Essay On Luxury Watch

Each year, luxury watches are on many people’s Christmas lists and there is a whole subculture of enthusiasts and collectors devoted to them. Every online watch store, including Zimson, can tell buyers the history of the watches they are purchasing and the companies which produce them, as they form an important part of the watch’s image.
Ever since sundials evolved into pocket watches and those into wristwatches, luxury watches have played important roles in many points of history and are largely to thank for the modern age of technology. Here are some fascinating facts on the history of luxury watches:
1857 - Abraham Lincoln Wears One of the First Luxury Watches
Possibly the first luxury watch company, dating back to the days when pocket watches were still used, was the Waltham Watch Company founded in 1850, which is still making luxury watches today. One of the most famous early wearers of their watches was Abraham Lincoln, who was presented with a William Ellery watch at the Gettysburg Address in 1857. The watch is now held by the Smithsonian museum. You can see images of it at horologist.com. This was a surprising prediction of the more current trend of famous film characters and celebrities popularising luxury watches, the most notable being James Bond.
1926 - Rolex Makes the First Waterproof Watches
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A specially designed Rolex called the DeepSea was developed for the Trieste bathyscaphe and went to the bottom of the Marina Trench in 1960, and reportedly kept the correct time at a depth of 11,000 meters. More recently, a Rolex Watch accompanied filmmaker James Cameron’s expedition to Challenger Deep, one of the deepest parts of the ocean, which you can read about extensively on Rolex’s website. Rolex watches have also been to Mount Everest and were used in the Great Escape (on which the famous wartime film is based) in