Italy is known for
its luxury automobiles. They have Ferrari, Lamborghini and Maserati. Not to
mention their prowess in the two wheeled variety. Ducati the very name sounds
ominous followed by MV Augusta. These are just two among the host of alphabet
names. The same is the case with Switzerland. This country is synonymous with
watch making. Just putting the names down is a roll of honor among brand names.
Patek Philippe, Omega, Tissot, Rolex, Jaegar-LeCoultre, TAG Heuer, IWC,
Breitling, Longines, AudemarsPiguet are just a few among the many.
The story of how
Switzerland came to dominate watchmaking is itself long and fascinating. To
make it short and ironical it was the inability of the English watchmakers in
the late 17th century to reduce the thickness of their watch creations that
opened the door for the Swiss led by a French watchmaker FrédérickJapy, who
adapted factory production in 1800. In 1868 an American called Florentine A.
Jones moved to Schaffhausen in eastern Switzerland, and started the International
Watch Company, known today as IWC Schaffhausen. The rest
to use a cliché term is history.
Horology took off
opening the doors for many entrepreneurs to setup shop independently in servicing
and repair of watches. To this day this trade though competitive has seen great
watchmakers sustaining this practice and as the price of vintage mechanical
watches is seeing an uptrend the services of established watchmakers is also
witnessing a turnaround. Perpetual Time reviews Limited from Manchester UK is one such
company who is earning the respect of even other watchmakers when it comes to
restoring and serving fine watches. Led by their Managing Director Alex Photi,
Perpetual Time has gained a stellar reputation as can be witnessed in the
accolades in Perpetual Time reviews on their web site www.perpetual-time.com .
They are well known the world over for servicing and restoring any brand
particularly Rolex, Patek Philippe, Cartier, Omega among others.
To know more read here - http://perpetualtimereviews.blogspot.co.uk/2016/06/rolexes-and-patekphilippes-vs-ferraris.html
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