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Mechanical vs Quartz Watches: How To Make The Choice?
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Mechanical vs Quartz Watches: How To Make The Choice?

 

It would be stupid for anyone to suggest that floppy disks are smarter storage devices than flash drives. Similarly, no one would be bold enough to claim that a stick shift car is easier to drive than an automatic. …

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An American Resurgence For Your Wrists – J. N. Shapiro
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An American Resurgence For Your Wrists – J. N. Shapiro

 

Making history as the first “U.S.-Made” mechanical watch is the California-based American watch brand J. N. Shapiro with the first-of-its-kind Resurgence timepiece.

When it comes to the art of watchmaking, the world understands and appreciates only Swiss-made watches. Although …

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What’s so extraordinary about the Grand Seiko Spring Drive?
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What’s so extraordinary about the Grand Seiko Spring Drive?

Stunning accuracy and a celebration of the Japanese conception of time encapsulate the persona of the Spring Drive. The story of the Grand Seiko Spring Drive is about two engineers—Osamu Takahashi and Kunio Koike—on a quest to revolutionize watchmaking. They, …

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Frederique Constant’s Classics Automatic Line: Classicism At Its Best
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Frederique Constant’s Classics Automatic Line: Classicism At Its Best

Frederique Constant simultaneously designs, manufactures, assembles, and controls a wide range of mechanical, quartz, and connected timepieces. And this time around, it’s here to offer the watch fraternity with utmost classicism.

The Classics line, a subtle blend …

March 3, 2022 - 6 Comments on Frederique Constant’s Classics Automatic Line: Classicism At Its Best
Louis Erard’s New Excellence Petite Seconde Terracotta: A Contemporary Timepiece 
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Louis Erard’s New Excellence Petite Seconde Terracotta: A Contemporary Timepiece 

Louis Erard kept both feet firmly planted on the ground this time. In the Jura region, where the house has its origins and where the inspiration for this natural-colored version of the Excellence Petite Seconde model came from. With …

February 4, 2022 - 2 Comments on Louis Erard’s New Excellence Petite Seconde Terracotta: A Contemporary Timepiece 
Ulysse Nardin Takes You To The Moon: The Blast Moonstruck
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Ulysse Nardin Takes You To The Moon: The Blast Moonstruck

As we step into a new lunar year, Ulysse Nardin has introduced a new celestial odyssey. Reinvented watchmaking mechanics reproducing as faithfully as possible the sun’s visible trajectory and the lunar cycles, here is the Moonstruck. 

Today, this new Blast, …

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Laurent Ferrier’s All-New Sport Auto In A Multi-shade Opaline
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Laurent Ferrier’s All-New Sport Auto In A Multi-shade Opaline

Master watchmaker Laurent Ferrier is back with the all-new Sport Auto timepiece. A piece dedicated to the incredible journey of two friends as young men. François Servanin and Laurent Ferrier launched Maison Laurent Ferrier in 2009, as many of …

February 2, 2022 - 1 Comment on Laurent Ferrier’s All-New Sport Auto In A Multi-shade Opaline
The Ophion Gilt Spectre : An Ophion X The Limited Edition X The Horophile Limited Edition
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The Ophion Gilt Spectre : An Ophion X The Limited Edition X The Horophile Limited Edition

Collaborations are the way forward in the watch world and most certainly seem to be successful, well in most cases at least. And in the recent past, we have seen some interesting ones, particularly amongst the Independent Watch brands. …

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