Tuesday, February 17, 2015

The History of Rolex Watches

Hi Folks!

Stumbled across this whilst doing research for our website. Thought it interesting.

Rolex was founded in 1905 by Hans Wildorf and Alfred Davis in London but by 1919, Rolex had already moved its base of operations to Geneva, Switzerland, a city renowned worldwide for its watchmaking.

The Rolex Oyster was released in 1926 which was the first wristwatch to be considered waterproof. This was later proven when it was worn by typist Merecedes Gleitze, who swam the English Channel. Rolex had sponsored the event and gained positive exposure and publicity as the swim lasted over 10 hours and the watch still worked perfectly. This made headlines around the world!

1945 saw the birth of the Rolex Datejust, the world's first self-winding watch featuring a date window. Rolex developed a Jubilee bracelet especially for the Datejust to make it instantly recognisable. The watch was originally created for men but later became available in many different styles for men and women.

The classic Rolex Submariner was launched in the year 1953, the world's first 100 meter water resistant watch made it very useful for diving. The uni-directional rotating bezel allows the wearer to keep track of their immersion time which goes nicely with the easy readable dial featuring the new style Mercedes hands. The Submariner is one of the most recognisable watches in the world today having appeared in many Hollywood movies such as James Bond.

In 1955, Rolex released a watch, after a request by an American airline, to cater for pilots who were frequently flying from timezone to timezone, the GMT Master. It featured an additional hour hand which pilots would set to GMT time.

Back in 1963, Rolex launched a new generation of the chronograph watch, the Cosmograph. This watch was later named the Daytona as Rolex signed a deal to be the official timepiece for the Daytona International Speedway in Florida. The brand have continued to sponsor the Speedway ever since.

Pic of Rolex Air King we have in store,

WE have an awesome range of Timepieces on sale at our store, Bond Investment Jewellery. Some of which we can look into learning some more about soon! For now the pics will have to suffice...

Tag Heuer

Bvlgari

Omega

Pocket watch

Omega

Zaida

Monday, February 16, 2015

What's 'EPNS'

Hi Folks

So for some education, today we are learning what EPNS means!!

What does 'EPNS' mean on my silver pieces?

Next: Where to sell your silver plate (silverplate) flatware

June 15, 20125:10 AM MST

Questions arrive frequently regarding the identification of the marks found on the bottom or back of silver flatware and hollowware pieces. The questioner usually is trying to determine one or more of these pieces of information:

Manufacturer
Pattern
Silver content
Value

Very often, the marks will include one of these designations:

EPNS
EP
EP over copper
EPBM
EPCA
EPGS
EPWM

In these examples, the key letters are “EP”. They represent “electroplated” or “electroplating”. The other letters often represent some other metal. For example the most common designation, EPNS, means “electroplated nickel silver”.

All these designations indicate that the piece in question is made of silver plate.
Electroplating involves placing an extremely thin layer of silver on the surface of the piece. The resulting silver content is very small. The remainder of the piece is made of some more common metal such as copper.

The value of such pieces most often is not based on silver content. It’s based more on the design and construction of the piece.

For further reading, follow the link:

http://www.examiner.com/article/what-does-epns-mean-on-my-silver-pieces

Happy Shopping!

Zaida