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History of Wenger Watch
Introduction:
Watch is used not only for the time, but it is also long been used as an fashion. The variety in appearance and design have been used to modify and make the show attractive. Various items such as silver jewelry, gold, diamond and platinum were incorporated in various proportions by the manufacturers to give watch an attractive appearance.
Early Watch Manufacturing:
Historically, 1524 is known for being the first watch manufacturing year of manufacture, however, starts early in France and in the year 1574 a watchmaker named Charles Cousin shifted to Geneva in Switzerland from France and settled there and got citizenship after thirteen year. During this period, the watch has been used a jewel and became available for masses much later.
Charles Cousin founded a watch guild Geneva and during the period of Swiss watches became famous. There were various watchmakers in Switzerland before Charles Cousin, but the commitment of Charles Cousin to organize the sector has given boost to the quality manufacturing and propagating the quality in the world. The timepieces during the period have not perfect as of today. These first timepieces were inaccurate and most of the watches have the hour hand and had to be liquidated twice a day.
During 1600-1700, the watches are a jewelry and the period also saw technical innovation. Two types of watches pendulum and pocket watch were made available during the period. During 1675, a spiral coil was used, which has improved the accuracy the timing of a fraction of an hour earlier for a fraction of a minute. Until 1675, the pendulum type were used in the neck, Charles II of England introduced long waistcoats and men used the pockets of these jackets to watches.
By 1715, English watchmakers have begun use diamond as bearings. At the end of the century the upper tier of the balance shaft were likely to have diamonds. During the 1800s, machines for manufacturing watches were developed and clock parts manufacturers and were subsequently be the cost of various watches came down. At the end of 1800, many well-known watch companies came.
Wenger Watches – History:
Wenger company was founded in the year 1893, when Paul Boechat found the company Paul Boechat and Cie, a knife factory Courtételle. Since they have a history of manufacturing excellence in many products. In 1895, another group takes over the company of Delémont and renamed as Swiss Knives Fabrique SA In 1898 Theo Wenger became the director and after purchasing Basler, the merged company renamed besleckfabrik Schweizer and operation of the company were transferred to Delémont.
In 1907 Theo Wenger became the owner of the company and is become the company as Wenger and company. In 1908, Wenger was chosen as provider for the Swiss army knife, since then Wenger watches also contains the term "Swiss Army" on the various models provided by Wenger watches. After 14 years in 1922 bought Oeretti Kasper majority ownership and renamed the company as Wenger SA. After twenty-five years old Max Oertli took over the management of the company. In 1988, collection of watches Wenger is launched and in 2003, Wenger launches Swiss business tools in the world.
Classical models of wristwatches Wenger:
Some models of classic watches from Wenger's date includes airbrush, Alpine's date 2-eye Swiss Alps Rally Limited Edition Aqua diver depth chart for men and Commando Chrono, escort, and Alpenrose for women. All these watches are available from a range of 150 $ To $ 500 on the market.
About the Author
Zai Zhu is a watch collector and a watch dealer. Visit http://www.discountwatchstore.com to shop over 1000 styles of watches including many Wenger watches, Invicta watches, Citizen watches, Luminox watches, and many more, as well as to learn about watches.
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