Watchmaking Materials
Historical materials and “new materials” Ever since the dawn of mechanical watchmaking, its base materials have been copper alloys and ferrous materials. As evidenced by… Read More »Watchmaking Materials
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Historical materials and “new materials” Ever since the dawn of mechanical watchmaking, its base materials have been copper alloys and ferrous materials. As evidenced by… Read More »Watchmaking Materials
Louis Moinet presents an artifact that may change how we look at the history of timekeeping. The Swiss firm Les Ateliers Louis Moinet SA has… Read More »Louis Moinet: Rewriting Chronograph History
The majority of modern watches in water-resistant cases will only require the movement’s parts to be degreased. This means washing off the old oil so… Read More »Cleaning and Oiling a Swiss Watch Movement
Date Display Probably the simplest complication, yet also the most useful, the date display is exactly what it sounds like – it tells you the… Read More »Most Popular Watch Complications
Many collectors are unfamiliar with or know little about the up and coming Tudor brand. The name “Tudor” was first registered in Geneva by Isaac… Read More »Tudor: The “Other” Rolex Brand
The need for precise watches used for the navigation at sea was a driving force to improve the construction of the balance wheel. Already in… Read More »Compensating bi-metallic balance, screw balance
Matt silver dials with black hour numbers along with outer minute scale, off set sunk seconds dials at the 6-O’clock position, both dials marked with… Read More »Kriegsmarine service wristwatches distributed under the names “KM Vogele” and “KM Speck”
Single button chronograph wristwatch manufactured by the Societe Hanhart of Schwenningen-am-Nackar. Dial marked with the “Hanhart” logo along with the “KM” logo (Kriegsmarine contract abbreviation).… Read More »Kriegsmarine chronograph marine wristwatch by “Hanhart” 1940s
Bulova 12EBACD (Buren 1322) is Swiss movement from 1960’s. Functions: sweep second, date – changing between 23 and 24 h Automatic movement with 17 or 30 jewels… Read More »Bulova 12EBACD (Buren 1322) movement – specifications and photo
This hand-wound calibre, fitted with a stop and zero action mechanism, called the Chronostop, is the basis of a new collection of models intended specially… Read More »Omega Chronostop Calibre 865
In this article I will describe the reference numbers of Omega Genève Dynamic watches by years of production. Omega Genève Dynamic Mens International Collection… Read More »Omega Genève Dynamic Watches – Reference numbers by years
Can you think of a single brand that doesn’t offer a chronograph in their current line-up? The chronograph is still perceived today as one of… Read More »Five Underrated Vintage Chronograph Calibres