What is Real High-end Watches

Fashion Watch News Report:In recent years, improvement of living standards of domestic and import high-end watch market became active. The early formation of this market, the domestic standard of people to choose based primarily on high-end watchs brand awareness, therefore, the first so-called high-end watch most of the country are more brand advertising. With appreciation level, the concept of high-end watch has undergone tremendous changes. So, what is the real high-end watches?

From a market perspective, the brand is certainly very important, but most consumers know little about the domestic international brands, they are not well known in the country, and some famous brands are usually large-scale production of high-grade watches, but occasionally produce some limited edition special watches, rare, they may well be high-end watch; In addition, the flow of high-grade watchs and ordinary watchs, generally it is responsible for sales by the stores, and some special high-end watches, usually the way to the vendor directly for customization; Those high-end antique watch is by auction or direct transactions between collectors way.

From a technical point of view, high-grade sheet production process is very complicated. Some people think that watch is a complex high-end watch, this is a mistake. Indeed, there are many high-end watch is a complex watch, but the complexity of the watch is not necessarily high-end watch. A high-end watch may be a simple watch, the key lies in its production process and materials. Some high-end watch is often used for the appearance of precious metals or rare materials, parts, and inlaid with high quality and rare gems. Common materials are gold, rose gold, white gold, platinum and gold color, etc., very few such rare iron meteorite with natural materials; common gems are diamonds, natural rubies and sapphires, pearls and so on. There are also some special high-grade watch, the ordinary stainless steel case, this is because the value of its internal movement is much larger than the value of those precious metals, these watchs are often accompanied by movement of the complexity of some classical institutions, like the calendar, spring hit the score , after needle tourbillon stopwatch and institutions, such watchs are often the eyes of the high-end collector watch.
    
Production process is high-grade form of life, the appearance of high-end pieces of the watch is usually crafted, beautifully decorated case the surface is often polished and brushed, and hand-carved decorative patterns, brand logo and text, etc.; The precious metal disk used made and carved by hand or machine design decoration. Particularly important for high-end watch movement, the movement of all parts of the surface have been careful grinding and polishing or hand-carved, and stressed that all the details on the movement, such as the screw head to be mirror-polished, but also often with blue steel processing; splint shows are making a very nice side chamfer, chamfer surface uniformly smooth, mirror-polished, especially the junction of two chamfered, there must be related to the straight line; plywood surface is also decorated with scales or Geneva wave pattern decoration, The Agency also easy to wear on the movement set of functional and decorative inlaid in one of the stones; in the space provided on the splint, often carved gilt decoration brand logo and text.

High-end design of the watch there are some principles of movement: Generally not a tight fit, riveting, welding and adhesive bonding and other techniques, it would enhance its maintainability, as in some brands of watches, jewel bearings are used and adjustment screws , escapement fork also uses screws to connect the various parts. In addition to seals, but generally do not use organic material parts, such as plastics, synthetic organic materials, glue and plant materials, allows the use of natural or synthetic mineral materials, such as ruby, crystal, ceramics and enamel and so on. Because the international watch industry is generally considered the aging deterioration of organic materials will, life short, contrary to the principles handed down high-end watch; high the structure of the emphasis on performance and appearance, processing technology is not emphasized, therefore, the high-end watch usually flexible production line with the manual production process, it is impossible for large-scale, high-volume production.

In short, as a high-end watch, it must be concerned with all the details related to this watch, can long maintain its superior performance and value of art appreciation.

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Old Middle and Low Grade Watches Worth Collecting

New Luxury Watches Report: Collection areas in the old watch now there is a misunderstanding that many people think that only watches, high-end watch that has the collection value. In fact, the watches, of course, high-end watch has a high collection value, but their prices are a lot of money, for the limited income of ordinary collectors, the only elusive. The middle and low price of the old form because of its low value-added prospects and, therefore, considerable collection potential. Collectors Yang Lijie Friends of Tibet to remind the general working class, if you are limited financial resources, from reality, some of the sights lower, more attention to some prices in the thousand dollars below the corresponding value of the collection with the old watch.

