Interesting Facts To Learn About Tissot Watches

Tissot’s first watch was introduced in the year 1853. The brand is mainly popular for manufacturing the first pocket watch and a pocket watch with two time zones. Tissot has also manufactured the first anti-magnetic timepiece in the watch making industry in the year 1929-30. The company was also the first one to make timepieces of mother of pearl, wood, stone and plastic. In the year 1930, the watch brand Tissot merged with another watch brand Omega. However, since then buyers are not buying Tissot watches but Tissot-Omega watches.

Based in Switzerland and present in 150 countries of the world, Tissot watches are a member of the biggest watch manufacture and distributor in world, The Swatch Group Ltd, since 1983. The watch brand, Tissot, is actually an official timekeeper for world championships in motorcycling, cycling, ice hockey and fencing and was used for Downhill Skiing in 1938 and 1957’s Davis Cup. The brand was even the main sponsor for Formula 1 teams Renault, Lotus and Sauber. The company’s first involvement as official timekeeper was in the year 1938. In this year, the company timed a number of Ski races near Jura mountains.

Today, Tissot watches are working with different sporting bodies for developing a system to come up with more exact timings for the special events. The brand has mainly become popular for its T-Touch. Many new timepieces have sapphire glasses, barometers, compasses, thermometers and altimeters. 

Celebrities who have worn these watches include Angelina Jolie, Sarah Bernhardt, Elvis Presley, Carmen Miranda, James Stewart, Nelson Mandela and Kamal Hassan.

The Modern Day Hamilton Watches

Hamilton watches have become very popular in the recent years. The Swatch Group Ltd presently owns the watch brand. The ones that are manufactured in the recent years no longer make use of the proprietary in house movements. The timepieces are made using movements that are made by the Swatch Group’s ETA.

In 1980s and 1990s, the brand started a promotional campaign, which resulted in the comeback of old Hamilton designs. The vintage styles were reappearing in the market. Hamilton actually had a portfolio of famous designs that were being manufactured in the years of 1920s, 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. The brand with a motive of resurgence just replicated the many of these old but original styles and designs like the Boulton, Ardmore, Piping Rock, Cabot, Wilshire, Spur and Hamilton Ventura of 1957. These reissued Hamilton watches integrate the contemporary quartz movement that are Swiss-made.

The watch brand in the year 2007 launched unique editions of Ventura for coinciding with fiftieth anniversary of an electric timepiece. In the American market, automatic and stainless steel quartz models were launched and in the Asian marketplace, rose and yellow gold plated modern Ventura versions were launched. In both the markets, the watches were launched with a production of more than 1,000 each.

Three years before in 2009, the watch company Hamilton launched 3 new models of Ventura for celebrating Elvis Presley’s 75^th birthday. This man in Blue Hawaii was seen with a Ventura. The mechanical PVD version is just an upgraded design of Ventura.

Popular Styles Of Michele Watches

There are many brands in the watch market that have made a special place for them. Among them Michele watches is a leading brand. It has become famous only for a short time span but its history dates back to the year 1940. It is a family owned business for three generations. It was first established in Belgium. The brand has evolved from scratch. Earlier, it used to make watches of simple designs but with time it came out with highly acclaimed watch ranges such as CSX-Diamond Chronographs.

Most of the watches in this brand have a vibrant style that reflects fashion. There are more than hundreds of models, which you can come across in the market. You can choose to wear them as per the occasion and mood. There is a wide collection of Michele watches available in the market, some of which includes Urban, Ceramic, Deco, Tahitian, Caber and Butterfly.

The Butterfly from Michele watches is a rare collection. The stunning piece MWW04B000001 is brilliantly designed for ladies. The face comes with white enamel dial. It comes with diamonds, and stainless steel bracelet and casing. The watch also has a scratch resistant sapphire crystal. You can definitely add this beautiful timepiece in your watch collection.

However, if you want to chuck the elegance and go in for something, which is more trendy and funky, then you can choose to go for the Carousel watches collection from Michele. The Michele Carousel MWW03M000089 has an extremely funky design. Young women who prefer to flaunt a sporty look can choose to go for this watch. It has a white enamel dial with scratch resistant sapphire crystal and yellow silicon strap.

Trivia on Luminox and Hamilton Watches

Hamilton is a name in the watch making industry. It has some finest watches that serve as fashion and luxury items. Although all its timepieces are Swiss-made but it has its root in USA. When buying these Hamilton watches, customers need to make sure they are purchasing a real one and not the fake pieces. This is the reason customers must purchase these timepieces from a reliable and reputed online shop.

Watches from Hamilton are water resistant. However, the brand ensures to test each and every of its timepiece in laboratory conditions before introducing them in the market. A diver is made to wear the watch and get exposed to each of the water resistant levels like 30, 50, 100, 150 and 200 meters. There are few interesting things to note about the test. The test can't take strenuous movement of the divers or swimmers at these water levels into account. Moreover water resistance degrades with aging of water. Then again, shocks or any kind of damage may also negate the resistance of the Hamilton watches.

You may have come across these wrist watches in many movies over the years. They have been worn by actors like Russel Crowe, Baldwin, Eddie Murphy, Gene Hackman and Ben Affleck. Both stars and co-stars have been found to wear them. In the movie Men in Black II, both Will Smith and Lee Jones wore watches from Hamilton. Khaki Air, Khaki Sea, Khaki Land, Timeless Classic, New Classic and Jazzmaster are just some of the different Hamilton styles that are popular in the market.

Luminox watches have also become quite popular in the recent years. They are known for their self-powered illumination system. These watches undergo several additional manufacturing steps, which no other brands in the world do and this makes Luminox stand out from the crowd. Moreover they can last for 10 years minimum.