The History of Tudor
“For some years now, I have been considering the idea of making a watch that our agents could sell at a more modest price than… Read More »The History of Tudor
“For some years now, I have been considering the idea of making a watch that our agents could sell at a more modest price than… Read More »The History of Tudor
Breguet, an extraordinary 241-year watchmaking heritage, from 1775 to 2016. The founder Abraham-Louis Breguet (1747-1823) was born in Neuchatel Switzerland and set the standard by… Read More »Breguet: History Makers
Seiko TR02-01 (1982, Japan). 1.2” b&w LCD. Here’s the very first real, honest-to-goodness wrist TV! Consisting of three units-the wrist display, the pocket receiver, and… Read More »Seiko TV Watch – Seiko TR02-01 from 1982
In today’s world, watches are often used as a fashion statement or piece of jewelry, although they find their origins in being tools. Just as… Read More »Aircraft Clocks
In autumn the tools for 13½ line chronograph were produced. This movement is to replace the 13.33 which has become too costly, as weel as… Read More »Longines 13ZN Chronograph History
For 50 years, to get a Grand Seiko, you had to go to Japan. Not anymore. Last fall I made back-to-back reporting trips, first to… Read More »Seiko’s Grand Plan
How a Tokyo jeweler’s experiment in making pocket watches 84 years ago led to the creation of a global watch colossus Citizen. In the 1920s,… Read More »The Citizen Watch Story
Ten years of direct research, and nearly fifty years expirience in manufacturing high-grade watches exclusively have gone into the design and construction of the Hamilton… Read More »Hamilton Grade 992B Technical Bulletin Infomation
Manufacturer: Heuer Year: Circa 1975 Reference: 74033N Model Name: Monaco “Dark Lord” Material: PVD coated stainless steel Calibre: Manual-winding cal. 7740 with 17 jewels Dimensions:… Read More »Heuer Monaco ‘Dark Lord’ Chronograph Watch ref. 74033N
Approx serial range: 532XX – 599XX Movement: Valjoux 72 Details: The sub registers and markers are different from the 1st execution and lume plots are… Read More »Vintage Heuer Triple Chronograph Watch ref. 2446 2nd Execution 1964
Established in 1920 by the Elgin National Watch Company, the Elgin National Watch Company, the Elgin Watchmaker’s College was created in response to a demand… Read More »Elgin Watchmakers College
The Hamilton floating stud principle for adjusted watches, adopted many years ago makes possible hairsping replacing without recentering and relevling. To remove the balance and… Read More »Removing and Replacing the Hamilton Floating Stud