The First World War, also known as the First World War, the Great War, the World War (prior to the outbreak of the Second World War) and the War to End All Wars, was a global military conflict which involved most of the world's great powers, assembled in two opposing alliances: the Allies of World War I centred around the Triple Entente and the Central Powers, centred around the Triple Alliance. More than 70 million military personnel, including 60 million Europeans, were mobilized in one of the largest wars in history. More than 15 million people were killed, making it one of the deadliest conflicts in history.
By the war's end, four major imperial powers—the German, Russian, Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman Empires—had been militarily and politically defeated, with the last two ceasing to exist. The revolutionized Soviet Union emerged from the Russian Empire, while the map of central Europe was completely redrawn into numerous smaller states. The League of Nations was formed in the hope of preventing another such conflict. The European nationalism spawned by the war, the repercussions of Germany's defeat, and of the Treaty of Versailles would eventually lead to the beginning of World War II in 1939.
There were many wristwatch companies that grew significantly prior to the First World War such as Breitling or Longines, as many others.
Breitling, the wristwatch manufacturer of the world's finest men's timepieces, was formed in 1884 by Leon Breitling, who set up the company at the tender age of 24 in Switzerland. Together with The First World War, when aviation combat machine took off, Breitling turned its attention to the aviation field, to being able to time keep it. Then, as the Second World War came, they introduced the famous "Chronomat" watchwhich was the first in the world to be fitted with a circular slide rule to aid with navigation. The peak of Breitling's success came in 1962, when astronaut Scott Carpenter wore one of their watches in space - this watch became known as the "Cosmonaute" and is a very highly sought after timepiece today. Breitling wristwatches remain the first choice of most of today's commercial and professional aviators and new models such as the Breitling Emergency which sends out a radio distress signal if the wearer becomes lost, continue to keep the brand at the forefront of technology as well as style.
On the other hand, Longines’ World War Two Pilot’s Wristwatch, with a Wheem’s aircraft navigational calculation bezel, gets to be a quite rare Longines Aircraft Navigation watch. Pioneered and developed by Longines during the 1930’s, with consultation from Charles Lindbergh, the famous American aviator who was the first pilot to cross the Atlantic solo and non stop. It was discontinued for a more convenient and easier-to-read version, which is a lot more common.
Longines’ World War Two Pilot’s Wristwatch was worn by one of the pilots responsible for transporting military aircraft across the North Atlantic to Great Britain during the early years of World War II. Transporting aircraft on this route was a dangerous responsibility because of the extreme weather conditions and the very difficult navigation problems. Dead-accurate time was of the utmost importance to make pinpoint landings.
The Longines’ World War Two Pilot’s Wristwatch gets to be an early and quite rare Longines Aircraft Navigation match pioneered and developed by Longines during the 1930’s with Chales Lindbergh’s help. Lindbergh was a famous American aviator that fisrt crossed the Atlantic alone and without stopping.
Longines’ World War Two Pilot’s watch was worn during war by the military force that transported aircrafts across the North Atlantic and, considering the extreme weather conditions and navigation problems, accurate time was a must. Longines is a very innovative watch company that produces high-quality product; easily as good as or better than the aforementioned companies. Longines began with a well-thought-out and highly engineered mechanism, and followed through with a finely manufactured product.
Albert Einstein was born on March 14, 1879 in Ulm, Kingdom of Württemberg in the German Empire. Son of Hermann Einstein and Pauline Einstein, he attended a Catholic elementary school as his parents were not observant of Jewish religious practices, even though their ancestors were Jewish .
Despite the fact that he had early speech difficulties (though wihich he had a failure to develop language abilities on the usual developmental timetable), he was a top student in elementary school and soon, at the age of ten, Maz Talmud (family friend) introduced him to key science, mathematics and philosophy texts.
As a consequence of the failure of the family business, the Einstein’s moved to Itlaly. First, they lived in Milan and then they moved to Pavia. It was during those yearsthat he wrote his first scientific work: The Investigation of the State of Aether in Magnetic Fields.
