women wore wristwatches more than men. Watches also became popular gifts to celebrate a child's entrance to adulthood and were often passed through generations as treasured family heirlooms.In 1914, as soldiers were getting ready for World War I, they were issued wristwatches. These watches proved to be more mobile and less expensive than pocket watches. Also, watches were being issued by the newly formed USSR to reward war heroes. Watches were also an important part of strategy. American soldiers used their watches to synchronize the timing of their attacks and battles. Once the war was over, soldiers continued to wear wristwatches and society quickly followed.
Over the years, timepiece technology has evolved from the simple (alarms and chronographs) to the once unimaginable (television, radio and cell phone watches). Today, you can choose from a number of unique designs to fit your lifestyle perfectly.
Reading time has a long history, dating back many centuries ago. Long before the days of Jacob & Co, Rado, Tissot, Omega, Audemars, Tag Heur, Breitling, IWC, Chopard, Gucci and Tiffany.
Over the years, technology used in watches has evolved from the simple (alarms and chronographs) to the once unimaginable (television, radio and cell phone watches). Today, you can choose from a number of unique designs to fit your lifestyle perfectly.We've come a long way from the sundial, into an age where watch designs are evolving each day.From the design of the pocket watch (invented in the 1500's), Patek Phillippe & Co. began crafting what would become the very first wristwatch in the late 1800s. Initially, women wore wristwatches more than men. Watches also became popular gifts to celebrate a child's entrance to adulthood and were often passed through generations as treasured family heirlooms.In 1914, as soldiers were getting ready for World War I, they were issued wristwatches. These watches proved to be more mobile and less expensive than pocket watches. Also, watches were being issued by the newly formed USSR to reward war heroes. Watches were also an important part of strategy. American soldiers used their watches to synchronize the timing of their attacks and battles. Once the war was over, soldiers continued to wear wristwatches and society quickly followed.
Over the years, timepiece technology has evolved from the simple (alarms and chronographs) to the once unimaginable (television, radio and cell phone watches). Today, you can choose from a number of unique designs to fit your lifestyle perfectly.
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