The art of time
30 years old of birthday that day, my contest in Beijing is special shopping centers, bend over to go up in vitreous bar N second look that watch up and down. Putting in my bag one crowded child cash, when the assistant comes over, I say, I want this watch. The price of watch is 8000 yuan, the altogether in my bankbook has 15 thousand yuan at that time, that is to say, I bought a luxury with the deposit of own half. This watch is right now on desk, going just rightly, but I already very long do not have Dai Guo — it has changed twice batteries, had undertaken cleaning, fall behind a little it seems that now — dial plate is too small. More ashamed is, this is watch of a quartz.
The first watch of most watch lover has a story. The first watch of Kang Weikai was 2000 alive general merchandise buys, be like state CLASSIC163154, spent 15 thousand yuan. He took go smoothly of well of king government office to get benefit watchmaker‘s shop that day, let counterjumper give appraisal, henry gets the Li Tianlin of harbor square manager of benefit watchmaker‘s shop to look with magnifier, very favorable. This Xiao Bang — watchband of watchcase of rigid list, precious metal, crocodilian skin, the design is very concise. Kang Weikai is levered later will see the machine core inside — accumulate an ultrathin machine core of 849.
Taiwan adman makes beneficial modest say, the first his watch is radar, there is the boat anchorage device that a meeting uses on that watch, inspired his hobby to machinery. A watch that he says to he wants to buy most is 100 3919 Da Feili‘s, “Tabulation industry says somewhat 7 artisan, include craftsman of the tabulation artisan, artisan that control chain, design, goldsmith, lapidary artisan, enamel artisan to wait, 100 commendable place of Da Feili depend on a lot of and sophisticated technology be being finished in a factory, the hand of truly other “ .
The watch once had defeated quartz rigid list, 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games, essence of life is versed in the watch is official clock. Was in 1967 observatory of button family name is horological in the contest, the essence when Japanese quartz is expressed accurate, antimagnetic is shock-proof, achieve wonderful result. Erupted 1973 oil crisis, luxury is quick and atrophic, switzerland a lot of factories are bought with low price by American and person of Chinese Hong Kong, after that, siwoqiji‘s round Haiyeke becomes the hero that saves Swiss watch, go up century at the beginning of 80 time, rigid list gains the market afresh. More important is, via this one battle, the position that Swiss watch determined he is firm afresh — the car as French champagne, Germany, switzerland becomes high-grade watch “ country of origin “ .
The technology is in quartz on 60 time also are the century a kind of high-tech, the sign that also can see high-tech material is qualitative in the Swiss watch nowadays — titanium, zincous deoxygenate melts aluminium, its finished cost absolutely not as cheap as gold. Mr Zhong Yonglin of Hong Kong thinks, this high-tech unrest is possible the tradition of watch forms pair of Switzerland to destroy again, and “ international essence expresses “ the analysis of editor chief inspector Mr Liu Wei of the magazine: “Manual tabulation had circulated a few centuries, high-tech material is qualitative also with respect to ability so a few years, it can how long vitality? The child replacement of high-tech is the more faster, what we need is hundred years hind the mechanical watch that still can rely on handiwork to return. “ he says, “The catenary of a sesame seed that bright case expresses contains 639 parts, this expresses more of paid energy, material resources than high-tech far. This expresses more of paid energy, material resources than high-tech far..
Spring 2007, in Swiss Shafuhaosen, we visit 10 thousand countries to express the museum of IWC, inside most the Tibet that attracts me is tasted is “ World War II “ the wrist watch that period Germany air man adorns, their plane by fetch down, the IWC that discovers in remains returns the attaint that do not have what. This brand always has distinguishing feature of so little Germany. A senior administrator tells about the historical inheritance that 10 thousand countries express to us, a small watch shop is below assembly room, we delayed left and right sides of a hour in watch inn, a few companions look again and again, buying with do not buy between hesitant, final a young man buys below one, “I can send my son “ . Make him be determined to buy the reason of this next watch, it is he just got a big fat boy.