All About Watches
You’re customary with the institution in which a man gives a woman a ring as an engagement gift, but did you know that in some places, women give mens watches for the same reason? It’s true – in Spain when couples get engaged and announce wedding plans, women will buy designer watches for their fiancés. Right now, you’re about to learn more about mens watches – and womens as well.
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Back in the Day…
Designer watches and luxury watches are fairly new innovations, as well as specialty timepieces such as dive watches. The understanding goes back quite a ways in history, however.
The first mechanical clocks came into existence in Europe nearby 1300, while the time of such luminaries as William (“Braveheart”) Wallace, Marco Polo, Jacques DeMolay and Dante Alighieri. (Interestingly, eyeglasses were invented about the same time.) These early clocks were driven by weights; spring-driven clock – from which mens watches were finally advanced – did not come along until well over one hundred years later.
The first mens watches, invented nearby the time of King Henry Viii, were minuscule versions of wall clocks, carried on a chain nearby the neck. Early models were still large and none-too-dependable; nonetheless, the pocket watch finally became a appropriate accessory for gentlemen starting in the 1600s and lasting until well into the 20th century (and was a required tool for railroad men).
The first wristwatches were legitimately made for women; the “bracelet watch” was first made available in 1868. It was the arrival of aviation that led to the improvement of the first mens watches starting with the Santos watch of 1904 (named for the predominant French-Brazilian aviator).
Designer Watches Since Then
The maker of that early wristwatch was Louis Cartier – a name that has since been synonymous with luxury watches. However, his is hardly the only one.
Abruptly yanked into the industrial Age from a medieval society that had been unchanged for over 1,700 years, the Japanese wasted minuscule time in catching up to the Western World. Habitancy watches, still a hallmark of timepiece quality, were first made in 1918 by the Shoshoka Watch Institute, which became Habitancy in 1930.
Another predominant name – from a country the name of which is almost a synonym for fine watchmaking – is that of Swiss enterprise Movado (Esperanto for “always in motion”). Movado watches have been predominant since before the First World War. Movado diamond watches and Movado gold watches couple elegant, minimalist style with state-of-the-art, cutting edge technology for some of the most correct timepieces on Earth. If you are considering one of the many women’s Movado watches, you may have a difficult time; there are nearly 100 separate Movado women’s watches to select from – and nearly as many models of mens watches!
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