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Watch Snob: The True Value Of Bell & Ross Bell & Ross watches are good-looking, and many people like them. However, they do something that is almost inexcusable in the eyes of the Watch Snob.   |
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September 29, 2013
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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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Zenith Watches Zenith is moving back in the right direction. |
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Thin Watches: Watch Snob The Watch Snob answers questions about Jaegar LeCoultre Master Grande Ultra Thin and Breitling watches. |
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Carbon Fiber Watches Most chronograph movements nowadays will be as accurate as any other. The Watch Snob's way of assessing whether a movement is worthy of consideration typically falls to its innovation and finishing. |
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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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Watch Q&A Are automatic watches really better than quartz watches? |
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Buying A Watch For Your Fiance NOMOS is always mentioned as an affordable in-house movement maker, and while its movements don't break new ground horologically, I cannot find fault with the brand's pluck. |
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The Watch Snob Challenge: Panerai One name I have been hard on for years is Officine Panerai. Lest readers think my dislike for this brand is merely based on a bad plate of calamari in Portofino or a failed relationship with a Venetian, neither played into it, I assure you. |
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Jaeger-LeCoultre "Tribute To 1931" Reverso The Reverso is probably the most recognizable Jaeger-LeCoultre timepiece -- particularly due to its iconic rectangular shape and reversible case. |
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November 5, 2013 |
Check Out This Watch Designed By A Heroic WW2 Vet You can only sell specialist timing instruments like bottom timers to actual specialists. |
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Learning Watchmaking Questions on learning the skill of watchmaking, the value of in-house movements, and others are answered. |
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Watch Width Rugby build or not, there is no excuse for wearing a watch larger than 39 mm, which is just about the golden diameter for watches. |
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Watch Snob: Watches That Impress The Boss This column answers questions such as how to select an expensive fashionable watch for a man's birthday. |
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Maurice De Mauriac Watches: Watch Snob I'd like to learn more about boutique watches. Could you please steer me toward some other interesting watchmakers who produce watches under $5,000? |
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All-Purpose Watches: Watch Snob Though IWC doesn't fare well with the Snob, he is a fan of the IWC Portuguese. "There are really only four watches that can do it all, and half of those four happen to be made by Rolex." |
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Swiss Watches The world would be a far better place if it was run by men with an appreciation for fine timepieces, with the possible exception of Sarkozy -- but, then, he's French. |
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July 15, 2014 |
The Watch Snob Opines On Christopher Ward - Is It A Brand Worth Owning? If the Legend Diver will help steel you against the yawning vacuity of your own existence, who am I to judge? |
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Watch Conglomerates The downside is a slight loss of character from buying a watch from a conglomerate brand. However, at least you know the brand will be around in 20 years |
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Designer Watches: Watch Snob The Watch Snob's take on collaborations between watchmakers and fashion labels. |
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Watches And Hand Size The Watch Snob gives his opinion on watch sizes and the question of dress watch vs. sports watch. |
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Boutique Watches Raymond Weil is a perfect example of what is wrong with sub-$3,000 watches. It's just too much money to spend for too little. |
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Lange Watches A man can't go wrong with A. Lange & Sohne watches. |
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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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Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore The lay person would be hard-pressed to realize this is more than just a "nice looking watch" -- but it is. |
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Blancpain Watches Finding a classic good-looking watch that can take a beating... In-house versus ETA movements... Montblanc makes the works for Rolex... |
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Dive Watches: Watch Snob Working on a tight budget? Consider buying a vintage watch. "Even divers aren't wearing dive watches anymore..." |
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The Watch Snob Q&A Oakley products fashionable or just trendy?... Choosing your first real timepiece... Using a mobile phone as a time-telling device... |
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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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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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Hand Finished Watches This week I will address two questions on a similar theme: the merits of in-house movements vs. expert decoration. Class is in session. |
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Watch Snob: Stop Wearing Panerai Get over the hackneyed, mainstream choices and move on to something real. There is nothing, and I do mean nothing, worse than a young man who wears a Panerai watch. |
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Marriage Watches What are your thoughts on marriage watches? I like the idea of housing antique, original movements in a brand new case, but are these a form of creating a new masterpiece or a piece of worthless junk? |
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Robert-Jan Broer |
Sports Watches: 2011 Although it doesn't hurt to have a classic-looking timepiece to pair with a suit for a formal occasion, it's the sports watches that get the most attention. |
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Affordable Pedigree Watches The Watch Snob answers some questions about what type of watch to buy for a graduation present and for starting a watch collection. |
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Yachting Watch The best yachting watch for men... The right watch for a young professional athlete... Matching a ring with a watch... |
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Ben Clymer |
The Return of the Small Watch Prepare yourself to take a lot of flack from girls who are looking for a man with sleek and understated everything, including watches. |
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Panerai Luminor Marina Automatic This classic Italian dive watch has been updated with modern precision and construction, while lending a measure of distinctiveness to its wearer |
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February 25, 2014 |
Steer Clear Of This Brand - The Snob Deems It Insufferable Armin Strom's watches are virtually indistinguishable in terms of design; the design elements themselves are a collection of some of the most worn-out tropes and basic design mistakes in modern watchmaking. |
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Watch Snob: Watch Heritage & The Truth Get wise, people. Don't hate on me for speaking the truth about watch heritage, or anything else for that matter. If you can't handle it, stick with a real brand, like A. Lange & Sohne. |
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Executive Watches Men, and particularly those at the executive level, are competitive creatures. Therefore, they would no doubt resent being given the same timepiece gift as their fellow Type-A golf buddies. |
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Watches And Water Fine watches do not like water. Nor do they like sand, hot sun, sweaty skin, concrete pool decks, bratty children or spilled sticky soft drinks, all of which are typically found near water. |
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Cartier Watches The Calibre de Cartier is the only Cartier watch that gets true horological props from the Snob. |
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Purchasing Watches Where is the best place to purchase a watch? What brand is the best for a husband's anniversary gift? Is a quartz movement the highest watch making achievement? |
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Best Watch Brands: Watch Snob There are plenty of brands that most people consider "high-end" that, while I respect, simply aren't superlative in any way: IWC, Vacheron, Piaget, and Zenith all make nice watches, but they are meaningless. |
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August 10, 2014
Jack Forster |
Enough With The In-House Movement Hype, Already Most watch nuts who think they know what the word means think it means designed and made on the premises of the watch company, period, end of story. |
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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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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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March 3, 2010
Ariel Adams |
Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Diver The Diver presents an unpretentious rendition of the high-end sport watch line that everyone wants to own. |
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Swiss Army Watches: Watch Snob Despite what one may think, Victorinox Swiss Army really does make a decent product. |
