Watch Drive Event March 31st, 6 - 11 pm

Hosted by Executive Lifestyles Group’s First Family Ramone and Christina Bellagamba, the event will take place from 6pm to 9pm at Crystal Manor located at 1460 Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn.

This seminar will be a platform where men and women discuss their experiences, views and knowledge on the lucrative topic of building and sustaining wealth. The diverse listing of speakers hail from different backgrounds and industries but share the common thread of business and financial success.

Participants of all ages and socioeconomic demographics are invited to attend this breakthrough event where the focus will be on motivation, education, and empowerment through facilitated discussion and Q & A sessions.

The guest speakers for this amazing event include:
Ms. Diane Brady-Author Book: “Knowing Where to Begin”
Dr. Gary Carpenter-Wellness Coach: Executive Lifestyle Group
Mr. Tazz Daddy-Author, Book: “Common Sense Ain’t Common”
Mr. Andrew Morrison- Small Business Camp
Ms. Shannon Nelson-Author Book: “Get Over Your BS (Belief System)”
Mr. Leonard "Spar" Person- Hoodestate.com/ Heaven Homes Realty
Mr. David "Motivator" Pharel-/ MakeLifeEpic.net LLC/ Executive Lifestyle Group
Mr. Keishorne S. Scott- One More Educated Black Man
Plus a special surprise speaker!

Gold Admission is available for $25.00 and Platinum Admission is available for $50.00. Both can be ordered throughwww.MakeLifeEpic.eventbrite.com.
For more information or to inquiry about sponsorship or press opportunities, please contact: (347)693-7736 or e-mailinfo@makelifeepic.net.
About Executive Lifestyle Group:
Executive Lifestyle Group is full scale lifestyle brand specializing in Life Coaching, Mentoring, and Motivational Speaking. Ourlife coaches help clients in many areas including wellness, career, finance, relationships, success, and self esteem.

About MakeLifeEpic.Net:
MakeLifeEpic.net is a motivational site geared towards individuals who want the best out of their lives. With daily content geared towards providing insight for self improvement.

Internship

www.artofhorology.org

NYer of the Week - Steven Richardson - The Art of Horology Workshop

NYer of the Week 

The latest New Yorker of the Week teaches the study of timekeeping and watchmaking to the residents of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. NY1's Roma Torre filed the following report.
Local watchmaker Steven Richardson wants to teach people in his neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn the joys of horology, the study of timekeeping, and the history, mechanics and art of watchmaking.
"Time is one of the most precious things that we have and to study it, to study horology is just a great thing," says Richardson. "It's a great passion of mine and I thought I could just share it with the community."
Last year at the Bedford-Stuyvesant YMCA, Richardson started a free watchmaking class called the "Art of Horology Project."

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Host Malik Yoba and watchmaker Steven Richardson at The Art of Horology Fundraiser.

Time Goes On

Fusee: (fyu-‘ze)n. a conical spirally grooved pulley in a timepiece from which a cord or chain unwinds onto a barrel containing the spring and which by its increasing diameter compensates for the lessening power of the spring

As we take a brief historical look into the history of watches and timepieces alike, let’s go back to the 16th Century in Germany where Peter Henlein created the first pocket watch. Most pocket watches were at one point an item of choice for people of aristocracy. Today, they are being handed down as gifts.

Then, in or around the early 17th Century, Fusees were adapted from clocks to watches. In 1687, the repeating mechanisms that tolls s bell sound every quarter hour and hour. As time goes on, so does the style of watches and timepieces. As we move on to the year 1704, that was when jewels were used in watch movements. Peter and Jacob Debaufre, Nicolas Facio were the first gentlemen to make this happen. It wasn’t until around 1750 that watchmakers began using enamel on watch dials. The English lever escpaements were eventually added nine years later by Thomas Mudge.

The first watch making shop erected in Paris, France in 1775. A few years later, Abraham Louis Perrelet invented the self winding movement making watches easy to set. Later in 1807, Thomas Young invented the recording chronograph. Two years following, Luther Goddard of Shrewsbury, MS was the first watch manufacturer in America. In 1820, the first patent for the self winding watch was registered. Tiffany’s was opened in 1837.

As far as brands, in 1853, Tissot made the first dual time zone watch; 1858, Minerva is founded; 1860 Heuer is founded; 1865, Zenith was founded and 1881, Movado was founded. In 1884, Greenwich, England was officially named the zero meridian and used as the worldwide recognized basis of time zones.

Watchmakers have evolved at the turn of the twentieth century beginning in 1905 when Hans Wilsdorf started the Rolex Watch Company. Wrist watches came with alarms in 1914. Further in 1926, Rolex introduced the first waterproof case called the “Oyster”. The Mickey Mouse watch was introduced by 1933 by Ingersoll. Technology began to play a part in how we tell time near 1970 when Hamilton created the “Pulsar”, the first electronic digital watch. Longines and Seiko took it a step further in introducing the LCD (Liquid Crystal Display). In 1985, Swiss Heuer merged with TAG to form TAG Huere.

As far as time recording went, Casio did the unthinkable and innovative move by having a wrist watch equipped with a built-in Global Positioning System or GPS. Time has been here before man and will always continue. As we take a look into the history of such an intricate craft, one should also take in consideration as to the distribution of timepieces around the world.

Hodinkee.com gives it support to AOH project

Our friend Benjamin Hodinkee from www.hodinkee.com, lends his support to our fundraiser. Not only will he be at the event he has been giving us much love on his site. Thanks Benjamin!

The Art Of Horology Project Fundraiser Tickets

Our ticketing information is now posted on Eventbrite!!! Please take a moment to read and share with friends and family.

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