1485 : Leonardo da Vinci sketches a fusee for a clock
1500 : Germany : Peter Henlein creates the first pocket watch.
Early 1600s : Form watches becoming popular. Cases are shaped like animals and objects. Religious themes are popular.
1635 : Around this time that the fusee was adapted from clocks to watches.
1659 -1675 : Christian Huygens invents the "Remontoire".
1687 : Daniel Quare patents the repeating mechanism that uses bells to sound quarter hours and the hours.
1704 : Peter and Jacob Debaufre, Nicolas Facio, are the first to use rubies in watch movements.
1735: Blancpain started making watches and produces fewer than 10,000 a year
1750 : Watch makers began using enamel on watch dials.
1759 : Thomas Mudge invents the English lever escapement.
1775 : Abraham Louis Breguet sets up his own watch making shop in Paris, France.
1780 : Abraham Louis Perrelet invents the self winding movement.
1786 : Breguet is the first to use guilloche on watch dials.
1791 : J.F. Bautte founded the watch company that would eventually become Girard-Perregaux.
1807 : Thomas Young invents the recording chronograph.
1809 : Luther Goddard of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts is the first watch manufacturer in America.
1820 : Thomas Prest registers a patent for the self winding watch.
1832: Longines founded
1830: Baume & Mercier was started in by two brothers with one mantra
1833 : Antoine LeCoultre starts his own watchmaking business which later become Jaeger-LeCoultre.
1837 : The French fashion house of Hermes was established by Thierry Hermes
1839: Antoine Norbert de Patek (Salesman) and François Czapek (Watchmaker) joined forces to found « Patek,

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1843: Adrien Philippe develops a watch with winding and setting through the crown.
1844 : The start, stop, and reset chronograph is invented by Adolphe Nicole.
1844 : Antoine LeCoultre invents the millionometre.
1847 : Cartier was founded in Paris by Louis-François
1848 : Louis Brandt opens his own workshop in La Chaux-de-Fonds which eventually became the Omega Watch Company
1851 : Mr. Philippe became officially associated the company was rebaptised « Patek Philippe & Cie
1853 : Tissot makes the first dual time zone watch.
1858 : Minerva was founded.
1860 : Chopard Watches was founded
Officine Panerai was founded in Florence, Italy
Heuer was founded.
1865 : Zenith founded by a young Georges Favre-Jacot
1868 : IWC Founded by Florentine Jones, a 27-year old American master watchmaker from Boston
1875 : Audemars Piguet was originally established by two young men; Mr. Audemars designed the movements for the luxury timepieces and Mr. Piguet was in charge of the financial and commercial aspect
1881 : Movado was founded.
1884 : Greenwich, England is officially named the zero meridian and used as the world wide recognized basis of time zones.
1884: The story of Breitling watches began in when Leon Breitling opened a watchmaking workshop in the Jura Mountains of Switzerland
1886 : Geneva Seal established.
1892: The Hamilton Watch Company was founded in Lancaster Company was founded in Lancaster
1894 : Universal Geneve established.
1904 : The Oris watch company was founded and has become well-known for only producing mechanical watches
1905 : Hans Wilsdorf starts the Rolex Watch Company.
1906: Guccio Gucci, son of an Italian trader founded the House of Gucci in Florence
1908 : Concord was founded in Switzerland
1911 : Ebel was founded in Switzerland by life and business partners, Eugene Blum and Alice Levy. Ebel, an acronym of their initials, stands for “Architects of Time”.
1914 : Eterna introduces the first wristwatch with an alarm.
1918: Japan : Shakosha Watch Company opened. This would become Citizen in1931.
1921: From its inception by Guccio Gucci, the name Gucci has become internationally equated with absolute luxury.
1923 : John Harwood is the first to mass produce a self winding wristwatch.
1924 : Tokyo : Seiko brand name is launched by Kinttaro Hattori.
1926 : Rolex introduces the first waterproof case called the "Oyster".
1929 : First anti magnetic watch created by Tissot.
1931 : Shakosha became Citizen.
1933 : Ingersoll introduces the "Mickey Mouse" watch.
1956 : Rolex introduces their first model that displays the day and date.
1957 : Hamilton introduces the world's first battery driven watch.
1962 : Rado produces the world's first scratch proof watch called the "Diastar 1".
1962 : ETA of Switzerland develops the first quartz battery operated watch.
1970 : Hamilton releases the "Pulsar", the first electronic digital watch.
1972 : Longines and Seiko introduce the LCD, (Liquid Crystal Display).
1976 : Founded by Raymond Weil, his watches are based on the ideal of combining classic styling
1980 : Hublot It was established by Carlo Crocco.
1983 : SMH of Switzerland launches the Swatch brand.
Philippe Charriol, the founder of the company that bears his name, was President of Cartier before launching his own line of watches
1985 : Swiss Heuer Company merges with TAG to form TAG Heuer.
1986 : Audemars Piguet introduces the first self winding tourbillon.
1991 : Franck Muller founded.
1999 : Casio innovates with the first wristwatch with a built-in Global Positioning System (GPS).

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Time
The world revolve around us and so is time. People learn from sunlight,
water and other natural phenomenon. They create tools to tell time. We call it the clock. Its origin occurred on the planet over 3500-years ago. They say that time is based on the sun. And this is when man invented the sundial. But then dial modifications were brought about to calculate the time among the ancient Greek inhabitants where precision is more accurate. The Greeks invented a water clock called “Clepsydra” (literally means water thief). It was a device for drawing liquids from vats too large to pour which utilized the principles of air pressure to transport the liquid from one container to another. But there were some restrictions to this, since in winter the water will freeze and will never be available. So water watch died a natural death long before it became popular.

In 1929 Warren Morrison had invented a clock that is more specific. Quartz watch was a very accurate clock. Since the clock has developed steadily from the relentless wind forces. This was in 1980, a period in which people started to use computer technology. Invention using a clock chip was an additional component in the mechanism of this clock. In addition to telling time it can also store information needed. And can be used by the electronic calculator. Until now, clock continues to evolve in the digital age coupled with computer technology.

Time is most valuable to man. All men are born with equal inheritance each day.
We were all given 24 hours a day. It is up to us to grab and utilize it overtime.

Be punctual with your values because when it’s over, there’s no way you can get it back. Only memories remain.

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