Lucien Piccard watches are known as luxury watches at affordable prices. Unlike many other companies, they have a long and illustrious history, with Lucien Piccard outfitting royalty in previous days, with numerous accessories. Today, Lucien Piccard has numerous lines, with extremely affordable prices. The whole concept of a watch started many years ago, and evolved over the years into the exquisite Lucien Piccard watches that are sold today.
Portable watches were made available in the fifteenth century, with the invention of the mainspring. However, it wasn’t until the seventeenth century that pocket watches were actually carried around. Until then, they were viewed as pieces of jewelry, and made with impractical features, such as only an hour hand, and covered with an ornamented brass cover, rather than glass. Timekeeping functions were very poor, and watches were used as ornaments for the wealthy and royalty.
In the seventeen hundreds, the balance spring was added to the evolving concept of a watch. In the late seventeen hundreds, there was a lot more progress in watches, with new inventions, and more complicated models were devised, with chronographs and other functions. As more advancement was made, somewhere around the year 1860 watches started to be produced with keyless winding. An invention of Americans, American watches ousted the Swiss from their top stop in the watch industry for the first time. In the next few years, Swiss watches became instruments of quality rather than economical.
During the twentieth century, watches began to feature better materials and methods of manufacture. It was in the 1920’s to 1950’s that wristwatches became popular, and watches were really becoming instruments of function. The 1950’s to 1970’s saw the advent of electric watches, with quartz watches making their debut in 1969. Although wristwatches were now becoming objects of extreme function, today they have started to revert to fashionable objects, as people use cell phones to tell time, in place of watches.
In 1990 Junghans introduced the first radio controlled watch. The timepiece industry has not stopped there, with Lucien Piccard and other manufacturers offering new and improved watches constantly. In fact, Casio recently introduced a futuristic watch that makes use of Bluetooth technology.
The Lucien Piccard company has evolved greatly over the years. While they once produced watches of fashion and luxury, today Lucien Piccard watches are sold under numerous lines, spanning a wide spectrum of price ranges. This allows those who don’t want to spend a lot on a watch to still carry the Lucien Piccard brand name on their watch. Some of the various Lucien Piccard watch lines include their most affordable, Dufonte by Lucien Piccard, the high end Jubilee collection, and the Catalina collection, which offers everyday chic.
Customers can find the watch they seek in Luciend Piccard’s extensive selection. They feature everything from classic leather bands and mesh bracelets, to Swarovski crystal accents and other baubles. With a long and solid history, Lucien Piccard watches have come to be known as one of the leaders in the industry.
