Apple Evolution
Protest all you like, but when the annual Apple keynote at the company’s Cupertino campus rolls around, the watch industry stops what it’s doing to… Read More »Apple Evolution
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A Little History Of The Chronograph
When talking about the birth of the first chronograph, there are many authors and spread rumours to be addressed. With regards to this, various watch… Read More »A Little History Of The Chronograph
The Hunt for the Fifty Fathoms
Blancpain’s Fifty Fathoms made a splash in the 1950s and 1960s, then vanished like a sunken sub for a generation. Now it has risen again… Read More »The Hunt for the Fifty Fathoms
Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels: Calibre de Cartier Chronograph
In the world of watches, chronographs grab the spotlight. Their popularity endows them with disproportionate influence within a brand’s range. Done right, they have what… Read More »Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels: Calibre de Cartier Chronograph
Seiko’s Grand Plan
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
The Citizen Watch Story
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
Tudor – A Strong Repositioning And A Return To Its Roots
The birth of Tudor dates back to 1946 when Hans Wilsdorf, the founder of Rolex, officially launched the company Montres Tudor SA. The name itself… Read More »Tudor – A Strong Repositioning And A Return To Its Roots
Hamilton Grade 992B Technical Bulletin Infomation
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
A Chrono Without a Chrono
The latest version of Oris’s racing watch, the Chronoris Date, has no timing function. Is this good or bad? Oris’s racing chronograph – the Chronoris… Read More »A Chrono Without a Chrono
Vintage Mania
The fashion for vintage which has boomed over the course of the past decade concerns not only watches – far from it. Vintage is everywhere,… Read More »Vintage Mania
Navigational Complications
In the days before GPS technology an accurate chronometer was a vital navigational aid. Marine chronometers were fairly large clocks, often mounted within a wooden… Read More »Navigational Complications
Jean-François Bautte In Geneva, 1791
Girard-Perregaux’s oldest roots lie in the work of Jean-François Bautte, the Geneva watchmaker jeweller who presented his first creations in 1791 and whose succession Girard-Perregaux… Read More »Jean-François Bautte In Geneva, 1791