Tuesday, September 25, 2012

TimeLess Treasure

This Page is Dedicated to all WatchMakers, & Watch Lovers Living or Dead. In Honour of Your Hard Work, Creativity & EyeSight. To the Watch Lovers who have spent much Time, Effort & $, & perhaps made some too including Pleasure.
Allowing one to show off his Treasure in any environment for you can't move your bungalow or sportscar into other's premises, eg restaurant. Also, pardon me, it's the few Treasures Man can show as compared to Woman's many Jewelleries. 
Appreciation goes to Internet for providing most of the Data. And to an old pal Stanley for introducing this Fascinating Hobby. 
Common & Interesting Watch Brands are chosen as i put them Chronologically simply you know When that Brand was first made. Common is a Brand most people will know once said eg Rolex. Interesting is a Brand that once upon a time was King eg Titoni, caused Revolution eg Seiko (Quartz that swept many mechanical Swiss made out), not all Great Watch is Swiss made, eg A. Lange & Sohne (German).....
Fashion Brand is not listed here unless it's several Hot Sellers. 
According to Alphabetical Order with some Highlights comes next. 
Tried my best to make the facts as accurate as possibles, still E & OE.

A)   1.   1735   Blancpain
       2.   1755   Vacheron Constantin
       3.   1768   IWC
       4.   1775   Breguet                 
       5.   1777   Perrelet
       6.   1791   Girard Perregaux 

B)   1.   1830   Baume & Mercier
       2.   1832   Longines
       3.   1833   Jaeger LeCoultre  
       4.   1845   A. Lange & Sohne (Germany)
       5.   1846   Ulysse Nardin
       6.   1847   Cartier                   (France)
       7.   1848   Omega
       8.   1850   Waltham                (USA)
       9.   1851   Eterna, Patek Philippe
     10.   1853   Tissot, Revue Thommen
     11.   1858   Vulcain                          (USA)
     12.   1860   Chopard, Tag Heuer, Panerai (Italy)
     13.   1862   Cyma
     14.   1864   Elgin                              (USA)
     15.   1865   Zenith
     16.   1874   Piaget
     17.   1875   Audemars Piguet
     18.   1881   Movado
     19.   1882   Seiko                            (Japan)
     20.   1884   Breitling, Bvlgari            (Italy) 
     21.   1887   Titus
     22.   1891   Ball                               (USA)
     23.   1892   Hamilton                       (USA)
     24.   1894   Universal Geneve
     25.   1895   Rotary

C)   1.   1904   Oris
       2.   1905   Rolex
       3.   1908   Concord
       4.   1911   Ebel
       5.   1912   Fortis
       6.   1914   Glycine
       7.   1917   Rado
       8.   1919   Titoni, Milus
       9.   1923   Bulova  (USA) Van Cleef & Arpels (France)
     10.   1946   Dubey & Schaldenbrand
     11.   1950   Timex                                   (USA)
     12.   1955   Corum, Sea Gull                   (China)
     13.   1961   Sinn                                     (Germany)
     14.   1969   Gerald Genta
     15.   1974   Casio                                   (Japan)
     16.   1975   Maurice Lacroix
     17.   1976   Raymond Weil
     18.   1980   Hublot, Roger Dubuis
     19.   1983   Chronoswiss                        (Germany)
     20.   1987   Titan                                     (India)
     21.   1988   Federique Constant
     22.   1989   Daniel Roth
     23.   1991   Frank Muller
     24.   1992   Bell & Ross                   (France)
     25.   1994   Glashutte Original                  (Germany)

D)   1.   2001   Richard Mille
       2.   2002   Linde Werdelin, MontBlanc   (Germany)
       3.   2003   Dewitt
       4.   2008   Azimuth   (S'pore's Idea/$, Swiss)

Well, a picture paints a thousand words:

Nice Words & Slogans:

 You're Not Dressed At Your Best Unless You're Wearing A.....


 Live Your Passion


You Merely Look After It For The Next Generation

Other Than Swiss:
                                                    Takes a Licking & Keeps on Ticking








