Does Your Watch Movement Actually Matter? Let me paint you a picture. A few years back, I walked into a watch shop in downtown Chicago looking to replace the old Timex I'd worn for fifteen years. Th ...
They say that within the first seconds of meeting a person, we unconsciously use only a few basic factors to form an impression. Something similar is true of watches. What can you tell right away when ...
For as long as watches have been made, precision timekeeping has been the ultimate goal. Watchmakers have invented all manner of methods for counteracting gravity, magnetism, shock, and temperature ...
We love Timex’s Q series for several reasons. First and foremost, in a world where noses are often turned up at quartz watches in favor of expensive and antiquated mechanical technology, the Q is all ...
Reading about watches can often feel like cracking open a textbook. Browsing—and even buying—means being barraged with inscrutable words and phrases like ”tourbillons,” “perpetual calendars,” “minute ...
A lot of watches under a hundred bucks make you choose between looking good and being practical. Dress watches tend to lack water resistance, and sport watches rarely have the finish to wear with ...
Christmas Day 1969: Richard Nixon is in power; the second manned Moon mission has just returned to Earth; and The Beatles are at number one in the albums chart with Abbey Road. Over in Tokyo, another ...
View post: One of Kershaw's Best-Looking Pocket Knives Is Now Only $20 on Amazon The Seiko Sport 43mm Chronograph Quartz Watch is on sale for just $185 at Walmart, a 48% discount off its full price of ...
It may sound like some sort of horological joke, but a quartz timepiece was just snapped up for more than half a million dollars at auction. This specific Élégante was designed by François-Paul Journe ...
5 Timeless Titan Wrist Watches for Ladies Who Want Style That Works Every Day Discover timeless Titan wristwatches for ladies that are specifically designed to blend effortless style with everyday ...
This is an edition of the newsletter Box + Papers, Cam Wolf’s weekly deep dive into the world of watches. Sign up here. It’s Hot Take Month here on Box + Papers, with a new guest writer dropping by ...
Originally published by Joe Thompson on Hodinkee. The first salvo of the quartz watch revolution was fired in the last week of the 1960s. On December 25, in Tokyo, Seiko introduced the Astron, the ...