Answering the calls of many fans with more variations of the PRX, the Swatch Group introduces the Tissot PRX Automatic Chronograph
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...
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...
If sports watches weren't so much more popular than dress watches nowadays, great, historic brands like Baume and Mercier (founded 1830) would be seen as much higher-end than they are.
If Longines had a super iconic sports watch like the "moonwatch" or "submariner", or even an iconic movement that survived the Quartz Crisis (like the El Primero) it would rank way, way higher than it does today, and maybe we'd still even be able to buy a 13ZN powered chrono.
Also, inhouse movements are overrated
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...
The dreaded Quartz Crisis leveled the entire watchmaking industry. Quartz watches began replacing traditional mechanical watches around the 1970s. As...
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...
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...
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 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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