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The modern watch, as we know it, was first seen at the beginning of the 20th century. The automatic watch was invented by Harwood in the 1920s and perfected by Eterna in the late 1940s. During the 1960s the electronic watch was invented and finally the quartz watch made its appearance in the late 1960s, which almost killed off mechanical watches made in Switzerland completely.
Recently there has been demand again for new high quality watches. Many manufacturers are making more mechanical watches and this trend has had a knock-on effect on the vintage market. More people have started to appreciate and collect period quality watches, and they are buying them for their quality and as an investment. This increase in interest is driving up the prices.
Trifari is one of America’s best-known and prestigious manufacturers of costume jewellery. Madonna wore it in the 1990s movie ‘Evita’. The company was founded by Italian goldsmith Gustavo Trifari in the early 1900s, when he arrived in New York from Naples.
The young Italian worked with his uncle in New York to form Trifari in 1910. After just two years Gustavo decided to go it alone and so the Trifari name was born. Sales Manager Leo Krussman joined in 1917 and his influence brought great commercial success to the company. The company went from strength to strength once salesman Carl Fishel joined Trifari in 1923. Two year later the company name was changed to Trifari, Krussman and Fishel.