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Fun Fact Friday! Fact 14
June 15, 2012 | 0 comments »
Fun Fact Friday: Tycho Brahe, a man famous for wearing a false nose made of silver and gold after losing his own in a duel, was a pioneering astronomer. His discovery of a supernova in the Milky Way in 1572, changed the way that astronomers observed and recorded the night... Read More
Fun Fact Friday! Fact 13
June 08, 2012 | 0 comments »
Recently I came across a shocking story of an ancient timepiece known as the “Ormolu” or better known as the “Death Clock.” Ormolu (from French or moulu, signifying gold ground or pounded) is an 18th-century English term for applying finely ground, high-karat gold in a mercury amalgam to an object... Read More
Fun Fact Friday! Fact 12
June 01, 2012 | 0 comments »
The Ancient Egyptians are those who divided the day into two 12-hour periods. The Egyptians used large obelisks to track the movement of the Sun. The major disadvantage was that you were only able to use these obelisks during the day. In turn, they developed and manufactured “water clocks”,... Read More
Fun Fact Friday! Fact 11
May 25, 2012 | 0 comments »
Before wristwatches became popular in the 1920s, most watches were pocket watched, which often had covers and were carried in a pocket and attached to a watch chain or watch fob. In the early 1900s, the wristwatch, originally called a Wristlet, was reserved for women and considered more of a... Read More
New 50th. Anniversary Rolex Daytona
October 25, 2011 | 0 comments »
A truly inspired release at BaselWorld 2011 is the new rose gold Rolex Cosmograph Daytona with a black CERACHROME (ceramic) bezel. This watch is reminiscent of the Paul Newman Daytona's which also sported black bezels. Aside from the black ceramic bezel, the new Daytona is identical to the current... Read More
Luxury Watches
September 22, 2011 | 0 comments »
Luxury watches are an important part of you. Very exclusive in design and craftsmanship, produced in small numbers, available through only very specialized dealers. In short, these are the Rolls Royce class of timepieces. Luxury watch manufacturers strive to create timepieces that are as useful as they are beautiful.... Read More
Fun Fact Friday! Fact #11
September 09, 2011 | 0 comments »
The Swiss watch company TAG Heuer has endorsements with many celebrities and athletes such as: *Leonardo DiCaprio *Maria Sharapova *Uma Thurman *Brad Pitt *Shah Rukh Khan *Fernando Alonso *Jeff Gordon Samantha Soltesz Pacific Bay Watch Read More
Fun Fact Friday! Fact #10
September 02, 2011 | 0 comments »
Being an aviation fanatic and a well-accomplished pilot John Travolta and Breitling were made for one another. At the age of 16 Travolta took his first flight lessons. By the age of 19 he had already earned his pilots license. He now has over 5,000 flight hours and is certified... Read More
Patek Phillipe - Supercomplication
August 30, 2011 | 0 comments »
If you are interested in pocket watches, then this one will definitely spark your curiosity. The Supercomplication by Patek Philippe is the most expensive and complicated watch of its time. The watch is a yellow-gold pocket watch created in 1932 for New York banker Henry Graves, Jr. The watch... Read More
Fun Fact Friday! Fact #9
August 26, 2011 | 0 comments »
In 1926 Movado created a rare handheld pillow-shaped watch called Ermeto. Sliding the case open unveils the watches timepiece. The watch is wound automatically by the sliding motion used in opening and closing the watch case. Not only were these watches etched with gold and silver but the... Read More
