I was so so SO happy when I got to see the Forbidden City with my very own eyes! I had no idea that we were going to see it that day.. I just pitched up at a office where all the models got their hair and make up done.. when we arrived at our Blancpain show destination.. my jaw dropped to the ground! There it stood in all its glory! Tall red walls dragon door knobs.. So beautiful so silent for a structure that has so many years of life living in it, yet so intimidating! I could hear my heart pound as I put my hands on the door and looked at this huge piece of history. I immediately imagined being a ghost inside of it 100ds of years ago.. how people lived and dressed I couldnt help but imagine it as it was, back then!
The Forbidden City, also called the Palace Museum, the Purple Forbidden City or Gugong Museum in Chinese, is located in the center of Beijing, China. The Forbidden City was built between 1406 and 1420 during the Ming Dynasty. It had been the imperial home of 24 emperors of the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties. From their throne in the Forbidden City, they governed the country by holding court sessions with their ministers, issuing imperial edicts and initiating military expeditions.
After the republican revolution in 1911, the youngest and last emperor of the Qing Dynasty, then still a child, abdicated the next year. But he, his family and their entire entourage were allowed to stay in the palaces. They were finally expelled by republican troops in 1924. It has been the Palace Museum to the public since 1950. The Forbidden City is one of the largest and best-preserved palace complexes in the world. There are over a million rare and valuable objects in the Museum.
Santa I was a very good girl this year! May I have one please?
I have seen many watches in my life and wore quite a few.. But wearing Blancpain watch.. was amazing, so much detail in a simple classic body, its so solid and you can tell there was a lot of time put in to it! Beautiful!! I know my dad would give me up if he could have one of these haha!
Blancpain started making watches in 1735 in Villeret, Switzerland. According to their commercial slogans, the company has never produced quartz watches in the past and has stated in its advertisements that it never will, nor have they ever produced watches with digital displays. In comparison to a large watch maker like Rolex, which makes about 2,000 watches a day, Blanpain produces fewer than 10,000 watches a year. Each watch is made by a single watchmaker.
Blancpain is also famous for being the creator of one of the most complicated mechanical watches ever made, the Blancpain 1735, which is a true grand complication (Tourbillon, minute repeater, perpetual calendar, split chrono), a limited edition of 30 pieces only, production of just one piece per year.
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