The man behind the brand: George Graham
Sixteen years ago, two young men, born and raised in La Chaux-de-Fonds, a Swiss clock and watch city, worked together to create their own watch brand. Eric Loth and Pierre-André Finazzi is the problem facing which brand? The Swiss name they want, they can not afford it. They can not afford the French brand they want.
In the lark, they decided to look at the British watch name. They took a field trip equivalent to a watch in England and uncovered a historically rich chapter they did not know. The two Swiss were shocked at the fact that the mechanical watch we know today is essentially a British invention.
Loth and Finazzi founded The Masters of the English Celebrities in 1995 with the right to use the names of the most famous but obscure watchmakers in the United Kingdom. Today, the British celebrity giants headquartered in La Chaux-de-Fonds are run by Loth (pronounced Lote). (Finazzi left the company to create Ellicott SA, a British master start-up in La Chaux-de-Fonds named after John Ellicott, 1706-1772.) replica Graham London Chronofighter Oversize 2OVBV.S05A.K10F Watch
Los British masters have two brands: Graham and Arnold. Graham is George Graham, Honest George Graham, who, as far as he knows, is one of the most prominent (obviously best) watchmakers in British history. "The Revolution and the Times" by David Landes, a Harvard historian on viewing history, wrote: "This is the most important watchmaker of excellence in Britain in the first half of the 18th century. one.
Graham was born in 1673 in the Quaker family. His father died when George was young, he was raised by a brother. At the age of 15, he entered seven-year apprenticeship with a London watch maker Henry Aske. The quality of the work as an apprentice attracted the attention of the famous Thomas Tompion, considered the father of the British watchmaking. When his contract ended in 1695, Thompspan invited Graham to join him. Graham did it. According to Clockmakers, he started as a skilled two-year working man at Tompion and later became a Tompion pupil, joining not only the company, but also the family that married the niece of Tompion.Discount replica watches
Tom Pion co-invented the cylindrical escapement, died in 1713. His longstanding contribution to clockwork and science (Encyclopedia Britannica calls him "the man who owes the most to watches") earned him the Westminster Abbey. In his will, he left Graham and his wife with his business and much of his property. One week after Tompion's death, the London bulletin published the following announcement:
George Graham, the new nephew of the late Thomas Tompion, lived with him for 17 years and managed the deals he had a few years ago, his name being in Tom Mr. Pan had been around for some time before he had completed all of his inventory and work and did not do so and continued with the transaction at the sign of Mr. Tompion's House at the Dial and Three Crowns at Fleet Lane's Water Lane corner, London, everyone can be housed as before.buy replica BRM V-12 watches
Graham not only inherited the Thompson business, but also inherited the status of Britain's top watchmaker. "His handcrafting is so dexterous that his architectural precision and the thoroughness of his work are unparalleled," said the Oxford Biographical Dictionary. Two years after Thompson's death, Graham invented the escapement escapement, eliminating all recoil and producing unprecedented accuracy in watches. It becomes the standard for the next 150 years. He also refined the cylinder escapement designed by Tompion. Professor B. Humbert at Beaune Timepieces College in his 1990 book, The Chronograph, called Graham "the father of a chronograph" because he was the first person to build a watch and clock organization - able to measure the duration of an event .
Graham, a member of the Royal Society, is considered a brilliant mechanic and maker of scientific instruments. One of his inventions is the mercury pendulum, eliminating the negative effects of the weather on the clock. Royal Astronomers Edmond Halley and James Bradley.online Audemars Piguet watches replica
Graham is famous for his generosity. When he died in 1751, Gentleman magazine said: "He is very generous, and he borrows money often, but he is never dominated by any interest." In his will, he handed over the money to the watchmaker The poor of the company. " His main point, The Gentlemen magazine, continues: "It is not the accumulation of wealth or the spread of fame, but the advancement of science and the interest of mankind."
Graham was buried next to the Westminster abbey, with his mentor Tompion right next to him. According to an article by Graham, American scientific historian Claylis Doris Herman: "The burial at the Westminster Abbey was not readily proclaimed by members of the middle class at the time, and Thompson The tombs of Graham and Graham are a growing testimony of the respect they receive and growing interest in science. "In the tomb, a inscription engraved on a stone:
This is the body of Mr. Tho Tompion, 75, who passed away on November 20, 1713 this year. London's George Graham, watchmaker and chairman of the Royal Society (FRS), whose curious inventions did make the precise performance of British geniuses the standard for mechanical skills.RICHARD MILLE RM 11-02 FLYBACK replica watches
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