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- When was the first watch invented? A German clockmaker named Peter Henlein created small, spring-powered clocks in 1510. These clocks were rarely accurate but were small enough to be portable. In the 17th century, pocket watches came into fashion and new springs were invented to make them more accurate.
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How the Royal Oak Watch Became a Cult Classic To deal with the challenge, Audemars Piguet, founded in 1875, commissioned the watch designer Gérald Genta to create the unheard-of: a luxury watch made of steel — stainless steel, not gold or platinum — with maximum durability and water resistance.
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- Audemars Piguet. Founded in 1875 by Jules-Louis Audemars and Edward-Auguste Piguet in the Swiss village of Le Brassus, Audemars Piguet is the oldest Manufacture of Haute Horlogerie never to have left the hands of the founding families. Today, its range encompasses complex mechanical watches, Haute Joaillerie creations as well as a line of jewelry.
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- Sears, Roebuck & Co. Cover of Sears Catalog, 1898. The business that would become Chicago's leading company and America's leading retailer for much of the twentieth century was founded in 1893 by Richard W. Sears. In 1887, Sears moved his watch-selling business from Minneapolis to Chicago and hired watchmaker Alvah C. Roebuck to assist him.
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How the Apple Watch was created Tim Cook hints at the possibility of Apple developing a wearable during a speech at the AllThingsD conference. It's an area that's ripe for exploration, it's ripe for us to get excited about, he said. Lots of companies will play in this space.. Cook was, however, less generous about Google Glass.
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Portugieser Collection Portugieser Reference 325. At the end of the 1930s, IWC built at the request of two Portuguese merchants, a large wristwatch with the precision of a pocket watch. For this purpose, they used the pocket watch movement calibers 74 and 98. The noticeably large and striking wristwatch first was launched in 1939.
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Watch A watch is a small timepiece intended to be carried or worn by a person. It is designed to keep working despite the motions caused by the person's activities. A wristwatch is designed to be worn on a wrist, attached by a watch strap or other type of bracelet. A pocket watch is designed for a person to carry in a pocket. Watches evolved in the 17th century from spring-powered clocks, which appeared as early as the 14th century.
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Watch The first self-winding mechanism was invented for pocket watches in 1770 by Abraham-Louis Perrelet, but the first  self-winding , or automatic, wristwatch was the invention of a British watch repairer named John Harwood in 1923. This type of watch winds itself without requiring any special action by the wearer.
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Who invented basketball? Basketball is the only major American sport with a clearly identifiable inventor. James Naismith wrote the sport’s original 13 rules as part of a December 1891 class assignment at a Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) training school in Springfield, Massachusetts. Born and educated in Canada, Naismith came south to pursue his interests of physical education and Christian ministry.
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- As watchmaker's skills improved and customers began demanding more from their timepieces, the chronograph was developed. These watches are recognizable by even the most casual observer of timepieces by their subdials, which add a sophisticated look to the watch's dial.
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Inventions Inventions. 1  The pacemaker was invented in 1957 by Medtronic founder Earl Bakken in his garage. 2  The “Black Box” – the flight recorder found in every commercial airliner today – was developed by Minnesota based General Mills in conjunction with the University of Minnesota in 1953.
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- Armitron WR165 – An Overview. Armitron Wr165 watches are extremely popular and are among the highest selling watch at retailers. Eugen Gluck founded Armitron in the year 1956. E. Gluck is the present President of this American watch manufacturing company that is headquartered New York. Armitron began manufacturing digital watches with LED display in the year 1970s.
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- Founded in 1830, the Swiss Luxury watch making company Baume & Mercier has been considered the standard for sport luxury watches in the 20th century. The company has established a name for their brand worldwide because of their commitment to not only excellence but also style.
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John Harrison and The Invention of the Chronometer The invention of the chronometer was a fundamental building block for modern times. But the marine chronometer was then redesigned by John Arnold. He based his design on Harrison’s clock, but he simplified it enough to produce accurate marine chronometers in large quantities during the late 1700s.
