Understanding the Different Types of Watch Bezels

November 03, 2019

There is only so much space on a watch. Even on the largest examples, it takes some virtuoso microengineering to make room for every function while still keeping the piece...

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What is Omega’s Co-Axial Escapement?

November 03, 2019

Routinely described as 20th century horology’s most important upheaval, the Co-Axial escapement was the brainchild of Englishman George Daniels. It was in 1974 that Daniels took the traditional Swiss Lever...

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What is a Tourbillon, and are They Worth the Money?

November 03, 2019

The makers of mechanical watches have a number of naturally occurring phenomena to overcome in their pursuit of perfect accuracy. The miniscule and highly vulnerable components inside a movement are...

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History of the Paul Newman Daytona (and Why They are So Valuable)

November 03, 2019

If the world of horology has a Cinderella story, then Rolex’s Cosmograph Daytona is it. Released in 1963 to a crashing wave of apathy, the brand’s first serially produced chronograph...

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Evolution of the Rolex Submariner: The ref. 6204 vs. the ref. 116610LN

November 03, 2019

Say dive watch, think Rolex Submariner. The word association has been inescapable since the 1950s, the fabled timepiece—from a manufacture not short on icons—introduced to coincide with the explosion in...

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