A brief history of the clock

Over the centuries, the clocks were used as a symbol of status by those who wear it. Their precision, elegance and comfort are just some of the attributes of the clocks and watches. They are often purchased their aesthetic appearance. and other times, are second or even Ms bought their own specifications as to the final. This is what makes it so collectible watches and in some cases sums can education.

If you collect high precision clocks new or those who come from a bygone era, is the fact that, over the years, this hobby a turnover of staff has become business. And the collection of watches in many circles as a wise investment.

At the beginning of last century clocks that were men or women were the first pocket watches and clocks, a supporter of the lining of the jacket or corsets data preserved. The advent of the war, industrialisation and the development of sports activities on emerging trends, which expanded to not only the way we dress, but also as induced we brought our watches.

It says that an inventor of Tata watches at the end of the 19th century, a clock around his wrist was fixed by using a strip of silk. In fact, the first watches were made smaller models of pocket watches, which were equipped with a leather strap. As soon as this product started to beat newer models market for the production is based around the concept itself.

It was Louis Cartier, before seeing the kind of watches, that today that we did, if he creates a clock for a flight pioneer hero named Santos Dumont. In 1911, this was the same type of clock for sale. Same type of clock design was that look of wrist watches to this day.

Soon after the design of the wrist "Watches" began to diversify from the classic round shape, which was until then in vogue. Cartier classic Watch makes the other clock started to emerge, which were characterised by their shape. Movado is the perfect example of this new design when it came out with the clock-shaped plan "poli". Then came the famous and critically called Watch "clock reference no. 1593" of Patek Philippe, who had a rectangular shape.

In 1913, he began more and more watches are developed in all forms and styles. "Gondola" watch by Patek Philippe, Louis ' "tank"; so called because English has inspired the shape of the time was armoured cars. These are the watches that are in great demand. There were other many Watch manufacturers such as Audemars Piguet, Vacheron Constantin, Patek Philippe, Cartier came with many other designs, watches as the phases of the Moon, month and day more features added that it now lies mainly in modern watches.

Sure, you could not mention wrist watch without mentioning the most famous of all: the Rolex watch. In the 1920s Rolex debuted in the world of Rolex Prince watches with elegant and its characteristic dual time "revolutionary" famous for this, that the "second sector" bigger than the record. At the same time produced Jaeger Le Coultre more advanced in a single piece of "reverse", also known as very revolutionary, which might be 180 degrees inside the case, so that the Crystal and select activate. It was incredibly popular and it was only the get nor more successfully to prevent the recession of the 1930s and the outbreak of World War II.

These early clocks of the 1910s to 1930s are what define the power of the watches we see and wear today. This short article is what is a very big topic, many more watch makers with different designs and revolutionary, just on the surface scratched. However, it is fortunate to have decision makers like Le Coultre and others mentioned include Rolex, Cartier, Hunter and collector for the valuable, and should never, and then make sure that preferably to your wrist hang.