Tips on How to Collect Watches Both Vintage And Mens Sports Watches

By Michelle Michaelis on July 03, 2011
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I thought I might look at different watches including most expensive watches, either old as well as brand new, with the view of somebody looking to build up a collection, whether or not antique collectible, current, plus cheap designer watches or maybe a mix of the two. All things considered, a watch is a superb combination of practicality, design, and attractiveness all rolled into one!

With a long historical past dating back to the 15th Century when the first pocket watch was invented, to the digital and quartz watches of today, the watch continues to be popular, regardless of the trend towards mobiles and other digital equipment telling the time. The heavenly bodies-the stars, the sun and the moon-served as our first watches, and they predate the sundial, the first major advance in timekeeping, by eons. The watch's primary function remains to keep track of time. Contemporary ladies designer watches originated as functional, portable, mechanical, clocks. 19th century watches were usually carried in the pocket, and included a protective cover, similar to the cover on a woman's compact. Often, they were attached to the clothing by a chain. Wristwatches entered the marketplace in the late 19th century as a woman's fashion accessory, and credit goes to Cartier for popularizing the wristwatch with the leather band.

The first mechanical wristwatches required manual winding. During the 1950s, Hamilton Watch Company introduced the first battery-powered watch, which required no winding. The first digital watch appeared in the 1970s, but digital watches still have not replaced analogue watches due, in part, to a wildly successful marketing campaign by Swatch. Along the way, watches evolved into digital, light-emitting diode (LED), liquid crystal display (LDC), and waterproof. Today's watches routinely include a calendar, and many women's watches also include a calendar. But why stop there? You can get a watch to match your each and every need. Watches include calculators, digital cameras, cell phones, plus games. Chronograph watches for men maintains its popularity. Exactly what is a 'chronograph'? It's a watch that "records time." In modern watches this is the term for a stopwatch function of some type, which range from the simple to the sophisticated.

Pocket watches were popular accessories in men's fashion. Not merely were they a helpful accessory, but pocket watches demonstrated prosperity and rank. These types of watches were ornately embellished and of the finest craftsmanship. Pocket watches continue to be available to buy,Cartier prices, and many tend to be passed down to family members as heirlooms. Still trendy today, especially for those that want to be a little bit different and stand out from the crowd!

Collecting watches can be a flexible hobby, depending on your tastes and also the size of your bank account! Traditional and retro watches needn't be expensive. On eBay you can buy pocket watches for around 50 depending on condition, and even modern classics such as Swatch can be brought at reasonable prices. You will find collectors' clubs that you can join, and they can give you suggestions about what you are considering, and what to consider. The usual advice given to collectors of anything will be careful - when it looks too good to be true, then usually it is!

On my website,www.myjewellerystore.co.uk,ronde solo Cartier, a wide range of stores that do beautiful selections of watches for men and women not to mention kids, therefore remember to check out www.myjewellerystore.co.uk. Created by Michelle Michaelis, who used to offer vintage watches and jewellery yet still carries a soft spot for antiques of all types! Treat yourself or a family member to jewellery gifts they will love forever. Give them a treat with jewellery from .We have gold and silver items like unusual engagement rings, gold heart pendants or drop pearl earrings and gold charms for bracelets. Please visit our site.

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Perfumes From Calvin Klein

By Melanie Garner on March 30, 2011
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Calvin Klein, the luxury fashion brand is also famous for their popular lines of fragrances. This designer label is known worldwide for its jeans, casual wear, underwear,Cartier Love Charm Necklace with Yellow Gold Screw Tags, sportswear, accessories and perfumes. Calvin Klein fragrance license now belongs to Coty, Inc. since 2005 May. Here are some of the most sensational Calvin Klein perfumes in the market.

