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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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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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Best Independent Watchmakers The watch company I recommend is Habring2, which is less a brand and more of a man, Richard Habring. |
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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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Thin Watches: Watch Snob The Watch Snob answers questions about Jaegar LeCoultre Master Grande Ultra Thin and Breitling watches. |
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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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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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October 1, 2013 |
How To Take Your Watch Expertise To The Next Level The Nicolas Rieussec watches were based on a very risky idea, which is the identification of Rieussec as the maker of the world's first chronograph. |
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Glashutte Original: Watch Snob This week we received an inordinate number of questions related to the other German brand, Glashutte Original. It may not be A. Lange & Sohne, but it's worth looking into. |
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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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Watch Snob: Do Real Men Wear Louis Vuitton Watches? Two of the most ubiquitous men's watches on the market... Two prestigious luxury brands that mean nothing in the watchmaking world... |
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Jason Heaton |
The Chronograph: Build The Ultimate Watch Collection If you're setting out to build your ultimate watch collection, you have to include the chronograph. |
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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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Swiss Army Watches: Watch Snob Despite what one may think, Victorinox Swiss Army really does make a decent product. |
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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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Cartier Watches The Calibre de Cartier is the only Cartier watch that gets true horological props from the Snob. |
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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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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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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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May 8, 2012 |
Watch Precision How Much More Precise Are High Frequency Watches?... Rationale for Valuing Certain Watchmakers... etc. |
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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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March 6, 2013
Robert-Jan Broer |
Chronograph Watches The chronograph is one of the most popular watch complications. Although originally meant for recording time during sporting events like car or bike racing, the most famous "scientific" use of the chronograph was probably during the Apollo 13 flight in 1970. |
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Men's Vintage Watches Starting a watch collection with vintage watches... Complications in a modern watch... Finding a Swiss-made timepiece with some history that is good value... |
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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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Affordable Watches I am looking for a timepiece for my son's upcoming graduation day and am in need of your advice. |
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March 25, 2014 |
Find Out Which Watch Feature The Watch Snob Really, Really Doesn't Care About If you understand watchmaking to some extent you'll understand what I'm talking about. |
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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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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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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. |
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Designer Watches: Watch Snob The Watch Snob's take on collaborations between watchmakers and fashion labels. |
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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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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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April 22, 2014 |
The Watch Snob Weighs In On How And When To Wear Pricey Pieces There is plenty of time for discreet, understated luxury when you're old, fat and ugly. |
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Common Man Watches The Watch Snob answers questions about technologically advanced mechanical movements, the best tourbillon watches, and about one of his own friends. |
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Watch Snob: Rolex vs Chopard & Hublot Should I buy an EP Martin Cartridge?... Choosing a $3000 watch... |
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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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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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July 1, 2014 |
The Watch Snob Weighs In On Collecting Vintage Rolexes There are indeed very good independent watch and clock-makers but they are generally extremely expensive to patronize and are largely disinterested in being brands. |
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Benjamin Clymer |
Independent Watches Most of you may not know this, but over 30 of the biggest watch brands in the world are all owned by three large conglomerates. Take a look at five truly independent watch brands. |
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August 19, 2014 |
The Watch Snob Explains Why The Jumping Hour Complication's So Complicated The jumping hour complication scarcely deserves the name; it adds little to a watch in terms of complexity. What it does do, however, is expose any flaws in the precision of its mechanism. |
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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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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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June 18, 2014
Jack Forster |
Here's Why Your Next Watch Purchase Should Be German, Not Swiss Swiss watchmaking is famous for a reason, but the Germans do things a little differently. |
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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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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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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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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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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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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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March 18, 2014 |
Can You Work Out With A Nice Watch On? The Watch Snob Weighs In Your problem is one of logistics rather than taste or good sense (unlike virtually every other query on virtually every other scrap of illegibly defaced parchment AskMen.com sees fit to jam through my mail slot). |
