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December 20, 2012
Jason Heaton |
Watch Decoration: Watch Fundamentals While the term "decoration" often refers to trivial or superficial adornment, in the world of high-end timepieces, it is what separates the artisans from the also-rans, and can mean the difference between a $10,000 watch and a $50,000 one.   |
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November 30, 2012
Jason Heaton |
Watch Movements: Watch Fundamentals What is a movement? It is the engine inside the watch that drives the hands around and powers any additional complications, such as a stopwatch, date or moonphase display. |
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September 29, 2013
Jack Forster |
What Does A Watch Need To Have In Order To Be Great? The notion that an in-house movement is in some way inherently better is an illusion born of many factors. |
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May 2007
Josh Dean |
Very Tightly Wound How the watch business works. |
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March 25, 2013
Ed Estlow |
$1,500 Watches The two main distinctions at this level are fit and finish and extra features. Day and date displays are common, but look for unique features like a power-reserve indication, alarm or chronometer certification. |
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September 7, 2014
Jack Forster |
Here's Why Seiko Should Be On Your Watch Radar, Starting Now For most Americans, Seiko is still a department store brand that makes dependable, inexpensive, unpretentious, reliable quartz watches -- but there's a whole other side to the company. |
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Ariel Adams |
Swatch Automatic Chronograph As part of the Irony collection, these men's watches feature new movements, the brand's typical lightweight and airy style, and the standard plastic and metal construction that the famed Swiss brand is known for. |
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July 21, 2003
Kimberly Weisul |
When Time Is Money -- And Art Handcrafted watches draw devoted fans with deep pockets. |
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June 18, 2014
Jack Forster |
Here's Why Your Next Watch Purchase Should Be German, Not Swiss Swiss watchmaking is famous for a reason, but the Germans do things a little differently. |
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May 27, 2009
Ariel Adams |
A. Lange & Sohne Lange Zeitwerk Traditional German watchmaker A. Lange & Sohne doesn't mess around when releasing a new watch. |
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March 18, 2013
Ed Estlow |
$1,000 Watches For a grand, there's no sense in settling for anything besides a Swiss or Japanese quartz movement or a Swiss mechanical one. |
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December 6, 2012
Jason Heaton |
Watchcase: Watch Fundamentals Artistry in watchmaking is not only in the movement. An expertly beveled shoulder or contrasting brushed and polished surfaces on a watchcase can be equally eye-pleasing and far more visible. |
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Benjamin Clymer |
Watch Q&A Are automatic watches really better than quartz watches? |
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January 21, 2014
Watch Snob |
Does It Matter Where Your Watch Was Made? The biz rags and watch press ran stories on the whole issue last summer when the regulations were tightened to require that at least 60% of the manufacturing costs had to be Swiss for the label to apply. |
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January 31, 2011
Jason Heaton |
The Power Reserve: Degrees Of Complication Seeing the fruits of your winding efforts becomes immediately apparent on a watch with a power-reserve complication. Like a gas gauge in a car, the power-reserve meter on a watch dial indicates how much power is left to accurately maintain timekeeping. |
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July 15, 2014 |
The Watch Snob Opines On Christopher Ward - Is It A Brand Worth Owning? If the Legend Diver will help steel you against the yawning vacuity of your own existence, who am I to judge? |
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Ben Clymer |
How To: Start A Watch Collection This fashion tip will provide you with a fundamental understanding of watch terminology, the four different categories of watches (and when to wear them), the differences between collecting vintage and new watches, and, of course, where to find them. |
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May 8, 2012 |
Watch Precision How Much More Precise Are High Frequency Watches?... Rationale for Valuing Certain Watchmakers... etc. |
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January 1, 2003
Edward Kiersh |
Spending It Fine watches can be excellent overall investments -- assets that are fun both to own and appraise. |
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Jump Hour Watches: Watch Snob The jump hour is a century-old movement design. It is not popular today, but purists like me have a strong affinity toward those timepieces that employ such a relic of horological accomplishment. |
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Hand Finished Watches This week I will address two questions on a similar theme: the merits of in-house movements vs. expert decoration. Class is in session. |
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Thin Watches: Watch Snob The Watch Snob answers questions about Jaegar LeCoultre Master Grande Ultra Thin and Breitling watches. |
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Ben Clymer |
Hamilton Watches: Thin-O-Matic The Thin-O-Matic is a BaselWorld 2011 release from Hamilton, and it's a surefire hit. |
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Alex Muniz |
What You Should Know Before Buying A Watch Watches are complex and can be expensive, and there are a lot of them out there. So just what should you know when shopping for one? |
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February 28, 2003
James Fiori |