Euphoria

The profound feeling of happiness as its name suggests, this perfume definitely knows how to make you elated. Introduced in 2005, this won the Fifi award for the best luxe fragrance of the same year. Created by Dominique Ropion, Carlos Benaim, and Loc Dong, the perfume is sultry, mysterious, suggestive and exotic. It blends the fragrances of Asian pomegranate, persimmon, lush green accord, narcotic floral scents of lotus blossom, champaca, and black orchid, mixing with liquid amber, black violet, cream accord, patchouli and mahogany wood, splashed with musk. It has an irresistible edible fragrance and lasts for a considerable longer period of time on the skin. This fragrance lingers and retains its power after use, it's almost impossible to escape its divine scent. The bottle's design is elegant and represents curvaceous femininity. The Euphoria line also accompanies sensual bath and shower cream, body lotion and Euphoria Blossom perfume. If you are looking for a confident sexy perfume that can transport you to joy beyond compare, Calvin Klein's Euphoria is exactly right.

Eternity and Eternity Moment

Timeless intimacy and romantic floral fragrance are the concepts behind this famous perfume. It was introduced in 1988, created by Sophia Grojsman and won the Fifi award for the most successful women's fragrance in 1989. This also entered the Fragrance Hall of Fame in 2003. Freesia, mandarin, sage, muguet, white lily, marigold, narcissus bring out the never ending floral beauty of the fragrance and later add a touch of sandalwood, patchouli and amber. Eternity has its own deodorant, luxury body lotion and shower gel.

Eternity Moment introduced in 2004 represents dazzling excitement of falling in love. It is feminine, flirty, and modern, adding aromas of oriental flowers and fruits. The perfume opens up with the fragrances of lychee, guava and pomegranate flower, blending with Chinese pinky peony, passion flower and nymphea. The final touches add sexy musks, rosewood and raspberry cashmere. Eternity Moment also comes with a body lotion. This is one of the best selling perfumes of the label and charming to use for romantic evenings.

Obsession

This perfume comes for both sexes and is a serious perfume that brings out passion, sensuality and powerful attraction. Obsession for women blends the scents of green nuances, mandarin, bergamot, vanillin, exotic spices, jasmine, orange blossom, amber, oakmoss, musk and incense. Obsession for men mixes mandarin, grapefruit, lavender, coriander, carnation, jasmine, rosewood, pine needle and for the finishing note patchouli,Cartier chronoscaph online, vetiver, vanilla and amber.

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What is an El Nino

By Allan GK on July 20, 2010
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An EJ-Nifie-is a temporary change in the climate of the Pacific Ocean, in the region around the equator. You can see its effects in both the ocean and atmosphere, generally in Northern Hemisphere winter. Typically, the ocean surface warms up by a few degrees Celsius. At the same time, the place where hefty thunderstorms occur on the equator moves eastward. Al-though those might seem like small differences, it nevertheless can have big effects on the world's climate.

What causes it?

Usually, the wind blows strongly from east to west along the equator in the Pacific. This actually piles up water (about half a meter's worth) in the western part of the Pacific. In the eastern part, deeper water (which is colder than the sun- warmed surface water) gets pulled up from below to replace the water pushed west. So, the normal situation is warm water in the west, cold in the east.

In an El Nino, the winds pushing that water around get weaker. As a result, some of the warm water piled up in the west slumps back down to the east, and not as much cold water gets pulled up from below. Both these tend to make the water in the eastern Pacific warmer, which is one of the hallmarks of an El Nino.

But it doesn't stop there. The warmer ocean then affects the winds — it makes the winds weaker! So if the winds get weaker, then the ocean gets warmer, which makes the winds get weaker, which makes the ocean get warmer. . . This is called a positive feedback, and is what makes an El Nino grow.

So what makes it stop growing?

