This is a guide for buying and collecting Bulova Accutron watches - the world’s first tuning fork watch. Created in the 1960’s and 1970’s, they are now highly prized world-wide by watch collectors. While...
This Guide briefly examines the Swiss Automatic Chronograph movements currently in production today. First of all, you do not need a "name" watch to get a very good timepiece. Many lesser-known manufacturers...
A group of watch experts got together and did some math based on some publicly available information in order to either validate or invalidate Rolex's claim that it takes a year to make a Rolex that Rolex...
This guide is for anyone who has an interest in fine mechanical timepieces. I've been collecting mechanical wristwatches for over 10 years, and over the years I've had the opportunity to examine or acquire a...
TABLE OF RESULTS The table below (which can't be aligned using this software, has 3 figures, the total number of watches of the brand, the number of those watches reported with no problems, and the % of the...
There are literally hundreds of watch terms and finding all the meanings can be hard to here is the first part of watch parts explained letters A - M. If this guide helps you please vote for it by pressing...
In the beginning of watch manufacturing or watchmaking, individual master watchmakers hand crafted one of a kind works of art for royalty. These artisans like Abraham Louis Breguet would toil for many...
First and foremost - the correct spelling is tourbillon - not tourbillion. That being said, there are some very nice tourbillon watches being made in China right now. These tourbillons come with very nice ...
There are many unusual terms associated with watches. My hope is to teach you some of them and why they are useful to know. Here, in no logical order, are 20 watch terms to know and love: 1) Applied...
The term "Swiss Made" is defined by the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry as: A Swiss watch movement As we have seen, to be Swiss, a watch must use a Swiss movement. According to Section 2 OSM, a...