Watches With History

Although the craft of watchmaking has changed dramatically over the years

, there are certain companies that have always been at the forefront of watch craft. Raymond Weil watches, Longines watches, and other luxury watch brands have broken records, hung off the wrists of royalty and heads of state, traveled to the ends of the earth, and been present when history unfolded. Let's take a look back into the history of some of these companies and the world of watch making as a whole.

Raymond Weil watches were born out of turmoil. The company was founded in 1976 in Switzerland while the watch industry as a whole was reeling. The watch market was flooded with cheap watches from Japan and China. Digital watches had started hitting the scene in the early 1970s and many people feared that the mechanized watches of old were on the way out. Instead of following trends and going with cheap, mass produced, digital watches Raymond Weil decided to continue in the tradition of fine, handmade, watches. Raymond Weil watches got a big boost in 1983 when they teamed up with critically acclaimed director Milo Forman (director of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Hair and The People vs. Larry Flint). Forman's film Amadeus had just come out and Raymond Weil put out a signature series of watches to honor the film. Raymond Weil Watches followed up this success in 1986 with widely popular Othello collection. These watches were not only stylish but only 1.2mm in thickness.

Unlike Raymond Weil, Longines watches date back to the 19th century, 1832 specifically. It started off a small, Swiss watch maker but quickly grew. The Longines watch company hold man honors. They were the watch used to keep time at the first modern Olympics in 1892. Longines was also the first watch in the North Pole on the wrist of explorer Amde de Savoie. Longines watches got their biggest boost from aviator Charles Lindbergh. After timing Lindbergh's transatlantic flighty they worked with him to create an aviator's watch. These watches are still in production today. They also designed watch for female aviators which were worn by Amelia Earhart.

Longines Watches made headlines again the 1980s for their development of the first thermo-compensated watch. The Conquest VHP (Very High Precision) watch adjusts the watches speed to counteract the minuscule effects of temperature change on a watch's gears. The Conquest VHP loses or gains no more than 12 seconds a year!

by: Mark Etinger

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