2010年7月27日星期二

Time For A Convertible: Watches With More Than One Face

When the watch was adopted by Jaeger-Lecoultre as one of their signature pieces, the flipping watch started to have two faces. Sometimes flipping the piece around just gives you a nice view of the movement - *** the back of the watch, the front.Cartier Santos Triple WatchesThe classic Santos watch updated with rotating prism-shaped shutters gives the Cartier Santos Triple watches three different dials (and the "triple" part of the name). Convertible cars are always those that have a folding down top. People associate the term with wearing sunglasses, breezes that increase with a vehicle's speed, and mid-life crisis time. Though when you think about it, the term convertible just means "changeable." Convertible couches are ones that turn into beds for example. And convertible watches are those that turn into something else. There are dozens of convertible watch styles and types. Many of them function to change the look of the watch or dial in some way. Others provide new uses for a wrist watch - such as turning it into a pocket watch. This overview article will simply go over some of the more interesting or famous convertible watch. Most of the seriously sophisticated convertible watches are a modern phenomenon, but the concept has been around for a long time. Just think about how much the look of a watch changes when you merely change the strap.Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso WatchesThe original Reverso flipped its case around to reveal a metal side meant to protect the dial during polo matches.