10 facts about watches
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1. The first watches were created in the early nineteenth century for Division General Eugene Beauharnais, stepson of Napoleon, but at that time was not appreciated and did not receive wide distribution. Among the military, the so-called trench watches or “wristbands”. As the name implies, worn on the wrist. They became a transitional stage between pocket and wrist watches. These days because of the wide mobile phone distribution watches have lost their relevance and most often play the role of just a beautiful accessory.
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2. If a ticking wristwatch is in your mouth and plug your ears tight hands, then instead of a quiet monotonous tick, you can hear strong heavy punches.
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3. In the manufacture of ordinary watches is not involved less than twenty people.
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4. Most watch parts are made in Swiss factories using modern machine tools and automated equipment. Only a few elite watch manufacturers allow themselves completely manual assembly. The cost of such a watch starts from several tens of thousands of dollars.
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5. The history of the world famous Tissot watches began in 1853 year in a small provincial workshop in which they worked the owners are father Charles and son Emil Tissot. From the rest of their competitors the products were already distinguished by excellent quality and accuracy. move. In 1866, “Tissot” receives a large order for the manufacture of hours for Russian officers and becomes an official supplier hours of the Russian Imperial court until the 1917 revolution of the year. After the loss of a major customer, Tissot establish serial production. Emil Tissot personally traveled to 53 countries in search of new sales markets. To date, the company has 150 branches in different parts of the world. Only a rough estimate per year about a million watches of this brand are sold.
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6. Since 1974, the company “Tissot” is considered the official “keeper time “and a partner in all major competitions.
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7. Many people believe that the name of the Swiss watch “Swatch” is abbreviation for “Swiss Watch” (“Swiss Watch”). But how says one of the founders of the company George Hayek, this is not so. The name comes from the phrase “Second Watch”. That is an affordable and necessary accessory for every day.
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8. Every year, more than one billion hours are produced in the world. Sixty percent of production is concentrated in Japan.
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9. The most expensive watch in the world – Chopard worth $ 25,000,000 .This is a unique diamond jewelry. Weight of all stones on the bracelet is a little over two hundred carats.
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10. The younger brother of the Sultan of Brunei, Prince Jeffrey paid 5.2 million dollars for 10 diamond-studded watches.
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