The ocean is full of waves, but you might not know how many kinds of waves there are. There's one called a Rossby wave that is quite unlike the waves you see when you visit the beach. It is more like a distant cousin to a tidal wave. The difference is that a tidal wave goes very quickly, with all the water moving pretty much in the same direction. In a Rossby wave, the upper part of the ocean, say the top 100 meters or so, will be leisurely sliding one way, while the lower part, starting at 100 meters and going on down, will be slowly moving the other way. After a while they switch directions. Everything happens very slowly and inside the ocean, and you can't even see them on the surface. These things are so slow; they can take months or years to cross the oceans. If you had the patience to sit there while one was going by, you'd hardly notice it; the water would be moving 100 times slower than walking speed. But they are large, hundreds or thousands of kilometers in length (not height! Remember, you can hardly see them on the surface),Cartier 14K Yellow Gold Plated Love Ring with Diamond, so they can have an effect on things. Another wave you rarely hear about is called a Kelvin wave, and it had some characteristics in common with Ross by waves, but is somewhat faster than and can only exist closer to the equator (say, within about 5 degrees of latitude around the equator).

El Nines often start with a Kelvin wave propagating from the western Pacific over towards South America. Perhaps you saw, on the TV news, the movie (produced by JPL) for the Elmina of 1997/98? It showed a whitish blob (indicating a sea level some centimeters higher than usual) moving along the equator from Australia to South America. That is one of the hallmarks of a Kelvin wave, the early part of the El Nino process.

When an El Nino gets going in the middle or eastern part of the Pacific, it creates Ross by waves that drift slowly towards Southeast Asia. After several months of travelling, they finally get near the coast and reflect back. The changes in interior ocean temperature that these waves carry with it "cancel out" the original temperature changes that made the El Ni?o in the first place. The main point is that it shuts off when these funny interior-ocean waves travel all the way over to the coast of Asia, get reflected,engagement rings Cartier, and travel back, a process that can take many months.

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Zenith Watches - Offering Reliability and Elegance

By Steve Miklashevskiy on November 23, 2009
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With over a century of history behind the brand, Zenith watches offer a classic elegance that stands apart from trendier models. Founded by Georges Favres-Jacot in 1865 at the tender age of 22, this brand was one of the earliest watch manufacturers to craft entire watches from removable parts that could be taken out and repaired. This allows for the highest level of accuracy. Jacot was influenced by the movements of the stars around their axis,Cartier mens bracelet, and this led to the creation of the brand name, "Zenith." Like the cosmos, the inner workings of time revolve in a natural simplicity that is reflected in the design of the watches.

Zenith watches come in a variety of styles that have changed over the years to match trends. With an array of different dial face and strap options, you can customize your purchase to best match your personality and wardrobe. The straps are crafted from high-quality materials including crocodile skin. Backgrounds tend to have an astrological theme, mirroring the origins of the brand. A warranty and guarantee is included in the sale price, making sure that your watch is built to last. These watches are made for both men and women. The ladies' watches feature daintier models, with delicate touches of quartz and luxurious strap fabrics,love ring Cartier, cut more thinly to offset thinner wrists. There truly is a model for everyone with this brand, making it a classic choice for gift giving.

Naturally the most important factor aside from style in a watch is the ability to reliably tell time. Zenith watches are some of the industry's most reliable timepieces. The brand has won numerous awards in trade shows and fair throughout the 20th century, all over the world. The precision with which these watches are crafted is truly striking. The newest award-winning model is called the "Elite" and is crafted with intense precision, since 1995. This Swiss brand has been applauded time and time again for their constant innovations in timepiece manufacture, and continue to conduct research to further the brand.

For your next luxury watch purchase, choose a time piece that is part of the gold standard in watch making. With so many styles and a long and storied history, Zenith watches are a long-term purchase that can be passed down as heirlooms to generations to come. To view a selection of these watches as well as other luxury brands, please visit www.worldofluxuryus.com. There you will find the most up-to-date options.

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Affluent Page Showcases Patrizzi

By John Santos on December 25, 2010
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You could call them the fathers of time: Patrizzi & Co. Auctioneers are known not only for their detailed, well-researched catalogs of horological history but also for exposing and inspiring watch collectors worldwide. The company specializes in horological auctions and publishes guides to luxury antique watches, clocks, and automata, as well as contemporary wristwatches. With a extraordinarily thorough database of information on timepieces, Patrizzi & Co. possesses a considerable edge over the competition.