8 Things You Need To Know About Watches Here are eight questions you need answered when it comes to watches. This crash course won't necessarily make you an expert on the subject, but it will help you become a very well informed consumer. |
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November 12, 2013 |
Caught In A Love Triangle Between Two Watches The Watch Snob is caught in a love triangle, torn between two classic beauties. On one side is the historically significant and classic Patek Philippe Calatrava, and on the other is the beautiful and simplistic A. Lange Saxonia. |
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High-End Watches A Patek is actually a good financial investment and a fitting heirloom... Omega's Seamaster De Ville is a fine emblem of the brand's golden age... Converting vintage Lange pocket watches into wristwatches... |
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January 5, 2009
John Biggs |
The 9 Most Important Watches in the World William Anthony's "The Pearl Star"... Perrin Freres "Wandering Hours"... The Rolex Oyster Perpetual... Patek Philippe "Packard"... Patek Philippe "Graves"... The Audemars Piguet Royal Oak... Patek Philippe Caliber 89... Breguet "Reveil du Tsar"... Jaeger-LeCoultre Gyrotourbillon... |
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July 20, 2014
Jack Forster |
Why Smart Watches Pose Zero Threat To Real, Mechanical Wristwatches The real question shouldn't be "will smart watches bury wristwatches" but rather, "will smart watches have any chance of succeeding at all?" |
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Swiss Watches The world would be a far better place if it was run by men with an appreciation for fine timepieces, with the possible exception of Sarkozy -- but, then, he's French. |
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The Watch Snob Holiday Guide For the man on your shopping list, watches to fit (almost) any holiday budget. |
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Watch Value There is no appreciable difference between a $1,500 watch and $500 one. |
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November 5, 2013 |
Check Out This Watch Designed By A Heroic WW2 Vet You can only sell specialist timing instruments like bottom timers to actual specialists. |
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Yachting Watch The best yachting watch for men... The right watch for a young professional athlete... Matching a ring with a watch... |
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Ariel Adams |
Marvin Malton 160 Based on a traditional horological tool, Marvin gives Malton 160 Regulator watch a stylish twist while keeping the design relatively pure. |
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James Bassil |
Breitling Watches Interview Breitling's marketing director, Ben Balmer, discusses the ETA's movement moratorium, the difference between Swiss and Japanese watches and why men love timepieces. |
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Vostok Watches If you're looking for a reminder of why the Soviet Union collapsed, buy a Vostok. It is the horological equivalent to a Lada automobile, and that is not a compliment. |
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Robert-Jan Broer |
Dress Watches: BaselWorld 2011 Every watch aficionado needs at least one dress watch he can wear during formal occasions, and BaselWorld debuted a few that are worthy of any collector's attention. |
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May 20, 2014 |
The Watch Snob Weighs In On Skeletonized Faces - And A Reverse Push Present As a rule, in most (well, many, anyway) open dial watches there is simply nothing worth seeing that justifies the aesthetic train wreck that ensues when you open up the dial of a watch. |
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Steel Watches: Watch Snob Every great watch ever made has been done in steel; it is both durable and handsome. |
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Braun Watches I have always been interested in vintage Braun watches, and I recently noticed that it has recently reintroduced its line of Dieter Rams and Dietrich Lubs designed watches. |
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Best Watch Brands: Watch Snob There are plenty of brands that most people consider "high-end" that, while I respect, simply aren't superlative in any way: IWC, Vacheron, Piaget, and Zenith all make nice watches, but they are meaningless. |
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Jaeger LeCoultre Watches Are Superior: Watch Snob I even know Patek watchmakers who wear Jaeger LeCoultre watches... think about that! |
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Martin Green |
The Cheapest High-End Watch Before we can depart, we first must have a pretty good idea what a high-end watch actually is. |
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Sport Watches & Sports?: Watch Snob I commend your desire to find something out of the ordinary, but I abhor the fact that it must be around $2,000. Little, if any, great watches from the independents can be purchased for $2,000, or for even $10,000. |
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Benjamin Clymer |
Independent Watches Most of you may not know this, but over 30 of the biggest watch brands in the world are all owned by three large conglomerates. Take a look at five truly independent watch brands. |
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Maurice De Mauriac Watches: Watch Snob I'd like to learn more about boutique watches. Could you please steer me toward some other interesting watchmakers who produce watches under $5,000? |
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Ariel Adams |
Japan's Watch Revival: The Lexus Effect Japan's watches: Do they have what it takes? |
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November 12, 2012
Robert-Jan Broer |
Watches Under $1,000 There are a lot of interesting watch manufacturers that are fairly unknown but deliver a very interesting timepiece for the cost. |
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Ariel Adams |
Ralph Lauren Sporting Collection Verging on the side of "that looks about right," the Ralph Lauren Sporting Collection timepieces are conservative and tasteful without taking too many design risks. |
