Friday, January 23, 2009

Croton Watches - You Say a Stainless Steel Watch Band is Your Fancy? The Secret's Out! (Croton watches)

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Croton Watch is not your run of the mill watch company. I think that understated might be an overstatement. Loads of celebrities are staunch supporters and avid wearers. Why? Croton watches are really cool! Do you like a stainless steel watch band? They've got it. Mens dress watches? They've got it. But the question is - have you ever heard of Croton Watch?

Croton was named after the famous city in Italy. A neighbor to Switzerland, the home of the world's most prestigious watches, Croton melded Swiss ingenuity with Italian high fashion. The company began in 1878 as a family owned concern that focused on wowing their customers.

Just under one hundred and twenty years later, Croton Watch was taken over by a family owned company named National Time that sought to step up their game in watch merchandising. The Mermelstein family loved the customer centric company that, like itself was family owned, so they invested in the development of what is today a stunning success.

Mens dress watches with a stainless steel watch band or gold tone, exotic styles, executive, vintage, sporty, casual, black tie, Croton watches always delivers. High design quality has always been the focus. The company produces over 250 new models per year and in 2007, sold over a million watches.

An unusual marketing choice is that Croton watches do not have names. The models are identified by number, so if you are a fan of CN207047YLMP in mens dress watches, you really have to know your watch. Is this a strategy? Perhaps. It forces their brand name into the world more than would be the case with other companies whose favorite models become known independent of the company such as the Speedmaster.

Who loves a Croton watch? There's a very long list. Josh Grobin, Taylor Swift, Brad Paisley, Natalie Cole, BeBe Winans, Herbie Hancock and Eriq La Salle love their men's dress watches, Judd Nelson, Kevin Sorbo loves a stainless steel watch band, Miley Cyrus, Blair Underwood, Dave Koz, and Claudia Jordan top the list.

Croton watches are simply put, stunning watches and the celebrity backup is not too shabby. Word of mouth can be viral and in the case of a Croton watch, I am certain that this is certainly a true fringe benefit. It won't be too long before this special secret among the watch loving elite will become the secret that no one could keep!


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Tuesday, January 20, 2009

History of Croton Watch (Croton Watches)

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Introduction:

Watch is not only used for time but since a long time it is also used as a fashionable item. The variety of look and design were used to modify and make the watch attractive. Various jewelry items such as silver, gold, diamond and platinum were incorporated in various proportions by the manufacturers to give watch an attractive look.

Early Watch Manufacturing:

In the history, 1524 is known to be the earliest watch manufacturing year, however early manufacturing begins in France and in the year 1574 a watchmaker named as Charles Cousin shifted to Geneva in Switzerland from France and settled there and got citizenship after thirteen year. During that period, the watch was being used a jewel and became available for masses much later.

Charles Cousin founded a watch guild in Geneva and during the period Switzerland watches became famous. There were various watchmakers in Switzerland before Charles Cousin, but the commitment of Charles Cousin to organize the sector has given boost to the quality manufacturing and propagating the quality to the world. The timepieces made during the period were not perfect as of today. These first timepieces were inaccurate and most of the watches have only hour hand and had to be wound twice a day.

During the period 1600 to 1700, the watches remain a jewelry pieces and the period also saw technical innovation. Two types of watches pendulum and pocket watch were made available during the period. During 1675, a spiral balance spring was used, which improved the accuracy of timekeeping from a fraction of hour earlier to a fraction of minute. Till 1675, the pendulum type were used in the neck, Charles II of England introduced long waistcoats and men used the pockets of these waistcoats to put the watches.

By 1715, English watch makers started using diamond as bearings. By the ends of century the upper bearing of the balance shaft were likely to have the diamonds. During the early 1800’s, the machines for manufacturing watches were developed and clock parts were being manufacturers and subsequently the cost of various watches came down. In late 1800’s many well-known watch companies came and croton watch is one of them.

Croton Watch Company:

Croton Watch Company Inc. was established in the year 1878 and since then the family is continuously running business. Croton Watch Company Inc. is operated from New Jersey, USA. More than 128 years old company is known worldwide for the classical watches. Since the inception of the business, the family is fostering the business in not only United States, but throughout the globe.

Croton wristwatches are classically designed to keep the trends and advances in trend setting for the future generation. The various models of Croton watches have been featured in various magazines including Harpers Bazaar magazine. The models available with Croton are sometimes better than the costlier models supplied by other companies. Croton watch comes with a lifetime warranty.

Classical Models of Croton Wrist watches:

Some of the classical watch models of croton includes RC 307335 wrist watch for male, RC 211069 wrist watch for female, Croton ladies watch model 207758 RHMP, Croton men’s stainless steel limited edition Swiss automatic multifunction diamond bracelet watch, Croton men’s nicolet sport stainless steel bracelet watch, croton skeleton dial watch. All these watches are available from a range of $ 70 to $ 700 in the market

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