IWC Replica Watches Blog

These early men’s watches were relatively large by modern standards – unwieldy devices that gentlemen wore on a chain around their necks and were neither particularly durable nor accurate. As craftsmen learned to miniaturize the components over the course of the subsequent two centuries however, the pocket watch became a necessary masculine accoutrement, and with the dawn of the Industrial Age, even a required tool of many trades.

The Daytona legend, though not really publicly popular until the eighties really has its roots in the seventies, surrounding one of Hollywood’s most legendary hunks, Paul Newman. Special edition Newman Daytona’s began to spark incredible interest in the 80’s when designer watches were the hottest luxury item going. Nowadays Paul Newman Rolexes sell to collectors for double what the original models do.

Another famous name – from a country the name of which is practically a synonym for fine watchmaking – is that of Swiss company Movado (Esperanto for “always in motion”). Movado watches have been famous since before the First World War. Movado diamond watches and Movado gold watches combine elegant, minimalist style with state-of-the-art, cutting edge technology for some of the most accurate timepieces on Earth. If you are considering one of the many women’s Movado watches, you may have a difficult time; there are nearly 100 different Movado women’s watches to choose from – and nearly as many models of mens watches!

If Lucille Ball’s character in the 1940 Rodgers & Hart musical Too Many Girls had been wearing one of today’s fine luxury watches from Movado, Citizen or Cartier, she might not have wound up singing the plaintive lyrics “…I – didn’t know what time it was…” Those who own such quality designer watches always know what time it is – and such gifts, whether to one’s self or to another, are always appropriate, always appreciated, and always useful. Read on and learn more about quality luxury watches.

Designer watches and luxury watches are fairly new innovations, as well as specialty timepieces such as dive watches. The concept goes back quite a ways in history, however.