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September 7, 2014
Jack Forster |
Here's Why Seiko Should Be On Your Watch Radar, Starting Now For most Americans, Seiko is still a department store brand that makes dependable, inexpensive, unpretentious, reliable quartz watches -- but there's a whole other side to the company.   |
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January 31, 2011
Jason Heaton |
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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May 2007
Josh Dean |
Very Tightly Wound How the watch business works. |
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September 29, 2013
Jack Forster |
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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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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Ariel Adams |
Seiko Premier Direct Drive Moon Phase The Seiko Premier collection just got upgraded with the impressive Kinetic Direct Drive movements. |
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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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Benjamin Clymer |
Watch Q&A Are automatic watches really better than quartz watches? |
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March 4, 2013
Ed Estlow |
$250 Watches Whether you have a $250, $500, $1,000 or $1,500 to spend on a man's watch, we've got you covered. In this installment, we're looking at watches for the tightest budget. |
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Ariel Adams |
Seiko Ananta Spring Drive Chronograph The men's watch to own in 2010 is undeniably Seiko's technical masterpiece, which is finally available to the world -- the Seiko Ananta collection. |
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February 28, 2003
James Fiori |
8 Things You Need To Know About Watches Here are eight questions you need answered when it comes to watches. This crash course won't necessarily make you an expert on the subject, but it will help you become a very well informed consumer. |
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Chronometer Watches Unless you're planning a solo circumnavigation of the globe without the use of GPS, chronometer certification shouldn't be reason to part with more money. And even if you are, you'll probably still be OK without it, give or take a few hundred nautical miles. |
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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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Vostok Watches If you're looking for a reminder of why the Soviet Union collapsed, buy a Vostok. It is the horological equivalent to a Lada automobile, and that is not a compliment. |
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May 8, 2012 |
Watch Precision How Much More Precise Are High Frequency Watches?... Rationale for Valuing Certain Watchmakers... etc. |
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March 11, 2013
Ed Estlow |
$500 Watches Look for stainless-steel cases with good finishes -- perhaps a combination of brushed and polished surfaces to add visual interest. The caseback (the part that rests against your wrist when you wear your watch) is of paramount importance at this price point. |
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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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November 12, 2012
Robert-Jan Broer |
Watches Under $1,000 There are a lot of interesting watch manufacturers that are fairly unknown but deliver a very interesting timepiece for the cost. |
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Robert-Jan Broer |
Calibre de Cartier With the Calibre de Cartier series, Cartier takes aim at those men who care about aesthetics as well as mechanical movements. |
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August 29, 2013
Jack Forster |
Watch Finishing Finish, in the watch world, usually means the amount of parts-finishing that the movement -- the mechanism inside a watch that actually tells time -- receives when it's made. |
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Ariel Adams |
Seiko Arctura Kinetic Chronograph Watch The Arctura line presents a very unique design for typically forward-thinking Seiko. |
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March 18, 2013
Ed Estlow |
$1,000 Watches For a grand, there's no sense in settling for anything besides a Swiss or Japanese quartz movement or a Swiss mechanical one. |
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July 21, 2003
Kimberly Weisul |
When Time Is Money -- And Art Handcrafted watches draw devoted fans with deep pockets. |
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March 25, 2013
Ed Estlow |
$1,500 Watches The two main distinctions at this level are fit and finish and extra features. Day and date displays are common, but look for unique features like a power-reserve indication, alarm or chronometer certification. |
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October 27, 2013
Jack Forster |
Does It Matter If Your Watch Is Losing Time? Mechanical watch owners may be the obsessive-compulsives, who darken watch service center managers' days by showing up complaining bitterly that their (insert brand name) "fine timepiece" is, quelle horreur, gaining a second a week. |
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February 4, 2011
Jason Heaton |
The Tourbillon: Degrees Of Complication Despite its long history and its relative obsolescence, the tourbillon continues to mesmerize horologists today as much as it did Breguet's early patrons. It also provides a worthy metaphor for the power of the mechanical watch. |
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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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Jason Heaton |
Seiko SKX007 Dive Watch What sets the SKX apart from so many other cheap dive watches are its pedigree, quality build and true in-house movement. |
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Identifying In-House Movements Some watch brands are quite up-front about their use of existing third-party movements and I respect this more than a brand that slaps on an engraved rotor and calls it something different. |
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Robert-Jan Broer |
Gronefeld Exclusive Timepieces: One Hertz Gronefeld Exclusive Timepieces is led by brothers Bart and Tim Gronefeld, who were raised in a Dutch watchmaking family and educated at some of the best facilities in Switzerland. |
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Ariel Adams |
Japan's Watch Revival: The Lexus Effect Japan's watches: Do they have what it takes? |
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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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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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Thin Watches: Watch Snob The Watch Snob answers questions about Jaegar LeCoultre Master Grande Ultra Thin and Breitling watches. |
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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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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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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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Amos Kwon |
Bulova Accutron II Snorkel We've found a new dive-style watch that both echoes the beautiful horological past while imparting modern Swiss quality -- the Bulova Accutron II Snorkel Ref. 96B208. |
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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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Braun Watches I have always been interested in vintage Braun watches, and I recently noticed that it has recently reintroduced its line of Dieter Rams and Dietrich Lubs designed watches. |
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February 3, 2011
Jason Heaton |
The Moon Phase: Degrees Of Complication The moon-phase complication holds a timeless fascination with watch lovers, at once irrelevant but equally timeless, and as long as there are mechanical watches, there will be moon-phase watches. |
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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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IWC Watches I'll admit, I'm a sucker for advertising. So I've fallen hard for IWC's "Engineered for Men" campaign and the design of its watches, which really appeal to my inner pilot, diver and sailor. |
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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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Ariel Adams |
Modern Design Classic Watches The Pioneers, Mass Production and New Technologies line of three books by Phaidon Press surveys the best looking products in a number of categories to identify true modern design classic watches. |
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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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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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Ben Clymer |
H. Moser & Cie Perpetual 1 The H. Moser & Cie Perpetual 1 might just be one of the most respected timepieces on the planet. |
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December 20, 2012
Jason Heaton |
Watch Decoration: Watch Fundamentals While the term "decoration" often refers to trivial or superficial adornment, in the world of high-end timepieces, it is what separates the artisans from the also-rans, and can mean the difference between a $10,000 watch and a $50,000 one. |
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Gronefeld Watches Gronefeld Exclusive Timepieces is a relatively new independent watchmaker's brand from the Netherlands. |
