10 facts about wristwatches (10 photos) Bashny.Net

The first watches were created at the beginning of the XIX century for Eugene de Beauharnais, but at that time the idea was not appreciated. At the end of the XIX century due to the inconvenience of use in combat pocket watch, the military began to wear the watch on the wrist (the so-called trench watch), and the final recognition of the watches received only at the beginning of the XX century. Currently used as an accessory in connection with a large spread of mobile phones.



Taking the teeth ticking watches and plug their ears, the ticks will become a strong, heavy blows - so it will intensify.



For the manufacture of watches must be more than 20 people



As a rule, most of the operations for the manufacture of watch parts manufactured in Switzerland with the help of automated equipment and advanced CNC machine tools. Only a few manufacturers that create products worth tens of thousands of dollars or more, allow themselves to manual assembly mechanisms, and even more so - refinement and polish every detail of the clock manually.



The history of the brand Tissot has its origins in 1853, when the Swiss town of Le Locle, father and son founded the watch company Tissot. It was a small workshop, which worked the owners themselves. The increase in production occurred after a large order pocket watches Russian Imperial Court of the Russian officers. Later, after the loss of the customer due to the revolution of '17, it was Launched production. The workshop provided the work of the farmers-watchmakers. Recent bring the finished product in a few weeks family home Cret-Vaillant. The clock was on the expertise of the company TISSOT and put a sign on the watch meet the criteria of quality time. Watches that do not meet these criteria are eliminated.



Since 1974, when Tissot sponsored the racing in Le Mans, France, the company has repeatedly participated as an official partner, or "keeper of time" in major sporting events, including the Formula 1 race, the World Cup mountain bike, World Championships FIM by Motorcycle Sports and Recreation.



It is believed that the brand name Swiss Swatch watches comes from the phrase «Swiss Watch» (Swiss watches), but Nicolas George Hayek argued that in fact the name came from the phrase «Second Watch» (second time), that is, the clock on every day as an available accessory.



Today, the world produces more than 1 billion. Clockworks year. Of these, about 60% accounted for by Japan. Most expensive watches - the Swiss, so the Swiss firm behind the Japanese on the number of hours produced, revenue significantly ahead of them.



Chopard's - the most expensive watch in the world. The total number of carats of diamonds - 201. Their price - $ 25 million.



The younger brother of the Sultan of Brunei, Prince Jefri paid 5, $ 2 million. 10 diamond-studded watches.