He then decided to apply directly to the Eidgenössische Polytechnische Schule (later Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH)) in Zurich, Switzerland without having completed high school. As he didn’t had a school certificate, he was then required to give an entrance examination, which he failed even though he had achieved exceptional marks in mathematics and physics. He finished high school in Aarau, Switzerland and renounced his citizenship in German Kingdom of Wurtemberg to avoid military service.
In 1896, he enrolled in the mathematics and physics program at the Polytechnic in Zurich where Marie Winteler, his future wife, also studied (being the only woman in the group). Albert graduated from the Polytechnic with a diploma in mathematics and physics.
With an outstanding work, mostly known for the general relativity law, special relativity, photoelectric effect, Brownian motion, mass-energy equivalence, field equations (between many others), he was awarded with the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1921 (at the age of 42), he was also awarded by the Royal Society of London with the Copley Medal for “outstanding achievements” in 1925. He also received the the Max Planck Medal (1929) and, last but not least, the Person of the Century prize (1999) created by Time magazine in order to honour the most important people of the last century.
He died on April, 17th, 1955 at the age of 76 after experiencing an internal bleeding caused by the rupture of an abdominal aortic aneurysm (previously been diagnosed and reinforced). He died in Princeton Hospital early the next morning having continued to work until near the end.
Before the cremation, Princeton Hospital pathologist Thomas Stoltz Harvey removed Einstein's brain for preservation, without the permission of his family, in hope that the neuroscience of the future would be able to discover what made Einstein so intelligent.
A Longines wristwatch was given to Albert Einstein in the 1930s as a present, And it has been sold at auction by Antiquorum, where it fetched the princely sum of $596,000. Apparently this is 2000% more than the auctioneer expected after belonging to one of the greatest thinkers that the world has ever seen.
Between the cheapest luxurious watches, there’s a wide range of styles and brands that, without paying a large amount of money can please us with the satisfaction of wearing a high quality and esteemed watch.
Each brand has its cheapest watch, not meaning it is not a qualified one, of course. So, according to the cheapest watches of the most important watchmakers, there are some models that must be re-introduced:
Rolex Datejust Mid-Size Ref. 178240 $4.140.00
Gender:Mid-Size
Movement: Automatic.
Dial: Blue with applied roman numeral hour markers and bar-shaped hands.
Case: Stainless Steel, Diameter: 31 mm; thickness: 11 mm. Smooth bezel. Screw-down back and screw-down crown. Water resistant to 100 meters or 300 feet.
Function: Hours, minutes, sweep seconds and quick set d
ate.
Band: Oyster Style Bracelet in Stainless Steel with Flip Lock clasp; 7.25 inches.
Movement: Quartz precision movement with rhodium plated finish. Caliber Omega: 1456
Dial: Black with applied Diamond
s hour markers and bar shaped hands.
Case: Stainless Steel and Diamond
s on Bezel, round shape. Diameter: 22 mm.
Thickness: 8 mm. Bezel engraved with roman numerals and diamonds. Scratch Resistant Sapphire Crystal with anti reflective treatment. Water resistant to 30 meters or 100 feet.
Function: Hours and minutes.
Band: Stainless Steel Bracelet with Folding Clasp; 6 inches.
Movement: Hand-wound mechanical, Panerai Luminor Marina (Officine Panerai Watches) OP XI calibre with swan's neck regulator, 16½ lignes, 17 jewels, Côtes de Genève decoration on the bridges. Glucydur® balance with Nivarox® I spring, 21,600 alternations/hour. Incab.
Dial: White with arabic numeral hour markers. Luminescent overlapped by tritium points and bar-shaped hands.
Steel device protecting the crown: registered Trade Mark. Scratch resitant sapphire crystal (formed of c
orundum, 3.5 mm thick). Anti-reflective coating. Water resistant to 300 meters or 990 feet.
Function: Hour, minutes and subsidiary seconds.
Band: Brown Leather Strap with PANERAI personalised buckle. Supplied with a steel screwdriver and a second interchangeable Strap.
Reference Number: PAM00113
Indications: Subsidiary seconds at 9.
Tag Heuer Formula 1 Quartz Ref. WAH1111.BT0714 $560.00
Movement:Quartz movement.
Dial: White with luminescent applied stick hour markers and bar shaped hands. Arrow head on second hands.
