Behind every brand has a story, behind every story has a little secret, for a one hundred - year - old brand of top class wrist watch is even more so. This wrist watch class talk about the secrets behind the top watch together with you.
Patek philippe Gondolo series naming is actually collected from patek philippe Gondolo Rio hot within sound of distributors & Labouriau company. Patek philippe company has landed in the 1870 s and Latin America. But it was not until the 19th century company by distributor with Rio DE janeiro, Gondolo & Labouriau company establish business cooperation relations, patek philippe Latin America market sales work is obtained substantial progress. At that time, Carlos Gondolo and his partners Paulo Labouriau comes up with a creative promotional scheme. By the 180 clocks and watches enthusiasts club form a buyer. The first week of each member to pay 10 yuan ginger, then the draw. Winners receive a patek philippe watch. And gifts of pursuit is the famous Chronometro Gondolo series table, specially made for Gondolo. In the other clock patek philippe series. In the second week, the rest of the 179 members continue to $10, continue to draw.
In this way, the 79th week rest all members not winning a patek philippe watch can be obtained. At this time each of them has to pay $790. The Brazilian businessmen to come up with such a form of selling through lottery tickets, not only to make his career a huge success, and that the club has also made the Brazilian businessmen in less than two years of time to sell 180 pieces of patek philippe watch.
The Swiss like do rhodium plating process in the movement. RHODIUM (RHODIUM), by British chemist will liam theo Russ series (William Hyde Wollaston) discovered in 1803, is made of platinum (platinum) of one of the six kinds of precious metals. Pure metal rhodium is silvery white, the surface light, high reflectivity), melting point 1966 + / - 3 degrees, is high; Relative density 12.4; Lighter than gold. Rhodium low ductility, but hardness at room temperature is very high, can reach
To 800-1000 degrees, vickers and stainless steel flat. And easy to form bright and hard coating on metal surface, showing a good mirror effect. The silvery white metal texture is very hard, very wear-resisting. We common silver polished stainless steel because of plating a layer of nickel metal. Its hardness than copper, zinc, tin, cadmium, gold, silver, etc., and rhodium metal is more better than the hardness of nickel metal. Rhodium chemical stability and oxidation resistance is very good, so the rhodium plating after the movement of light and hard, and in the air medium to keep its luster.
Each dial on a breguet watch, there is a number, have a plenty of three or four. This is not the serial number of the product, but to let breguet collectors to determine its authenticity and origin of each cotton alone. This tradition continues today. Each a breguet watch comes with a unique production number, in order to prove the manufacturing skill and efforts of the brand passed from generation to generation. This number is no special rules or instructions, just random Numbers.
Jacques johndroe dial the Numbers on the "8" is composed of two of the same dial inside dish, it appeared only in the rare, unique edition of set limit to the product. The number eight is a symbol of endless, eternal stretches, and Jacques DE ROM table factory, the king of magic and one of the lucky number. As early as the 18th century, the Chinese emperor and dignitaries have collections of Jacques Pierre DE clock masterpiece. Trade with the qing dynasty is closely, and the number "8" in China, especially in the southern coastal trade port city. Has always had predicted rich good omen, Jacques DE 8 words on the dial also agreed with this, just open the Chinese market in order to better figure "8" design has been in use today.