According to Yang Lijie introduction, we are talking about the old watch collection, mainly refers to the watch collection. The watch was invented in Switzerland in 1918, the last century, a large area in our 60's popularity, to the 90s last century, the rapid rate of increase per capita. Currently in the collection market, the number of middle and low number of watches, but not each one has appreciation potential, which requires collectors "Huiyanshizhu." In general, more than the limit of the 60's, early production of the old watch is more worthy of collection, even in Germany, Switzerland and other foreign brands, the price if moderate, generally collectors can also be purchased. Collection of the late production of the watch to note three points: First, China's "Cultural Revolution" during the production of watches with a specific political overtones, including wind, red, Qionghua brands, itself with a particular brand of the times, with high collection. Second, after 60s of last century, China has rushed a number of watch manufacturers, including Zhongshan, seagull, gem flowers, Shuangling, Taihang and other brands, these manufacturers the first generation of considerable value to the collection. Third, each country has a memorable, set of quantitative models of the watches, but also has some collectible value.

Middle and low collections from the old form, not simply put on the market to buy a watch at home on the bin, in the whole process, not only need to have a certain collection of knowledge, but also need to have certain test methods. Yang Lijie, told reporters in acquiring the old watch, need to understand the four aspects: First, the watch identity. To find out the old watch manufacturers, production years, the basic function, style and mechanical construction and so on. "Positively identified" and then decide whether to collection. Second, the watch product phase. Watch dial is complete, look at the movement and the wheel is intact, to see if there are cracks in the appearance, to see such accessories are complete. Third, the authenticity of the watch. Determine whether the collection of old watch values, the most important thing is to look at its original nature. Parts are not matching case and movement, known as the "Platter goods", which simply does not have a collection of old watch value. Fourth, the value of the watch. Be patient and see the dial and movement, but also to pay attention to the old watch set with the attachments, and painted, inscribed, etc., then the value of comprehensive assessment of the level of the watch.

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Tips for Watch Maintenance and Renovation

New Watch Models Report: We all know a genuine watch may cost a lot of money, so if it once have some defects, what shall we do? What should we attention in the daily life while wearing a luxury watch? The following tips may help you.


Maintenance:
(1) wear watches, the hands sweat on the case are corrosive, steel case because it is nickel-chromium alloy, better corrosion resistance, semi-steel case of copper, long-term contacts with the sweat, easy corrosion, should be often with a soft cloth wipe sweat or plastic watch mat care to prevent the erosion of their sweat.
 (2) Do not arbitrarily open the form the back, so as not to affect the movement of dust into the normal operation of the watch.
 (3) Do not watch on a moth balls in the wardrobe, so the watch of oil deterioration.
 (4) Do not watch on the radio, television, and to avoid magnetization.
 (5) long-term storage does not wear a watch should be wound up once a month on a regular basis, so that part will not be long at rest, in order to ensure the operation of machines performance of the watch.

Renovation:
Watch a lot of road pattern and Mongolia was set aside after the first drop in the table covered with one or two drops of water, then squeeze a little toothpaste obliterated to remove the pattern can be designated kept leaving the table as new.

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How Much You Know about Time

Watches Review Center Report:Time unit conversion

= 1 minute 60 seconds

60 minutes = 1 hour

24 hours = 1 day

7 days = 1 week

365.25 days = 1 year

100 years = 1 century

1 mean solar day = 24 hours 3 minutes 56.555 seconds

1 sidereal day = 23 hours, 56 minutes 4.091 seconds

1 solar year (tropical year) = 365.2422 days

(= 365 days 5 hours 48 minutes 46 seconds)

1 sidereal year = 365.2564 days

(= 365 days 6 hours 9 minutes 9.5 seconds)

1 lunar month = 29.5306 days

1 sidereal month = 27.3712 days

1 solar year = 12 synodic days = 354.36 days

Extension of time students

Time this is a sport. If the universe static, there is no so-called time, the definition of time is defined by the stars of the operation. We do not need any "measurement criteria", they can know better now how high the day the sun or moonlight, the dough the night; However, if we are to determine the between day and night cycle at some point, the non-there are some "measure guidelines "should not.

"Measurement Guidelines" to develop, to meet a person's needs; the need arise, relatively speaking, in human history is quite recent. Is a great change in the Neolithic Age, the human into a new environment: the former nomadic tribes, clan family, and lived by hunting; was common to use a set time frame, there is a common activity, they gradually came to the gathering together, settle down, they switched to farming. Developed villages, and gradually, people will at different times, some specific trade. The continuous expansion of trade and trade activities, markets must set a fixed time and place.

