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INTRODUCING: The Tissot PRX Automatic Chronograph
Answering the calls of many fans with more variations of the PRX, the Swatch Group introduces the Tissot PRX Automatic Chronograph
The Impulse Purchase That Sparked My Love Of Chronographs
The Impulse Purchase That Sparked My Love Of Chronographs
I was getting ready to go on a trip to Maui in the summer of 2015, and I'd even bought my first dive watch for the occasion. After much research, I de...
Four Vintage Seiko Ads You Need To See (Pre-Quartz Crisis)
Four Vintage Seiko Ads You Need To See (Pre-Quartz Crisis)
After firing the first shot in what Seiko calls the Quartz Revolution (but most others call the Quartz Crisis), it disrupted the entire industry rathe...
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I have another post I’m working on kinda sorta about this actually. It was more of a quartz revolution, especially for Seiko
Hamilton Khaki Field Mechanical and Seiko SNZG15 are my go tos right now, but that Weiss is really nice and I wouldn't mind owning one.
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Dials With Date Windows: Why All The Hate?
Dials With Date Windows: Why All The Hate? - Lugs and Lume
While casually browsing through watch forums, I've picked up on something. It seems that a lot of dyed-in-the-wool watch enthusiasts despise dials wit...
Before Quartz: Hamilton, Lip, And The First Electric Watch
Before Quartz: Hamilton, Lip, And The First Electric Watch
The dreaded Quartz Crisis leveled the entire watchmaking industry. Quartz watches began replacing traditional mechanical watches around the 1970s. As...
4 Interesting Watch Ads From the WW2 Era (Part 3)
4 Interesting Watch Ads From the WW2 Era (Part 3)
This is the third and final article of this series, and following-up on the last post, which focused on Omega, Croton, Forstner, and Movado. Part one...
Some Of My Favorite Vintage Watch Ads (That Aren’t For Complete Watches)
Some Of My Favorite Vintage Watch Ads (That Aren’t For Complete Watches)
Modern watch advertising seems to rely heavily on one of two things: The past, or a featured celebrity. There's nothing wrong with that. If your watch...
Watch Collecting: 3 Of My Personal Paradigm Shifts
4 Interesting Watch Ads From the WW2 Era (Part 2)
4 Interesting Watch Ads From the WW2 Era (Part 2)
This article is a follow-up to a previous post that focused on Rolex, Gruen, and Eterna. That original post can be read here. Below I'll be covering O...
The Certina DS First Ceramic: A Great “Grab And Go” Dive Watch
The Certina DS First Ceramic: A Great “Grab And Go” Dive Watch
The Certina DS First Ceramic is a quartz diver that packs a punch. Beveled edges on the lugs, a ceramic rotating bezel, a nicely finished caseback, an...
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