For instance, on April 20, 2004, during a prime time for jewelry and clock auctions, another auction house sold an Art Deco mystery clock for $107,550. Patrizzi & Co. received the clock, researched its history, and discovered its provenance and importance. The house sold it for $380,000. In 2009, after extensive research utilizing the company's deep expertise, it sold a Patek Philippe Tourbillon watch for $317,000. A month later, a virtually identical piece was sold by another auction house for only $187,000.

Chief watch expert and vice president of Patrizzi & Co. Philip Poniz started making watches in the 1970s. He has continued to season his craft by creating exceedingly complex watches, including a tourbillon with a constant-force escapement. Poniz is a collector of horological information: The index of his personal library has reached the eight-million mark. He often lectures to horological groups and has conducted historical discourses, as well as more technical seminars for Sotheby's, Antiquorum, and other auction houses.

Osvaldo Patrizzi, the president of the company, is known as the creator of the wristwatch auction market, which today is a $100-million business. With demand much stronger than supply, watch collecting is considered both an exclusive and a cutting-edge hobby. Patrizzi is, without a doubt, responsible for much of the development of wristwatch collecting. He oversaw the first watch auction in 1974 in Geneva, Switzerland, the metropolis of the watch auction market, has innovated many ways of auction selling and is considered to be among the most influential people in horology.

In 2009, Patrizzi & Co. was chosen as the organizer for the Only Watch charity auction sponsored by Prince Albert of Monaco to benefit research efforts in the fight against muscular dystrophy. It featured timepieces personally chosen by Patrizzi. Major watch brands such as Patek Philippe, Vacheron Constantin, Omega, Breguet, and many others invented specialty watches just for the event, with the affluent attendees able to test the new creations.

Patrizzi believes strongly in the timeless value of watch collecting, as well in continued growth of the industry. As for building one's own collection, Patrizzi says, "It's essential for collectors to know the historical evolution of the pieces they purchase from a technological point of view." He adds: "We also must not forget that collecting watches was a privilege in the past for emperors, kings and the aristocracy worldwide."

The company's collection includes pieces dating to as far back as the 1580s and watches that reflect the high quality and striking appearance of the 19th-century watch market. Patrizzi & Co. has over 450 years of watchmaking history, offering collectors a vast and distinctive collection of pieces. Their cross watches, likely previously owned by dignitaries of the Catholic Church, and early table clocks are as intricate as works of art. The Patrizzi & Co. wristwatch collection contains pieces ranging from older periods to more recent creations, showcasing the evolution of extremely rare wristwatches over the course of the past few centuries.

Some of the more complex pocket watches are testaments to a Swiss watchmaker's ability to lend a gentleman an air of importance and savoir-faire. The rare, one-of-a-kind Panera wristwatch created for Italian divers during World War II is a signature piece in the collection. In past auctions, Patrizzi mystery items included two magnificent Cartier Art Deco table clocks and the most complicated Cartier Comet clock ever made, featuring sophisticated gold and nephrite detailing.

"We combine the best expertise on the market with the best contacts to assist collectors," says Patrizzi. "Our system does not include commission and every purchase comes with a five-year authenticity guarantee. What people purchase is exactly what they want: We can guarantee what we give to our customers. Not every auction house can do that."

This past June, Patrizzi held an auction preview event in Shanghai. He appreciates and admires Chinese collectors, who study watches with precision. "They know what they want and they want more and more," says Patrizzi. "They do it for the passion,cartier love bracelet price list, for the art, and for the image—it's a status symbol when one is wearing an exceptional watch. Watches also make for an excellent medium-term investment,cartier love ring white gold size 50, perfect for diversifying." Patrizzi & Co. recently became the first auction company to acquire a permit to organize watch auctions in China.

Year after year, Patrizzi & Co. continues to be recognized for its expertise and devotion to timepieces. The company's passion for and dedication to horology has truly helped the watch-collecting industry evolve, making Patrizzi & Co. the hand that holds time.

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