Case: Stainless Steel, round shaped. Diameter: 41 mm. Scratch-resistant titanium carbide coated unidirectional turning bezel with 60-minute scale. Scratch Resistant Sapphire crystal. Screw-in crown. Water resistant to 200 meters or 660 fee
t. Case back with special "checker flag" decoration.
Function: Hours, minutes, sweep seconds and quick set date.
Band: Black Rubber Strap with steel tang buckle; 7 inches.
Reference Number: WAH1111.BT0714
Indications Date aperture at 3.
Signatures: Dial, Case and Band.
Longines DolceVita Quartz Date Ref. L5.503.4.98.6 $960.00
Movement:Quartz movement. Caliber L2
51.
Dial: Blue with applied Arabic numerals and stick hour markers. Daunphin shaped hands.
Case: Stainless Steel, rectangular shape. Case Measures: 34 mm. x 25mm. Double-curved scratch resistant sapphire crystal. Water resistant to 30 meters or 100 feet.
Function: Hours, minutes and date.
Band: Stainless Steel Bracelet with triple folding clasp.
Reference Number: L5.503.4.98.6
Indications: Date aperture between 4 and 5.
IWC Aquatimer Mens Automatic Ref. IW354807 $3.140.00
Gender:Mens
Movement: Mechanical with automatic winding; Caliber 30110; 23 jewels; 28,800 v.p.h.; Power Reserve: 42 hours.
Dial: Black with luminescent applied stick hour markers and bar shaped hands.
Case: Stainless Steel, round shape. Diameter: 42 mm.
Thickness: 12,8 mm. Uni-directional rotating inner bezel. Anti-reflective convex sapphire crystal. Push-button release safety clasp. Water resistant to 1000 meters or 3000 feet.
Function: Hours, minutes, central seconds with stop function and date.
Band: Black Rubber Strap with tang buckle.
Reference Number: IW354807
Indications: Date aperture at 3.
Chopard Mille Miglia Mens GMT Chronometer Automatic Ref. 16/8992$3.740.00
d luminescent sword-shaped hands, red arrow-tip second hand. Luminescent GMT hand.
Case: Stainless Steel, round shaped. Diameter: 42.5 mm. Bezel engraved with 24 hour indication. Glare proofed Sapphire crystal. Transparent case-back. Water resistant to 50 meters or 165 feet.
Function: Hours, minutes, sweep seconds, subsidiary seconds, date, 3 chrono registers, GMT and Tachometer from 240 to 60 km/h.
Band: Black Perforated Leather Strap with Steel deployment clasp, 8 inches (adjustable).
Reference Number: 16/8992
Indications: Magnified date displays at 3. 12 hours chrono register at 6, subsidiary seconds at 9 and 30 seconds chrono register at 12.Tachometer's scale on inner bezel.
This 2009, the French Open Tennis Tournament in Roland-Garros will have two special guests: Andre Agassi and Stefanie Graf who will both be attending, on 6 June, the tournament in order to celebrate the 10th anniversary of their respective victories at this prestigious Parisian tournament.
Longines, the watchmaker brand for which they are Ambassadors of Elegance, will organize the event (considered to be the one of the year) around these two tennis legends and their charity foundations.
(Stefanie Graf and Andre Agassi, Longines's Ambassadors of Elegance)
Among other things the program includes 8 challenges between the two champions and budding stars from over ten different countries, a gala evening and a very special auction.
The whole event will take place under the sign of elegance, the key characteristic of watches made by Longines, the Official Partner of Roland-Garros since 2007.
(Longines, Official Partner of the legendary French Open at Roland Garros)
Longines, as the Official Partner of the legendary French Open at Roland-Garros since 2007, has consolidated its links with the world of tennis by choosing Andre Agassi the same year and Stefanie Graf in 2008 as Ambassadors of Elegance. The couple share a love of excellence, elegance and beauty with the Swiss watch brand; together they embody the brand’s values and slogan perfectly: “Elegance is an attitude”. By supporting the respective charities of the two tennis legends and by offering a scholarship to young graduates of the AndreAgassiCollegePreparatoryAcademy, Longines is once again reaffirming its humanitarian commitment.
(Stefanie Graf and Andre Agassi, Longines's Ambassadors of Elegance)
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