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Festina Group. With more than 30 years of history, Festina Group is today an international company specialized in the production and commercialization of commercial price range watches and precision parts. The Group currently owns seven different brands of watches. Calypso, Lotus, Festina, Jaguar, Candino and two luxury brands Perrelet and L.Leroy.
Abraham-Louis Perrelet. Abraham-Louis Perrelet (9 January 1729 – 1826) was a Swiss horologist. He was born in Neuchâtel, then in the Principality of Neuchâtel. His father, Daniel was a carpenter and a farmer and as soon as the young man was in a position to do some favours, he helped his parents on the farm. At the age of twenty years he ...
Chronograph. An Omega Speedmaster Professional, which is commonly regarded as one of the most iconic chronographs ever produced. Gallet MultiChron Astronomic ( c. 1959 )—complex mechanical chronograph with 12-hour recording capabilities, automatic day, date, month, and moon phase display. A chronograph is a specific type of watch that is used ...
The watch was an 18-size, full plate design. In 1869, the National Watch Company won "Best Watches, Illinois Manufacture" at the 17th Annual Illinois State Fair, for which it won a silver medal. The company officially changed its name to the Elgin National Watch Company in 1874, as the Elgin name had come into common usage for their watches.
The first full week of the 2024 Paris Olympics has brought moments of overwhelming joy and also sorrow as athletes compete on the world’s biggest stage once again in front of packed stands.
Tachymeter scale on a Citizen watch bezel. A tachymeter (pronounced / t æ ˈ k ɪ m ə t ər /) is a scale sometimes inscribed around the rim of an analog watch with a chronograph.It can be used to conveniently compute the frequency in inverse-hours of an event of a known second-defined period, such as speed (distance over hours) based on travel time (distance over speed), or measure distance ...
The judge who found Donald Trump liable for fraud and ordered the former president to pay $454 million said he will not recuse himself from the case.
Festina lente ( Classical Latin: [fɛsˈtiː.naː ˈlɛn.teː]) or speûde bradéōs ( σπεῦδε βραδέως, pronounced [spêu̯.de bra.dé.ɔːs]) is a classical adage and oxymoron meaning "make haste slowly" (sometimes rendered in English as "more haste, less speed" [1] ). It has been adopted as a motto numerous times, particularly by ...