Swatch – YSS147

Quartz movement, Stainless steel hands, crown and caseback, Case is hanging from the side of the band from a stainless steel locking hook, Water resistant

Retail: $70.00   Your Price: $63.00   Buy/More Info

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Festina Watches

Watches sometimes need a special reason to be worn or promoted. A company’s attachment with a popular event not only promises big bucks for it, but also makes its brand easily identifiable. The Festina watches are popular among cyclists. In fact, this watch plays the role of the official timekeeper for Tour de France, the cross country bicycle championship. It gained wide popularity as it owns the Festina Pro Cycling Team. This team has won the 1994 and 1996 Tour de France; and in the year 1997, it was ranked second in the world. Nevertheless, the reputation of the company suffered a minor setback when the team was found guilty in a doping scandal during the 1998 Tour de France.

Festina was founded in 1902 in Switzerland and celebrated its centenary with much excitement and pomp and show in 2002. Its country of origin, however, is Spain, where it has become the most sought after brand. The best part about these watches is that they excel in style and fall in the mid-price category.

This watch is currently the rage in Europe and is slowly making its way into the American market. The bicycle race was popularized in the US when Lance Armstrong of the US Discovery Team won the Tour de France 2005. They are ranged from a modest $100 to approximately $300.

Festina watches mostly use the Japanese quartz movement features. The Japanese quartz movement promises high accuracy in time measurement with its use of piezoelectricity and is unaffected by temperature changes. Some of the more streamlined watches have a Mecaquartz movement (a regular quartz movement without the requirement of a battery). It also has an excellent range of Chronograph watches.

The Festina watches are both a heavy-duty sports watches and are also available in sleeker classic styles. They come in all basic shapes- square, rectangular, round, and oval. The watches have varied faces on the basis of their design. The dials can be of varying color shades; some give a multidimensional effect; and others are elegantly plain white. The wrist bands can also differ accordingly, that is, on the basis of color. Steel bracelets are just as common as the leather ones.

The Tour de France models are, perhaps, the best picks of the collection. These have a steel body and a steel bracelet and the dial can be a bright orange or a cool blue. Then, there are the Chronograph watches which are of two types- for bikers with temperature and direction meters and the regular ones with less detail and simpler look. The Road Warriors collection of chronograph watches is mostly in vogue at the moment. In addition, there are other styles like the Condor, Havanna, Manhattan XL, Calender, Steel, Leather, and the classic Ovale, Ronde, Rectangle and Quartz.

There are retail dealers of Festina watches all over the world. Sites such as princetonwatches.com/shop/festina.asp offer you the facility of buying these watches online. Also, sites like www.creativewatch.co.uk/festinashop.html are highly preferable as you can exchange, sell, or buy Festina watches. For best deals, you can also log on to www.ebay.com

About the Author

This article was written and provided by Lisa Piccolo @ AZ Publishing, author of articles like “AZ-Watches the best source in designer, wholesale, replica and unique watches a growing trend” and many more. Some of which can be viewed at http://www.az-watches.com/

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