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HAMILTON WATCHES HAMILTON WATCHES . Hamilton watches are among the finest American watches in the world. Hamilton was founded in 1892 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and has been an innovator of timepieces since its inception. In the 1940s, Hamilton demonstrated its patriotism by ceasing production of timepieces for the general public and concentrated all efforts to produce watches for our troops. In 1957, Hamilton produced the first battery operated watch, the Ventura. IN 1961, another world first was achieved by Hamilton when the first digital watch began measuring time.
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The Man Who Made The Apple Watch By Joshua Rothman. Today, Apple is holding a special press event focussed on the Apple Watch. Last month, Ian Parker Profiled Jony Ive, the industrial designer behind the watch. That summer, Google made an eight-pound prototype of a computer meant to be worn on the face. To Ive, then unaware of Google’s plans, “the obvious and right place” for such a thing was the wrist.
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Who invented the clock/watch? Rating Newest Oldest. Best Answer: In the 13th century, Al-Jazari, an engineer who worked for Artuqid king of Diyar-Bakr, Nasir al-Din, made numerous clocks of all shapes and sizes. The book described 50 mechanical devices in 6 categories, including water clocks.
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About Rolex Rolex had many firsts including being the first company to offer a wristwatch that would automatically change the date and day on the dial, the first watch case that was waterproof up to 100 m, the first wristwatch to display two time zones at once and the first wristwatch to earn chronometer certification.
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Time Counts Behind Vestige. The founding of Vestige was born from a passion for elegant watchmaking and a desire to create clean yet refined timepieces of the highest quality. We seek to express character and distinction through an iconic and timeless design, combining classical craftsmanship with flair of contemporary style.
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Pierre de Coubertin Pierre de Coubertin is considered the father of the modern Olympic Games. He designed the symbol of the Olympics—the five interlocking rings. He also developed the Olympic Charter and Protocol, including the procedures for the opening and closing ceremonies which are still used today.
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Who Makes Invicta Watches? Because Invicta Watch Group has outsourced some of the parts of the Invicta watch, some are confused about who makes the watch and where they are made. A common question is: Before 1991, the watch was made in Switzerland by the Picard family.
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Tudor Watches Tudor Watches. The brainchild of Rolex founder Hans Wildorf, Tudor was created as an economical alternative to its illustrious sister brand. With Tudor, Wildorf aimed to create an accessibly priced product with exemplary aesthetic, technical and functional qualities and the brand remains true to his legacy today consistently producing durable and stylish timepieces. Probably one of the smart looking replica watches in the market is the Tudor watch. This Swiss technology watch made by Rolex has come a long way from the very first time that its manufacturer thought of introducing something new.
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Tudor Watches Tudor Watches The brainchild of Rolex founder Hans Wildorf, Tudor was created as an economical alternative to its illustrious sister brand. With Tudor, Wildorf aimed to create an accessibly priced product with exemplary aesthetic, technical and functional qualities and the brand remains true to his legacy today consistently producing durable and stylish timepieces. Probably one of the smart looking replica watches in the market is the Tudor watch.
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The History of Policing in the United States, Part 1 Philadelphia created the first day watch in 1833 and New York instituted a day watch in 1844 as a supplement to its new municipal police force (Gaines, Kappeler, and Vaughn 1999). Augmenting the watch system was a system of constables, official law enforcement officers, usually paid by the fee system for warrants they served.
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Vintage Omega Watches In 1952 they were awarded the Olympic Cross of Merit for their outstanding contribution to sport. But it was not only in space and on land that Omega watches were successful, they also had great success in manufacturing underwater watches. The Omega Seamaster, a chronometer and quartz watch, was launched in 1948 with later versions famously being worn by James Bond in many of the Bond movies.
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How the Apple Watch was created It's not easy to keep a lid on something when the whole world is clamouring to see it. When Apple chief executive Tim Cook finally unveiled the Apple Watch to the world in September 2014, it ushered in an entire new era for the company as it made its first strides into the fledgling smartwatch/wearables market.