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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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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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February 4, 2011
Jason Heaton |
The Tourbillon: Degrees Of Complication Despite its long history and its relative obsolescence, the tourbillon continues to mesmerize horologists today as much as it did Breguet's early patrons. It also provides a worthy metaphor for the power of the mechanical watch. |
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May 2007
Josh Dean |
Very Tightly Wound How the watch business works. |
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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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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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Frank Geelen |
Christophe Claret X-TREM-1 Let's take a look at Christophe Claret's new X-TREM-1, a breathtaking example of high-performance watchmaking. |
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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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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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July 21, 2003
Kimberly Weisul |
When Time Is Money -- And Art Handcrafted watches draw devoted fans with deep pockets. |
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Ariel Adams |
Modern Design Classic Watches The Pioneers, Mass Production and New Technologies line of three books by Phaidon Press surveys the best looking products in a number of categories to identify true modern design classic watches. |
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Robert-Jan Broer |
Omega Speedmaster Co-Axial Chronograph We love the Speedmaster. No matter where you are when it comes to watch collecting -- Swatch or Audemars Piguet -- an Omega Speedmaster is always interesting. |
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August 26, 2014 |
Are Vintage Watch Reboots Just A Big Watch Brand Cash Grab? The Watch Snob Decides There is an incredible amount of absolutely forgettable stuff that will not only not outclass the boss, it'll be a source of frustration to your son if he ever learns anything about watches. |
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January 6, 2014
Carmen Nobel |
Technology Re-Emergence: Creating New Value for Old Innovations Every once in a while, an old technology rises from the ashes and finds new life. Ryan Raffaelli explains how the Swiss watch industry saved itself by reinventing its identity. |
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Amos Kwon |
Bulova Accutron II Snorkel We've found a new dive-style watch that both echoes the beautiful horological past while imparting modern Swiss quality -- the Bulova Accutron II Snorkel Ref. 96B208. |
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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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Martin Braun Watches A Martin Braun watch, whether in its eponymous guise or its current one, is far from a subpar timepiece. Herr Braun is a master watchmaker, choosing to focus his efforts on sunrise and sunset times. |
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Power Watch I am looking to spend around $7,500 and would like to make a sound investment in something that I can wear for work, possibly has a couple of time zones, looks good in a suit, is classy, elegant and a little bit different. Any thoughts? |
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Common Man Watches The Watch Snob answers questions about technologically advanced mechanical movements, the best tourbillon watches, and about one of his own friends. |
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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 28, 2014 |
How Much Should You Expect To Pay To Service Your Timepiece? Ah, service -- the moment when the chickens of one's love of mechanical watchmaking come home to roost. |
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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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Jason Heaton |
The Modern Haute Horlogerie Watch: Build The Ultimate Watch Collection The centuries-old art of horology continues to capture the imagination, fascination and, yes, the money of men around the world. |
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Watch Advice What is more important to you: the watch or which flavor-of-the-month actor is wearing it? When the marketers elbow out the watchmakers, it's time to look elsewhere. |
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March 25, 2014 |
Find Out Which Watch Feature The Watch Snob Really, Really Doesn't Care About If you understand watchmaking to some extent you'll understand what I'm talking about. |
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Jason Heaton |
Seiko SKX007 Dive Watch What sets the SKX apart from so many other cheap dive watches are its pedigree, quality build and true in-house movement. |
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March 4, 2013
Ed Estlow |
$250 Watches Whether you have a $250, $500, $1,000 or $1,500 to spend on a man's watch, we've got you covered. In this installment, we're looking at watches for the tightest budget. |
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Frank Geelen |
HYT H1 Watches Superwatches? Yes, superwatches. Think of the Lamborghinis, Ferraris, Aston Martins and Bugattis of the watch industry. Like supercars, they're mostly handmade, highly technical, innovative and push the frontier of what's possible. |
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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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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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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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December 2001 |
Optical Atomic Clock The optical clock signals a paradigm shift: It measures time using the femtosecond -- one-quadrillionth of a second -- making it potentially 1,000 times more precise than today's time leader... |
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Robert-Jan Broer |
Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean The Seamaster story goes back to 1948, when Omega launched a watch with a water-resistant case with the Seamaster wording on the dial. |
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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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October 22, 2013 |
Watch Snob: Is The Breguet Classique Truly Legitimate? It's certainly one of the most intellectually interesting watches in the last ten years. |
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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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Watch Inscriptions: Watch Snob If there is a story to tell, a watch inscription is a good way to do it. |
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August 29, 2013
Jack Forster |
Watch Finishing Finish, in the watch world, usually means the amount of parts-finishing that the movement -- the mechanism inside a watch that actually tells time -- receives when it's made. |
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What Makes Watches Worth The Money? I suspect that many of us who place value on a well-made mechanical timepiece do so not out of a desire to appear wealthy or to tell the most accurate time. We value them for the same reason people value fine art or a well-designed, functional tool. |
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Frank Geelen |
Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Perpetual Today we'll have a look at one of my first loves. When I first discovered watches, and, in particular, mechanical watches, the Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Perpetual made a lasting impression. |
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October 7, 2000
Ivars Peterson |
Staying in Step Researchers expand on a 17th-century experiment into the odd tendency of side-by-side pendulum clocks to synchronize themselves... |
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Benjamin Clymer |
Does A Watch Have To Be Expensive To Be Cool? Is it worth spending a small fortune on a watch when a $100 Casio will tell time just as well? The answer: it depends. |
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Men's Vintage Watches Starting a watch collection with vintage watches... Complications in a modern watch... Finding a Swiss-made timepiece with some history that is good value... |
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Frank Geelen |
Watches Of The Year Striking! Our photo perfectly shows the spectacular beauty of the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Self-Winding, formerly known as the Royal Oak Jumbo. |
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Ariel Adams |
Seiko Premier Direct Drive Moon Phase The Seiko Premier collection just got upgraded with the impressive Kinetic Direct Drive movements. |
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Watch Mechanics May I ask your opinion of Sinn's patented DIAPAL technology, which is used to extend the service life of mechanical watches without lubrication checks? |
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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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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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Keepsake Gifts I am looking to buy a watch for my son as a keepsake in memory of me and our relationship after I leave this world. I was hoping to buy something he can wear now and for as long as possible, and would not be outdated even with the passing of the years. |
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Desk Clocks The Watch Snob tells us about the only clock that's worth owning and a classic watch for a husband. |
