When will watch manufacturers stop inscribing their dials with meaningless words? Movement: Hamilton H-51 (ETA 7753 base): manual winding, 28,800vph (4Hz frequency), 60-hour power reserve, 27 jewels, Nivachron balance spring ...
Also, what is a "Land Dweller" when in context of a watch? Sea Dweller makes sense - dive watch. Sky Dweller makes sense too - although it takes more interpretation and context - calendar watches are notoriously not welcome to be adjusted - thus for a fre...
Here an article on the origins of Cosmograph in the Rolex context. https://monochrome-watches.com/history-rolex-daytona-chronograph-1963-in-depth-review/ I prefer the simplicity of the old ROC dials on the 6263 models. The whole look of the the watch was ...
The name Rolex is a nice fancy name. A good choice. Completely invented. But easy to pronounce and easily translatable in many languages. From Latin terminology; Chrono + Graph=Chronograph. Chrono means time, graph means charting. So a watch that charts t...
Love the colors. As for mechanical, obviously we don’t like that but we are the connoisseurs of the watch world. We obsess over the minutiae and are well informed, especially when it comes to the mechanicals, as it were. We need to think the typical Hamil...
Come to the conclusion that the text on the front is meant more as an instruction manual for the salesperson to know what to flog to the buyers 😉 Have had too many experiences at ADs and in brand boutiques with salespeople who knew absolutely nothing abou...