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Feature: Top Four Futuristic Watches

Sat here in the present, it's hard to tell just how quickly the future has come upon us, yet a cursory glimpse into the past tells an interesting story. Imagine a world just a hundred years ...
Posted on 11/9/2016

Feature: Top Four Ceramic Watches

Ten years ago, most people would have associated the word 'ceramic' with potted plants and tea parties. After all, the Greek word that ceramic is derived from—kerameikos—means 'for pottery'....
Posted on 11/2/2016

Technical: The Fusee and Chain

Chances are if something isn't working quite right in today's world, all it needs is a bit of software tinkering. The speed of technological development has rocketed since the birth of the p...
Posted on 9/30/2016

Technical: Hydro-Mechanical Movement

There is something of the steampunk about Vincent Perriard's HYT H1. The ambiguity of the company’s name, (which can either be pronounced ‘H-Y-T’ or as ‘hit’), alludes to a duality that is e...
Posted on 9/22/2016

Technical: Co-Axial Escapement

The first clock, a simplistic, water-powered device, is believed to have been invented around the 16th century BC. The first mechanical escapement came around the 11th century. Spring-driven...
Posted on 9/2/2016

Technical: Perpetual Calendars

Ask a panel of watch enthusiasts what the most useful complication on a watch is, and chances are they'll tell you it’s the date function. The self-changing date was invented by Rolex in 194...
Posted on 8/22/2016

Review: IWC Portuguese Tourbillon

Most people know the story of the Portuguese. Created by IWC for the Portuguese market in the 1930s, it was designed to be a wristwatch with the precision of a marine chronometer, and has si...
Posted on 7/13/2016

Technical: Gears

The next time you’re out for a stroll this summer, take a closer look at the leaves of the plants you pass along the way and you might catch a glimpse of an insect by the name of Issus co...
Posted on 6/7/2016

Review: Rolex Daytona 116500LN

Usually when you receive a gift, it’s one of two kinds. The first often comes in the form of a set of day-of-the-week underpants or an autobiography by the world’s most tedious celebrity. Th...
Posted on 6/1/2016

Technical: Antimagnetic Watches

A mechanical watch is a complex machine, made up of hundreds of tiny parts, intricately engineered to tell the time and remain accurate despite everything thrown its way during usual, daily ...
Posted on 5/24/2016

Technical: Moon Phase

The movements of the celestial bodies above us have been a source of intense interest to the human race ever since we first turned our gaze skyward. As we studied the Sun, stars and Moon, we...
Posted on 5/17/2016

Getting Technical: Self-Changing Date

A date display on a mechanical watch is nowadays fairly commonplace; you use a watch to tell the time, so it stands to reason that you might expect it to tell the date as well. However, when...
Posted on 4/18/2016
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