Because of the emergence of this new human situation, only the definition of the time, only the division. Humans began to compile the number of time, but have become increasingly precise calculation.

In fact, the development of civilization is still elementary at this time, people just based on the position of the sun, the object's shadow, has been able to say about what time; in the next several years, this has been very adequate human. Until then, man locked himself into contention point of time every second cage, since all activities are dominated by time.

From the shadow to the quartz, I hope you time with us in this journey together on roaming.

Shadow of time

The shadow of the earth, you can display the position of the sun in the sky. Today, more than half of a region of the world's people, still be content with such an instruction "time" method.

Long ago, in the Yellow River, the Ganges and the Nile area, which is the birthplace of the great ancient civilization, mankind has committed to improving the observation of the shadow in the "time level" changes on the way, and thus the "time interval" with which "water bell" or "drip" is a tandem with development.

Someone tell their own age - he is in accordance with the "time level" basis, provided some information. Some Christians, in theory, be considered arbitrary to the year of the birth of Jesus Christ, as the "time level" the starting point; Now, this base has been generally agree with it. Therefore, we would say, Kongzi Sheng Sung Yuan in 551 BC built in the public 960 years, died in 1297.

In this "time level" to find a place for himself on the first day and then must have had a time. In China, earthquake, flood, fire or even the beginning of a dynasty and other major events, can be used as "time level" on the reference point.

The man speaks his own age, say from home to office, it takes thirty minutes - his expression was a "time interval", which can be placed in thirty minutes "time level" in any place.

Now we can use the stopwatch to measure the "time interval", simply press a button, the second hand immediately began to move.

For the measurement of time, the "time level" and "time interval" are two basic concepts, because these two concepts can calculate the time of human activities.

Days in the "time level" on the accumulation of. Measure the angle of the shadow, can be divided into a series of day the order of hours. If have the same object, whether it is simple wooden, stone tip of a tree without trial, as long as they cast shadows, and regardless of the shadow is cast on the ground is not a wall, this object is the "Day Gui" is huge "sun bell "a member of the family.

This sundial apparatus, in the development of various civilizations in the content or vary, but always there had been. Some very sophisticated, and can even display the number of seconds. However, this requires extremely deep knowledge of mathematics, the different curvature are calculated; because in different seasons, different time of sunshine, for example, the latitude of Beijing in the summer sunshine may be twice the winter, so must It is also taken into account.

Level dial with a sundial, to be north-south. Some interesting addition to dial at the sundial, there is a small gun: first in the fire safety and a magnifying glass on the door, and then anti-gun tune small, making it towards the front in the midday sun when the branch; the sun through a magnifying glass, together in one point, it will promptly at noon to a small cannon fire.

The flow of time

To express the time to water is most apt, Chinese history have so many great poets chant, to express more or less sad.

In ancient times, the water clock, or drip is used to measure a certain length of time. For example, several farmers, sharing a channel of water irrigated land, water each household would have to decide the length of fields. They will use a bottom hole of the container, a certain amount of water outflow from the hole; field poured field time for the three containers of water out of the time, to the Oda, was half the container flowing out of time.

If a designated star to be a rising, began to flow out of the container to be based on "time level", the night is divided into different time periods; sunrise before we go back to the sundial.

In Egypt, Mesopotamia and China, due to the needs of astronomy, have developed the use of drip to the peak. The initial trickle, but simply a calibrated container, and horizontal line to display the time. Fill the drip water, horizontal to rise; water leakage from the container left at the bottom of the hole, the horizon will fall.

1500 BC, the Chinese people to change this device to make it into the shape of a water leak.

The ancient Greeks also used a very sophisticated mechanism to express the horizontal movements, the time is displayed on the clock face.

As early as the 11th century, Chinese people have extended to the limits of the technology trickle down: the use of water power to start huge mechanical devices.

Heaven, Earth,

Since time immemorial, the Chinese people to regard the universe as a great organism. "Universal Ecological this universe has its part to" want to find out what the meaning or ultimate goal, is useless.

Perhaps because of this, in China, the art of attention than the subject of empirical science; until the 20th century, there had been scared empirical science flash development, conditions have changed.

Its energy to nourish God, and who this creature, with heaven and earth there is a mutual influence between the association entirely.

