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Glycine Watches Glycine is not a watch brand that comes up in conversation often, and, frankly, a watch named after the genus of the soybean plant does not inspire confidence.   |
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Watch Snob: Are Watches Just Status Symbols? You may think you know watches, but let's be real -- you just don't. |
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Watch Dials Is it just too flashy to wear a vivid cloisonne dial with a rose or yellow-gold case with my very conservative work wardrobe? |
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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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Power Watch I am looking to spend around $7,500 and would like to make a sound investment in something that I can wear for work, possibly has a couple of time zones, looks good in a suit, is classy, elegant and a little bit different. Any thoughts? |
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Used Watches: Watch Snob Would you ever buy a used watch, for instance at an auction? |
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January 31, 2011
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The Power Reserve: Degrees Of Complication Seeing the fruits of your winding efforts becomes immediately apparent on a watch with a power-reserve complication. Like a gas gauge in a car, the power-reserve meter on a watch dial indicates how much power is left to accurately maintain timekeeping. |
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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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ETA Movements I'm looking for a watch for my girlfriend, as it appears that expensive taste in watches is very infectious. I've caught her more than once with my watches on her wrist, which has led to some heated arguments. |
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March 11, 2014 |
The Snob Weighs In On Two Lange & Sohne Watches It's true that the Terraluna is a quite large watch. It is also so extremely beautiful and so emotionally and intellectually compelling that I could not possibly care less. |
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May 20, 2014 |
The Watch Snob Weighs In On Skeletonized Faces - And A Reverse Push Present As a rule, in most (well, many, anyway) open dial watches there is simply nothing worth seeing that justifies the aesthetic train wreck that ensues when you open up the dial of a watch. |
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Designer Watches: Watch Snob The Watch Snob's take on collaborations between watchmakers and fashion labels. |
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Seiko Watches The only Seiko I might one day consider owning would be from the brand's Grand Seiko haute horlogerie line, but only if the designs ever improve beyond their bland current state. |
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Bell & Ross Watches: Vintage Carbon Series With minor changes and a return to a round case, Bell & Ross has reinvented its BR line of aviation instrument-themed watches. |
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Nixon Watches: Watch Snob I need some of your horological advice. It's time to dump my 50-year-old Longines. I can't find a new dial or a decent place to refinish it. |
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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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August 5, 2014 |
The Watch Snob Talks Vintage Collecting - Is There Any Worth To Dead Brands? When it comes to watches, it's as with romance -- better to fall in love with the right girl first and then inquire about the cost of a wedding. |
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Q&A With The Watch Snob You may think you know watches, but let's be real -- you just don't. |
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Custom Watches I was wondering if you knew of any companies that provide a quality watch, but at the same time allow for a custom design of the watch face? |
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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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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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Pocket Watches Mr. Van Winkle, I'm surprised to find you on email. Can't find a reputable dealer of pocket watches? Sorry to say, you're about 100 years too late. They went out of fashion about the same time as the horse and buggy. |
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Large Watches "Wear a 45mm watch, baggy pants and an oversized T-shirt and hey, maybe you don't look so fat after all." The Watch Snob is in. |
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Watch Dial Colors I have a question for the Watch Snob about dial color for luxury watches. I was wondering what your opinions are on white vs. black. Are black dials just as acceptable as white ones? |
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June 2, 2009
Ben Clymer |
Black Watches One of the biggest trends in watches right now is the all-black look. |
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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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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: Buying Watches Online Advice for the fashion conscious who want to purchase online. |
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Jaeger LeCoultre Watches Are Superior: Watch Snob I even know Patek watchmakers who wear Jaeger LeCoultre watches... think about that! |
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GMT Watches There are countless vintage watches from forgotten names littering flea markets and online auction sites. |
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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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Zenith Watches Zenith is moving back in the right direction. |
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Ariel Adams |
Perrelet Jumping Hour Watch Unless you're in a league of watch aficionados, you'll be one of the few people sporting this model. |
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Linde Werdelin Watches Linde Werdelin watches are needlessly over-engineered but have a distinct theme. |
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Jason Heaton |
The Modern Haute Horlogerie Watch: Build The Ultimate Watch Collection The centuries-old art of horology continues to capture the imagination, fascination and, yes, the money of men around the world. |
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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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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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Jason Heaton |
The Complication Watch: Build The Ultimate Watch Collection The centuries-old art of horology continues to capture the imagination, fascination and, yes, the money of men around the world. |
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The Watch Snob Holiday Guide For the man on your shopping list, watches to fit (almost) any holiday budget. |
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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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Ben Clymer |
How To: Start A Watch Collection This fashion tip will provide you with a fundamental understanding of watch terminology, the four different categories of watches (and when to wear them), the differences between collecting vintage and new watches, and, of course, where to find them. |
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Benjamin Clymer |
Perrelet Turbine Since its unveiling, the Perrelet Turbine has been one of the most discussed, blogged-about and desired watches on the planet. There is no other watch like it. |
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Alex Muniz |
What You Should Know Before Buying A Watch Watches are complex and can be expensive, and there are a lot of them out there. So just what should you know when shopping for one? |
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Rafael Nadal's Winning Timepiece: Watch Snob My take is that Rafael Nadal is the best tennis player in the world and he deserves to be wearing the $525,000 RM 027 from Richard Mille. |
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Sport Watches & Sports?: Watch Snob I commend your desire to find something out of the ordinary, but I abhor the fact that it must be around $2,000. Little, if any, great watches from the independents can be purchased for $2,000, or for even $10,000. |
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Ariel Adams |
Swatch Automatic Chronograph As part of the Irony collection, these men's watches feature new movements, the brand's typical lightweight and airy style, and the standard plastic and metal construction that the famed Swiss brand is known for. |
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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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NOMOS Watches If you'd have to guess which new manufacturer today or over the last few years, is making a watch that will appreciate rather than depreciate and still be in existence by 2050, what would your guess be? |
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June 3, 2014 |
The Watch Snob Gets In-Depth On: Chronographs Self-winding chronographs were by far the last complication to appear in watchmaking -- as a matter of fact they did not see the light of day until 1969. |
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Watch Snob: Ebel Watches All the opinions expressed by the Watch Snob are my own, and are just that -- opinions. Don't worry, though, we will still be bringing you great features on interesting watches to buy, both old and new. |
