The Bulova Watch Company is one of the most well known watch brands in the world. It was founded by Joseph Bulova, a 23-year-old Czech immigrant in 1875. He came to America where he opened a little jewelry shop in New York. Later, Bulova started making and selling fine pocket watches which were very successful. A year later he decided to start producing watch parts and to assemble them into jeweled movements, not in America but in Bienne, Switzerland. Due to the discovery of wrist watches’ convenience and advantage during World War I, Bulova decided to introduce the first full line of men’s jeweled wrist watches. So the first Bulova watches were quite expensive.
Joseph Bulova was the watch maker who revolutionized the field by perfecting a new concept with total standardization of watch parts. Every part of Bulova watches was made with such precision that they were interchangeable, which also led to a revolution in the servicing of watches in the industry. Another first in the field of watch making, also brought about by Bulova, was that of a full ladies watches with diamond accented pieces included.
The next first by Bulova was the clock radio in 1928. Then he patented a new principle in the construction of car clocks. In 1929 Bulova patented a new principle in the construction of car clocks. Then he began making the first electric clocks that were to be used in office buildings, stores, windows and terminals. Another area that he developed was that of miniature clocks. In 1945 the Joseph Bulova School of Watch-making was founded by Arde Bulova. He was Chairman of the Board inially for the purpose of training disabled military personnel after World War II.
Bulova has remained a leading American watch producer who created precision crafted watches and Bulova watches and clocks are created with an emphasis on quality, value and design. The prices of Bulova products ranges from $79 to $550 depending on the models’ design, material and features. Bulova’s Accutron watches use a 360 hertz fork to drive a mechanical gear train to turn the hands. The tuning fork was powered by a one-transistor electronic oscillator circuit. The Accutron is considered the first electronic watch.
At present Bulova company designs, builds and sells several different brands including the signature bulova watches, the affordable Caravelle, the sporty Swiss-made Accutron and the formal Swiss-made Wittnauer Swiss. The latest type of quartz watch introduced by Bulova is the Precisionist which is claimed to stay behind only 10 seconds a year. It also has a second hand which does not jump each second but rather sweeps. All in all, Bulova watches are good reliable creations that anyone can enjoy.
We are out of time, and no watch or clock can give it to us. At best, time-telling devices help us make the most of the time we have. We are always in a rush to go somewhere, to do something before a pressing deadline or to reach an important meeting at a certain hour. Watches and clocks have been with us for ages (actually, from ancient times) and they have come in different forms, shapes and sizes. But as society moved on, with the development of craftsmanship and with the change in people’s status and preferences, both clocks and watches have been made in a variety of shapes and from an incredible variety of materials. They could thus suit owners’ taste, fantasy and desire to ‘show off’. Rich people, in particular, as well as eccentrics have contributed a lot to shaping the design of watches leading in time to the creation of what we can call luxury watches meant for a select few.
Just as the very idea of luxury watches suggests, these gadgets are highly expensive. They are made of very special or rare materials like gold combined with different precious stones (some have even diamonds embedded) which makes them really valuable and unique. There are a number of firms which produce luxury watches either on demand or in a series but, the high costs make them out of reach for the average Joe like you and me. Although these watches are made of precious materials, they come in exquisite models and they require superior craftsmanship, they also show astounding precision and qualiy. Real works of art, such unique time tellers are rarities that nobody wears at the office, when shopping or when going to visit a friend.
Among the firms that produce luxury watches we can mention big names like Dunhill, Longines, Tag Heuer, Rolex, Movado, Gucci, Cartier, yet the list is much longer. Therefore, if you are one of the lucky people who can afford a luxury watch, you can find one to suit your taste or imagination.
And if you cannot find one in a store window at the mall, you can always order one custom-made for you. Due to present-day technology, you can simply access specialized websites to see what has been created in the field of watches (expensive watches) and to get the necessary information before deciding on which one to purchase. If you have already bought one, and you are not sure that it is what you were told it is, do not worry. You can find information on how to tell a fake from an original watch either by talking to a specialist or by visiting specialized websites which provide you with the necessary details.