The diver’s watch is one of the most celebrated trends in horology We cannot deny that Diver’s watches are among the most sought-after kinds of timepieces – and the most iconic watch there is has a revealing name: Rolex Submariner. But apart from this, there is a big confusion over what a diver’s watch truly […]
Chinese watch quality? From lousy to great We are not the first commenting about that, but Chinese watch quality is always a big interrogation mark hanging in the air. And while you can get excellent timepieces, if you examine the products from the most advanced companies, you cannot say the same for the majority of […]
The watch precision has developed tremendously in time Since the establishment of fixed hours, clockmakers have strived to render the watches as precise as they could, through different, ingenious devices. We know from experience that tests conducted on the oldest surviving mechanical clock in the world, the faceless clock of the Cathedral of Salisbury, dating […]
Pilot’s timepieces have illustrious fathers: Flieger watches. If you are a bit sensitive to the charm of vintage timepieces you cannot escape the lure of watches like the Flieger watches. What we call Fliegers were a kind of pilot’s watch built on specifications from the German Luftwaffe. However, they can be traced back to WWI, […]
The Rolex waiting list, a myth that must be explained. Every now and then people talk about the weather or the Rolex waiting list. It seems like it is a standard of the business. There has been so much buzz around “The Rolex waiting List” and “The Call” to fuel tons of articles by better […]
Servicing your watch used to be a given. Now it has become an issue. I was talking about watch servicing with my watchmaking professor a few days ago – as you readers know, frequenting a horology course permits me to get to grips with the technicalities of the trade. I might not become the next […]
The rise and fall of one of the most illustrious watch companies I could be biased, but I still cringe somehow when I think about Zenith and its current fate of being a sort of troubled child lost in the stable of LVMH, with watches felt just as undeservedly “expensive”. It saddens me to see […]
Why the best watchmakers come from Switzerland? This is one of the questions people who are not into horology tend to ask to watch lovers. And while the world perceives Rolex as the best watch company there is in the world, the biggest part of the iceberg is hidden under water. The quick answer to […]
What distinction can you make between a formal watch (Cartier, Vacheron) and a casual watch (Seiko, Rolex)? The distinction between models (not brands – brands have very different models in their lineup) is quite subtle, if you ask me. And I have seen quite a lot of watch models and collections. So, what happened is […]
How did the inventor of the first watch know what time it was? While this question might sound silly, it isn’t – big time (and the wordplay is intended). The long path towards establishing a universal time system is long and convoluted, and starts from the beginning of history. The first clocks were invented around […]