Daniel Swarovski was born in 1862, the child of the owner of a tiny crystal-cutting factory. By the age of twenty-one, having completed his crystal cutting tutelage by working at his pop’s business and at other crystal-cutting shops, he ventured to Vienna, Austria, where the one. Elektrische Ausstellung : the first electric exhibition was being held.
Having seen electric machines developed by others, including Edison, he left there prompted to develop an electrically powered crystal-cutting machine. It took him 9 years, working nighttime and daytime to realize, but by 1892 he had registered his patent.
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As well as saving a huge period of time, his machine enabled the talented crystal-cutters to reach uniformity and accuracy that was, up till that time, most unlikely to envision. Three years on, a much bigger operation was necessary and, after joining forces with Franz Weis and Armand Kosmann, a new factory was opened in the Austrian Tyrol city of Wattens. This major shift in location was caused by three factors : a ) the company required power and plenty of it, the Alpine streams gave them unlimited power to drive their generators. B ) they wanted to move far away from the prying eyes of their bohemian rivals to avoid imitation of their unique designs and c ) with its superior rail links, working from Wattens ensured that their stuff might be shuttled straight from the factory to Paris, the fashion capital of Europe, where their jewellery was in enormous demand. By 1908, Daniel had been joined by his 3 boys : Wilhelm, Fredrich and Alfred and the company expanded once more. This time by the building of ovens specially engineered to create the crystal from its raw materials. However, to enable much tougher quality controls, the crystal simply needed to be made in-house. The company rose to this challenge and began to mass-produce its lead crystal on a grand scale.
Creating it as a force to be reckoned with in the lead crystal-manufacturing world. These were marketed under the name of Habicht and were the company’s most important source of revenue thru World War Two. By 1949 the Habicht name was given up in favor of Swarovski Optic.
Today, their lenses are unique in the world of precision optical instruments. Since that time, nearly a century back, Swarovski’s attention to relentless improvement has kept them at the height of their craft and their name is still, to this day, synonymous with crystal of the best quality and un-paralleled beauty.
Over time their range of products has expanded and now includes rhinestones, vases, stemware, picture frames, sculptures and candelabrums, the list keeps going. And the firm’s attention to detail and quality is as high now as it was regarded as a century gone when Daniel was in control.