This week we offer a quick look at watch complications from a beginner’s viewpoint. For the past few months we have gotten a lot of questions about watch complications and how to just get the basics down. So here, we offer watch education for a true novice. This week: What is a chronograph? What is…
Just like your car needs regular maintenance, so, too, does your fine mechanical watch. Let’s face it, it is comprised of hundreds of tiny mechanical parts, as well as lubricants that if they get old, dry, or sticky can affect the way your watch works. How often a watch should be serviced is the real…
It’s a new year. Today, January 1, 2020, we break from the first two decades of the 21st century and start anew — a third decade. We are making history. Never before has there been a January 1, 2020, and never again will there be. To start the new year off right, I thought it…
It’s been a very fast year. In fact, I really can’t believe that at the stroke of midnight tonight, it will be 2020. It’s been a very interesting year with a lot of personal and professional developments and let-downs. But I’m sure that’s the case for everyone. It can’t all be a bed of roses,…
When I got my first hands-on look at the new Greubel Forsey GMT Sport watch during the recent Dubai Watch Week in November, my jaw dropped. It was everything I would expect from this king of independent watch brands — and more. Created in a limited edition of just 11 pieces, this bold sport…
T’was the night before Christmas, and all through the watch world, Not a watchmaker was stirring; No Machines whirled The tools were all placed on the benches with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there. The collectors were nestled all snug in their beds, While visions of tourbillons danced in their heads;…
If you haven’t gotten your holiday ducks in a row, so to speak, by now, you are really late. Still searching for ideas for the watch lover in your life. Here’s a no-brainer for him or for her. The Horological Society of New York (HSNY), America’s oldest watchmaking guild founded in 1866, offers the gift…
German watch brand Tutima has made a lot of strides this year in terms of new product development and extensions of its beloved collections. Recently, during Dubai Watch Week, we got a sneak peek at this new Patria Dual Time watch in steel — and it is a beauty. Not only does it look clean…
Back in late October at the WatchTime New York show, Swiss watch brand Carl F. Bucherer showcased two new watches that are officially entering stores now. We got to go hands on with the two versions of the Carl F. Bucherer Heritage Bicompax Annual watches and broke the news about them here — complete with…
Recently, we broke the news here of independent Swiss watch brand Armin Strom releasing an all-new watch that will represent the opening price point for the brand at $15,600 and that is a pretty intriguing work of art and technology. The new Gravity Equal Force watch is the start of an all-new collection for…
There may not be any better timepiece to reflect the words “totally transparent” than the new Jaeger-LeCoultre Atmos Transparente. The stunning clock with crystal clear cabinet made of anti-reflective glass, is a beautiful statement in open air and mechanics. The Art Deco style clock that runs on air features minimalistic hour markers and hands. We…
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