1.     A. Lange & Sohne 1845   
2.     Audemars Piguet 1875 1st Skeleton Watch. Big 4.
3.     Azimuth    2008    
4.     Ball          1891
5.     Baume & Mercier 1830
6.     Bell & Ross          1992
7.     Blancpain                     1735    
8.     Breguet     1775 Tourbillon Creator
9.     Breitling    1884 'Best Chrono Watch' 
10.   Bulova      1923
11.   Bvlgari      1884
12.   Cartier      1847
13.   Casio 1974 Baby-G, G-Shock
14.   Chopard     1860 Happy Diamond/Sports 
15.   Chronoswiss      1983
16.   Concord            1908
17.   Corum  1955 Poker Watch
18.   Cyma                1862
19.   Daniel Roth       1989
20.   Dewitt               2003
21.   Dubey & Schaldenbrand  1946
22.   Ebel                  1911
23.   Elgin                 1864
24.   Eterna  1851 Patented the 1st Alarm Wristwatch
25.   Fortis            1912
26.   Frank Muller 1981 Crazy Hours Watch
27.   Frederique Constant  1988 Tourbillon w Silicium Escape-Wheel
28.   Gerald Genta 1969 Designed PP, AP, WC etc
29.   Girard Perregaux   1791 Tourbillon 3 Golden Bridges
30.   Glashutte Original  1994
31.   Glycine                 1914
32.   Hamilton               1892
33.   Hublot                  1980
34.   IWC                     1768
35.   Jaeger LeCoultre   1833  Reverso. Big 4
36.   Linde Werdelin  2002 Digital Instr for Skiing/Diving
37.   Longines     1832 1st Modern Day Olympics 1892
38.   Maurice Lacroix  1975
39.   Milus                   1919
40.   MontBlanc          2002
41.   Movado              1881
42.   Omega   1848 1st Watch on the Moon. 
43.   Oris        1904
44.   Panerai   1860  XL Watch
45.   Patek Philippe  1851 39 Complications. Big4
46.   Perrelet              1777
47.   Piaget   1874  Precious Stone Dial
48.   Rado    1917 Ceramic Dial
49.   Raymond Weil       1976   
50.   Revue Thommen    1853
51.   Richard Mille         2001
52.   Rolex  1905  1st in Many Innovations
53.   Rotary           1895
54.   Sea Gull 1955  Largest Maker of Mech Movements
55.   Seiko     1882  Quartz Movement Revolution
56.   Sinn       1961
57.   Tag Heuer  1860
58.   Titus           1887
59.   Titoni         1919
60.   Tissot         1853
61.   Ulysse Nardin  1846
62.   Universe Geneve  1894 1st Chrono Wristwatch
63.   Waltham              1850
64.   Vacheron Constantin   1755. Big4
65.   Van Cleef Arpels  1923 Jewellery Blend w Watch
66.   Vulcain   1858 American President Watch
67.   Zenith  1865  1565 1st-Place Precision Awards

Other Related Watch Page in this Blog: Rolex & Friendship, Watch-BT Supplement, Vintage Watch, Seiko, What's The Time. 

Here's Dedication to 3 Very Nice & Affordable Watches of Popular Average Class Fashion Brand. It happens to be all American. 

Skeleton Watch by Kenneth Cole. 45mm. Even the Buckle is in very Chic Design. Leather Strap. Automatic. Japanese Movement.

2012 Dragon Year. the other dragon watch that's nice is piaget but that easily costs few hundred times more! 45mm. Black PVD S/Steel Bracelet. Qtz. Japanese Movement.

Guess labels it Guess Collections to brand it Hi-End. It's a Boutique in MBS. 40x42mm. S/Steel Case with Fine Leather Butterfly Lock. Qtz. Swiss Movement.

14/10/12: inspired by the latest Bvlgari Octo to include WATCH REVIEW from an Amateur's point of view. Love at 1st Sight. Simple & Straight Forward. No Hard Technical Data. 

since it's inspired by this Italian brand, it's only fair to chat about it 1st:

i did some research on Bvlgari before buying its Dual Time. now with this Octo series, it shows that in addition to High End Jewellery, Bvlgari is going into Watch very Seriously! 

1st saw Bvlgari Octo in the very informative WOW, World Of Watch magazine, #24 Summer 2012. my conclusion was  Oh! it did away with the Signature Bezel having its Brand on it. but its advt in today's suntimes really caught my interest! Unique, Beauty of a kind, esp the Alligator Strap. of course the Twin Barrels & 50-hour Power Reserve are Special. $11000+ for Steel, $33000+ for Pink Gold. 41.5mm isn't large in today's size. it'll be an Icon some day. 

18/10/12: MontBlanc, King of Pens goes into Watches is quite a surprise! well its Chronograph esp Time Walker series is quite impressive. Why move back to Basic or Classic Design? so plain! unless one's an ardent fan of this German brand, a miss is no regret. 

19/10/12: Cars & Watches share many similarities. Design, Engineering, Movement, Technology, Fashion, Passion, Creative etc. Interestingly both are not Necessity! For Time, you can always ask thy neighbour or peep at his or her watch. Moreover hand phone tells time too. For Transport, plenty of public systems including your feet. Haha, don't say a watch is so much cheaper for some watches are priced above $100k! Car in S'pore is expensive partly because of the taxes & COE! Both are Proud of their Vintage category. Plenty models & series to suit one's budget & liking. Many Car & Watch companies work parallelly eg Ferrari, Posche, Tag Heuer, Girard Perregaux etc. Some are proud if not snobbish about what they wear or drive. Whatever, it's Art & Science On The Move! Enjoy Them.

23/10/12: Chopard, high-precision watch of Swiss. its Happy Series, Diamond, Fish & so on captures one's heart although mainly Quartz made. this latest in Solid Diamonds will attract both sexes. no detail is provided by the advt. Impressive!

25/10/12: Patek Philippe, Top Brand. Much Talk about its Mechanical watches. Here's the popular 24 Diamonds model but it's Quartz. Why can't it be Mechanical? Quartz Revolution still!

15/11/12: Panerai, a young Italian stallion that have won many hearts! Howcome? A middle age teacher friend is its big fan. He's many books of this watch. Whereas an elderly pal who owns several hi-end watches felt that buy Rolex is better. He also didn't like the many limited edition series of it!
I spent quite some time to read up the subject & even went to its Boutique. Still quite confuse about its series. But I found the following interesting infor:
When Panerai 1st serious entry to the Watch market, 1 of the movement it used was Rolex. Some weeks ago felt that the iconic Panerai looked like my vintage Rolex Precision! Today's Straits Times showed the 1st Rolex Oyster. this further shows the Likeness between the 2! Look at the following photos carefully & judge it for yourself.
Will I own a Panerai? It's an Interesting & Not Too Expensive Watch.



 




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