Tag: Watches

How to choose Watches!

How do you choose a Watch? 

Firstly, think about why are you looking to buy a watch? Is it a milestone you are celebrating? 

Or you have liked it, because it looks cool, and you spotted your role Model/ Favourite celebrity wearing it and would like to own that watch. 

These are some of the reasons. 

But, you could also like the Watch, Because You simply like it for its design, And it’s distinctive from anything you have seen before! 

Or You have aspired to own a particular make or brand  since your childhood.  

But, at the same time, You might have liked the simplicity of the complications it has to offer, The perpetual calendar, The Moon phase, The GMT dial or a simple analog watch whose needles fascinate you. 

Or it would be the Mechanism movement you have also been in awe of a Automatic, Mechancial winding. 

The Size of the Watch,  Small, Medium size or Large sizes. 

Watches have an history and often an association that we look into when owning that timepiece. 

Oh! It could also be a limited edition timepiece or an investment you would like to make. 

But, it’s the only Jewellery piece that a Man has on his wrist always. It’s not something you buy to keep a watch on the time. 

But, something that you would like to keep for the rest of your life. 

Something we don’t often think about is the Age at which we own the watch, sometime we might be too young to own that or too old to have it. 

Some of the most prominent watch makers to consider. 

Swatch, Tissot, Timex, Casio, G-Shock, Seiko in the entry level segment

For premium level you could look into : 

Oris, Beaume & Mercier, Breitling

Luxury would be: Omega, Panerai, Cartier, Tag Heuer, Tudor 

Ultra Luxury: Audermars, Rolex, Patekh Philips 

Some Indian watchmakers you might like to look into are Jaipur Watch Company and Horpa. 

Jaipur Watch company has some interesting designs of watches like the Stamp watch. 

Horpa a fairly new brand has the look of Blancpain and Swatch watches. 

But, watches are always a personal choice. 

Design, Make and functions are always something you must consider personally. 

Watches!


Today if you look around more than sixty percent people wear a smart watch!
About 30 % don’t wear a watch at all.
The Rest 10% wear a traditional watch.
What makes smart watch so popular is it being health conscious , A fashion statement or affordability?
How has the Smartwatch replaced traditional watches?
Are Smartwatches, worn to track Health & fitness levels or are they just a cultural movement replacing traditional watches?
Do we wear a watch to keep an eye on the time or do we look at a watch being the only legitimate piece of jewellery a man can wear?
More recently Timex took
A dig at smartwatches – “Read the time, not your emails, Watches like they used to be”
Are watches a necessity? Or are they considered a luxury?
So many brands like Titan, Sonata, HMT are heavily investing in the market with newer collection and stores. But what sets the traditional watches apart from the smart watches? A statement or A piece of accessory or a watch makers history?
Are collaborations the only way for traditional watch makers to Woo the market and Buyers?
Timex X Peanuts & Swatch X Omega to name a couple that have gained popularity recently. Or is it bringing back classic designs from the watchmakers?

TAG HEUER

The Logo of Tag heuer

Just wanted to share some interesting piece of information on the brand Tag Heuer . The watch which all watch lovers would like to own , at least one piece from their collection In there lifetime .
Tag acronym stands for  Techniques d’Avant Garde and  Heuer is surname of Edouard the founder of Tag Heuer
Tag heuer  was founded in 1985 when tag manufacturers of high-tech items such as ceramic turbochargers for Formula One cars, acquired Heuer.But as we known these watches are mainly popular in the sports world for their accurate measuring instruments. Mostly popular among athletes, these timepieces are  a craze in the market among watch lovers too.
But did you know?

 *TAG Heuer traces its roots to the 1860 foundation of Uhrenmanufaktur Heuer AG by Edouard Heuer in St.Imier, Switzerland. The company was purchased by TAG Group (Holding )S.A. in 1985 and the Heuerbrand became TAG Heuer. In 1999, TAG Group sold TAG Heuer to French luxury goods conglomerate LVMH which stands for  Louis Vuitton  Moet Hennessy .

*In the early 1950s, Heuer produced watches for the American retailer Abercrombie & Fitch  The “Seafarer” and “Auto-Graph” the two collection pieces  were unique chronographs produced by Heuer to be sold by Abercrombie & Fitch. The “Seafarers” had special dials—with blue, green and yellow patterns—that showed the high and low tides. This dial could also be used to track the phases of the moon. Heuer produced a version of the “Seafarer” for sale under the Heuer name, with this model called the “Mareographe”. The “Auto-Graph” was produced in 1953 and 1954, and featured a tachymeter scale on the dial and a hand that could be preset to a specific point on the scale. This allowed a rally driver or navigator to determine whether the car was achieving the desired pace, over a measured mile. Advertisements and literature also pointed out that this hand could be rotated to count golf scores or other events.

* in most watches catalogues and in-store displays you’ll find the time is displayed as ten minutes past ten o’clock or sometimes ten minutes to two o’clock. And that is because of The popular meaning for this is that it’s “Happy Time” or that the clock is smiling which becomes an emotional marketing tool to encouraging you to feel good when you’re looking to buy that particular watch or clock.

* Jack Heuer, the great grandson of the founder, is the Honorary Chairman. TAG Heuer maintains a watchmaking workshop in Cornol , Switzerland and a watchmaking factory in La chaux-de-fonds, Switzerland. And The Brand  TAG Heuer hasn’t changed its  slogan  “Swiss Avant-Garde Since 1860”.