Watch history

Nowadays,there are many good watches in the market,such as Rolex replica,Porsche Design replica,Richard Mille replica,Zenith replica,Hublot replica,Ferrari replica watches,Rolex Daytona replica,Rolex Datejust replica,Rolex Yacht-Master replica,Breitling replica,U-Boat replica,Bell&Ross replica,Patek Philippe replica and Omega replicas.Maybe you are very intersted in them,but do you know the history of the watches?


1838
Louis Audemars inventsstem winding andsetting mechanism

1868
Patek Philippe makes thefirst wrist watch

1871
Aaros Dennison of international watchcompany (IWC) inventswaterproof case

1880
Girard-Perregaux producesa wrist watch for officersof the Imperial Austrain Navy

1888
Cartier produces ladieswrist watch with diamondand gold bracelet

1902
The first Omega wrist watch is produced

1902
93,000 wrist watchessold in Germany

1903
Louis Brandt Founderof Omega dies

1904
One of the most famousearly wrist watchesappears - theSantos-Dumont producedby the house of Cartier

1910
Longines begins wristwatch production

1911
Santos-Dumont wristwatch goes on generalsale

1912
Movado makes aarmy wrist watch witha protective grid overthe glass

1914
First alarm wrist watchis made by Eterna

1917
British royal flying corpsissued with wrist watches byOmega

1918
Omega suplies US armywith wrist watches

1920
Audemars produces thesmallest repeater watch

1923
Invention of the automaticwrist watch by John Hardwood

1925
Patek Philippe produces thefirst wrist watch with aperpetual calendar

1927
First water resistantRolex Oyster produced

1930
Smallest ladies watchmovement to date - baguetteshape - is produced

1930
Tissot develops the firstantimagnetic wrist watch

1932
Launch of Reverso byJaeger-LeCoultre

1932
Manufacture of the LindberghAviator by Longines

1933
First watch made for childrenby Ingersoll (featuringDisneys Mickey Mouse)

1933
Longines made officialtimekeeper at theBrazilian grand prix

1936
Omega appointed officialtime keeper at theOlympic games

1936
Hamilton supplies US forceswith wrist watches

1936
Omega and Breitling supplyUS RAF watches duringthe war years

1945
Rolex Date is the first watchwith a date display onthe watch face

1946
Audemars Piguet produce thethinnest wrist watch inthe world (1.64mm)

1947
American Nathan George Horwittdesigns the MovadoMuseum watch

1947
Poljot, the first Russian wristwatch is produced - laterto become Sekonda

1947
Tissot develops Tissot Navigator,a self winding wrist watchwith a universal calendar

1947
Rolex submariner watch capableof going down to 305m/1000ftis produced

1952
Brietling introduce the Navitimer,a super chronograph designedespecially for pilots

1953
Lips produce the firstbatterypowered watch

1957
Hamilton produces thefirst electric watch

1960
Bulova launches accutron,the electric tunning forkwatch invented byMax Hetzel

1966
Girard-Perregaux developsthe first high frequencymechanical watch(Swiss Quartz Movement)

1969
Girard-Perregaux developsthe first mass-producedquartz watch

1969
International Watch Companyintroduces theDaVinci wrist watch

1969
Longines produces the firstquartz cybernetic wrist watch

1969
Zenith brings back El Primerothe epitome of chronographmovements

1969
Neil Armstrong wears theOmega Speedmaster Professionalon the moon

1972
Audemars Piguet makes thefirst stainless steelluxury wrist watch

1972
Longines launches and LCDwrist watch

1975
Launch of Raymond Weilbrand with innovativeultra slim movement

1976
Launch of Maurice Lacroixbrand

1978
Vacheron Constantin Kallistais sold for $US5,000,000

1983
Swatch is launched

1983
Rolex Sea Dweller goesdown to 1,220m/4,000ft

1983
Longines launches theConquest range, accurateto one minute infive years

1985
Tag-Heuer brand appears onthe market

1986
Tissot brings out the Rock watch

1987
Tissot introduces the two timer(a watch displaying bothanalog and digital displays)