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Allergic reactions from nickel has raised serious concerns in the European Community, which is why it started drafting a legislation that the goal of which was to control materials such as nickel.

Thus a certain number of countries have started taking measures regarding different objects made of metals that might include nickel. Denmark was the first to sign a legislation in June 27, 1989, which prohibits both import and production of a wide list of products that liberate quantities of nickel higher than 0.5 microgram/cm2 over one week. Read more…

According to the recent market research, more people make use of electronic devices displaying time, with a cell phone, an iPod or a BlackBerry found on the top of the list. The research also showed that young people, in particular, prefer to spend their money on other types of accessories, such as hand bags and shoes rather than watches. Read more…

In the watchmaking industry nickel is used together with stainless steel. The latter is a material watchmaking companies use to create water-resistant cases. However both nickel and watchmaking have a lot of other tangency points as well.

Nickel Throughout History

An alloy made of nickel, copper and zinc, named “nickel silver,” for more than 150 years has been used to crate plates and bridges in some of the most qualitative watches. The nickel silver, which includes about 15 – 20 percent Ni, was the one to replace the brass. Read more…

Swiss watchmaking industry has always been the home of both glamorous and complicated timepieces. No wonder the most exclusive and elegant watch models were created by the magicians from Switzerland. The development of extremely expensive and sophisticated watches represents a long tradition within the relatively short historical period, which in fact began at the second half of the 19th century. Today most Swiss watch brands manufacture their models for wealthy individuals, however, those who cannot afford a six digits price watch really don’t bother. Let’s take a look on what the watch industry has already offered to watch and jewelry lovers. Read more…

Did you know that Breguet was the most preferred watch of the Russian Tsars and it was also worn by Napoleon at Waterloo? Did you know that when Sir Edmund Hilary climbed Mt. Everest (the first human to conquer the mountain) in 1953 he wore Rolex Oyster? Watches were always linked with time, however time was not always connected to watches. Philosophers and scientists has been studying time for more than 2,500 years. “Veritum dies aperit” (Time discovers the truth) Seneca De Ira. Read more…