Before 1911, "Doing Nothing" (dry matter to bother about other things) has been cited maxim deeply into China's ancient emperors on the throne!

Implication is: when the activity is completed, self-will automatically decline. Therefore, the constant change is the law of the universe, and will always be dominated by this Law. This is the law of yin and yang - yin and yang is the symbol of life and destroy the two fundamental inseparable; things there is no absolute, just as day and night, dawn and dusk as it combines.

It has a long history behind the theory, as much like truth, is all the more China is the 10th century and 11th century was a period of breathtaking.

However, since the Stone Age, man has gradually domesticated, citing the power of some non-human (such as ox-drawn vehicles, wind sails, oars to push water), and gradually increase their domination of the environment, and that these have prompted the man to shut himself Among the cultural barriers in their own.

Solar time

Defined time, just like the other units, is a measure of the standard as the basis, like: Rice, kg and points.

Earth's rotation around the sun, its position changes, the decision of the "Day" of the length, but also the formation of a "season" and "Year." These words, still preserved the ancient to the concept of Earth as the center of the universe, the so-called geocentric; also because of this, people will still say that the sunrise and sunset, but in fact the position of the sun in the solar system is fixed.

Earth's annual orbit around the sun along the week, totaling 365 days 5 hours 48 minutes 45 seconds (the average is 365.2425) days, this so-called "tropical year." A "calendar year" there were 365 days; every four years - to be divisible by 4 days of the time - day in February will increase to make up for years by deleting each of the 5 hours 48 minutes 45 seconds.

The length of day from 8 hours to 16 hours depending on the change of seasons; an obvious change in the seasons, indicating a greater distance to the equator. Around the Earth to the sun year round, but also within in 23.9345 hours rotates around its own axis, and outlined between two poles oval shape. The distance between the Earth's axis and the minor changes in the sun, divided into different seasons.

According to ancient Chinese legend, the Han Dynasty had dreamed of his mother before the birth of the sun (yang) climbed into the belly. The sun is hot gas formed by the sphere, a symbol of fruitful and multiply, symbolizes the monarchy. However, almost one hundred billion stars of our galaxy into the body, the sun is nothing but just a little, "Antares (aka Scorpio a Star)" to five times older than she was!

Two thousand five hundred years before the Christian era, the Chinese astronomers have identified vernal equinox and the winter solstice and other solar terms, the solar terms on the calculation of the alternating seasons extremely helpful. Vernal equinox and the autumnal equinox, Earth's equatorial plane of the sun across the day; Equinox in March 21st or the 22nd, the autumnal equinox in September 22 or the 23rd. Day and night on this day is exactly the same length of time. As the summer solstice winter solstice, about June 21 and December 21, in these days, the maximum distance from the sun with the equator.

Moon Time

Why there will be the watch word twelve hour drive it? It turned out a total of twelve lunar year, the time naturally divided into twelve segments.

Between the lunar month and the month, Tai fourteen hours can be the difference, which ranges from 6 hours in 29 and 29 at 20 hours. With other contemporaries of the ancient civilization, Chinese people also believe that one month there were 29 or 30 days, so 354 days a year, instead of 365 days; therefore less every year about 10.875 days, or almost one every three years less months. So the emperor issued decree to require that every three years later set up more a month, is the tenth of March, the calendar on a remedy gaps. How to adjust, depending on the constellation the sun between the public position.

Lunar month an average of 12 hours 44 minutes 29 2.97 seconds. In order to simplify this problem, so each month there were 30 or 31, take turns alternately; alone except in February, only 28, so that the total number remained at 365 days. Also taking into account seasonal changes, the balance sheet for the August 31, instead of 30 days; this additional day, in fact, taken in February came from.

The reason why the month is divided into four weeks, because there are four phases of the moon on (the new moon, winding, full moon and last quarter); 4 x 7.25 days, there are 29 a month. Furthermore, only knew there are seven ancient planets, seven, is a sacred number, and things are perfect on the sky, dominates the sky, is the moon - the moon can be considered a symbol of harmony of biological, naturally, there are seven days a week .

Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival is to commemorate the legend of the Goddess Chang'e of the word. August 15 each year, the day of autumnal equinox, will celebrate the event, one of China's three major festivals. Only women only allowed to participate in the relevant rites, because the moon is yin.

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