DUFONTE Majestic (Ladies watch)

       DUFONTE Majestic brand new ladies watch with genuine crystals. Quartz movement. Lilac leather strap , adjustable from 6.0 inches to 7.0 inches. Defonte is a subdivision of Lucien Piccard , one of the finest names in classic timepieces , founded in Switzerland in 1923. Lucien Piccard watches have an illustrious history. Lucien Piccard watches and jewelary are some of the most sought after in the world. Lucien Piccard has adorned royalty , dignitaries and celebrities worldwide. Its notoriety notwithstanding , Lucien Piccard has built a long standing reputation as the "the affordable quality Swiss watch". The LP watch group has broadened its lines to incorporate four distinct collections ; LP Italy , LP Swiss , Lucien Piccard and Dufonte by Lucien Piccard. Since 1923 the very heart of each LP watch design has relied on our ever evolving philosophy and commitment to quality , excellence and distinction. Please step into a world where classic designs and elegance of fine watch making combine.

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Two(2) GOSSIP Heavenly (Ladies Watch)

      Two(2) GOSSIP Heavenly brand new with quartz movement in Yellow-Based watch has rectangle face with mother of pearl (play of color). Silver-based  watch has round face with Mother of pearl (white). Additional six interchangeable straps included in set. Strap maximum length is 7.25inches. Click here for prices...

ICEXTREM (Gents watch)

       
          ICEXTREM Elegant and beautiful gents new watch with genuine crystals. Silver metal base. Strap has maximum length of 8.5inches. Quartz movement. Round face. IceXtreme watches carry a lot of bling , and is a quality time piece. For your price Click here ....

Montres Carlo (Ladies watch)

            Montres Carlo brand new ladies watch with precious stones - genuine mother of Pearl and crystals. Round face. Silver metal base. Strap adjustable from 6.0inches to 7.0inches. Quartz movement. Montres Carlo watches are known for their beauty , durability and affordability. For your price click here 

Betty Boop (Ladies watch)

      Betty Boop attractive brand new ladies watch with  genuine crystals.For your price click here

History

Watches evolved from portable spring driven clocks, which first appeared in the 15th century. Portable timepieces were made possible by the invention of the mainspring. Although some sources erroneously credit Nürnberg clockmaker Peter Henlein (or Henle or Hele) with inventing the mainspring around 1511, many references to 'clocks without weights' and two surviving examples show that spring powered clocks appeared in the 1400s. Henlein is also often credited with constructing the first pocketwatches, mostly because of a passage by Johann Cochläus in 1511
Peter Hele, still a young man, fashions works which even the most learned mathematicians admire. He shapes many-wheeled clocks out of small bits of iron, which run and chime the hours without weights for forty hours, whether carried at the breast or in a handbag
and because he was popularized in a 19th century novel. However, many German clockmakers were creating miniature timepieces during this period, and there is no evidence Henlein was the first. Also, watches weren't widely worn in pockets until the 1600s.

1969–present Quartz watches

The introduction of the quartz watch in 1969 was a revolutionary improvement in watch technology.[30] In place of a balance wheel which oscillated at 5 beats per second, it used a quartz crystal resonator which vibrated at 32,768 Hz, driven by a battery powered oscillator circuit. In place of a wheel train to add up the beats into seconds, minutes, and hours, it used digital counters. The higher Q factor of the resonator, along with quartz's low temperature coefficient, resulted in better accuracy than the best mechanical watches, while the elimination of all moving parts made the watch more shock-resistant and eliminated the need for periodic cleaning.
Accuracy increased with the frequency of the crystal used, but so did power consumption. So the first generation watches had low frequencies of a few kilohertz, limiting their accuracy. The power saving use of CMOS logic and LCD displays in the 2nd generation increased battery life and allowed the crystal frequency to be increased to 32,768 Hz resulting in accuracy of 5–10 seconds per month. By the 1980s, quartz watches had taken over most of the watch market from the mechanical watch industry.