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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

Common Jewelry Terms Glossary

August 24, 2011 | 0 comments »

  Amethyst: A common form of quartz. Amethyst is usually purple, but can range in color from pale lavender to a very deep, reddish purple and may have milky white or green inclusions. Deeper-colored amethysts are more highly valued. The name comes from the Greek for "not drunken" as wearing... Read More

Fun Fact Friday! Fact #8

August 19, 2011 | 1 comments »

Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) a French mathematician and philosopher was the first person ever reported to wear a watch on their wrist. With his pocket watch and a piece of string, Blaise Pascal attached his pocket watch to his wrist.  Also at age eighteen Pascal invented the Pascaline, a numerical wheel... Read More

Fun Fact Friday! Fact #7

August 12, 2011 | 0 comments »

Sir Edmund Hillary from New Zealand was the first man to conquer Mount Everest with oxygen in 1953, while wearing his Rolex OysterQuartz wristwatch. In 1978 Reinhold Messner & Peter Habeler were the first to conquer Mount Everest without oxygen while also wearing Rolex OysterQuartz wristwatches. Leader of historic British... Read More

Hublot - Black Caviar Bang

August 09, 2011 | 0 comments »

                                                                                                    Say hello to the powerful looking sister watch of the Hublot BB. Hublot’s Black Caviar Bang is a rare watch encased with 544 baguette-cut black diamonds... Read More

Fun Fact Friday! Fact #6

July 29, 2011 | 0 comments »

  We all know how celebrities love their expensive jewelry, but what kind of watches do they prefer to wear?   Celebrities and their watches:   *Halle Berry: Franck Muller Casablanca 2852   *Jay-Z: Audemar Piguet Royal Oak Offshore   *Britney Spears: Roger Dubuis   *Leonardo DiCaprio: Jaeger LeCoultre Master... Read More

The Stunning Hublot BB

July 26, 2011 | 1 comments »

Hublot BB Watch                  There are only so many times that you see a watch that makes your jaw drop and eyes sparkle simultaneously. One of these watches that we have come across is the Hublot BB Watch. The Hublot BB is without a doubt one of the... Read More

Fun Fact Friday! Fact #5

July 22, 2011 | 0 comments »

In 1868 Patek Philippe created the first Swiss wristwatch, which were originally made for just women. Men thought wristwatches were too feminine and stuck to the normal pocket watch. The first wristwatches which where also called wristlets were made on a bracelet with a pendant. Do you remember your first... Read More

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