Chronograph watches — we write about them all the time. Lately, though, with the holidays on us and some watch rs loing to buy watches as gifts, we had a…
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This past weekend, TAG Heuer once again cemented its dominance in the world of motorsports as the single luxury watchmaker to serve as top sponsor at both the Indianapolis 500 and the Formula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco. To celebrate, the Swiss brand unveiled three striking new iterations of its legendary Monaco timepiece: the Monaco…
Watch Education Video: How Luxury Watch Cases are Made
While every luxury watch brand has its own process for creating watch cases, Panerai has created this intriguing, to-the-point video of its cases being made. Located on the Lake of…
Watch Education: Understanding Watch Crystals
This week, we continue with our educational insight into timepieces: this time, with a lo at the watch crystal — the clear cover that goes over the dial and protects…
Watch Education: Understanding the use of Rubies in Movements
We have gotten a lot of questions from readers about rubies used inside watch movements, so we thought it was high-time to address the issue. Essentially, when a mechanical…
Watch Education: Understanding the Difference between Automatic and Hand-Wind Watches
Recently, we here at ATimelyPerspective received an e from one of our newer readers – someone really interested in learning about watches from the ground up. It got us to…
Watch Education: Understanding the Chronograph
Chronograph watches are great summer timepieces – as they can time all of those outdoor activities you indulge in – swimming, jogging, rowing, and . Here, we try to out…
Watch Education: Understanding Enamel Dial Work
There are a host of mediums that top-tier watch brands use to achieve art for the wrist, and those venues are constantly evolving and taking on new shape and form,…
Watch Education: Understanding Constant Force
Not a new concept in watchmaking at all, the idea of constant force has taken center stage as watchmakers strive for ever greater accuracy and precision. Essentially, constant force is…
Watch Education in Napa Valley with A. Lange & Sohne
Recently, we had the distinct privilege of joining A. Lange & Sohne in Napa Valley for the Akademie of watchmaking – wonderful and enlightening experience. To begin with, the event…
Watch Education: How does a Quartz Watch Work?
Earlier this year we wrote about the differences between automatic and manual-wind mechanical watches. This week, during our Affordable Watches week, we want to explain the quartz watch. While many…
Watch Designer Eric Giroud Shares thoughts on the Swarovski Crystallium
Unveiled at BaselWorld and now making its way to the retail stores, the Swarovski Crystallium Automatic watch won an honorable mention from the Red Dot Award for Best Product Design 2013.…
Watch Collectors Voice Opinions, Wish Lists and More
You may recall that just about a week ago, we announced here that we would be launching a new section: Watch Collectors’ Corner. Rather than have one single perspective from…