Chronograph

ACCUTRON A tuning fork watch (Bulova Accutron) uses a unique mechanism that relies on the vibration of a tuning fork to keep time, rather than a traditional balance wheel and hairspring. Introduced in 1960, the Accutron was the first commercially successf

I’ve been on the lookout for the F-50 for quite a few years. All had some issue: no box or warranty or both; with a dealer reluctant to ship to the United States; or owned by a private citizen making it time consuming and imposingly difficult and time con

PLEASE LOOK at a story. Click the LINK on the Title of the Walk to jump into the story. We have collected about 400 of our adventures here in one place — I wish I could turn it into a book but can you imagine the page layout challenges with dozens of phot

a Chronograph and DEMI MOORE

Wakmann vs Breitling Triple Date ... Wakmann and Breitling had a joint venture in the 1940s and 1950s, where Breitling supplied watches to Wakmann, a US-based company, for distribution in the American market. During this period, Wakmann produced watches t

The critique may be unwarranted for this particular watch, but cost engineering the movement finishing of high end pieces is a philosophy that Cartier extends to non-skeletonized watches. The Tortue chronograph was not skeletonized and is similarly priced

Open movement architecture, with a variety of haute horlogerie decoration e.g. Côtes de Genève, frosting, perlage, anglage, black polishing, satin graining. Very rare to be able to inspect what was the world’s thinnest automatic chronograph movement until

And I like the fact that yours has the date - which I would find useful. I know some among us are less keen on the date But I like the new one too, particularly since the time is displayed on the reverse as well. Enjoy your wonderful watch. Jon

Trade show open to the public concerning custom and vintage knives as well as other collectibles for enthusiasts. I’ve seen some interesting wristwatches for sale there as well over the years and some occasional watch spotting among the crowd. Wearing a 1

The reason why fish swim with their mouths open – IWC Aquatimer 2000, reference 3568-08 This must be a fault! Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie (SIHH) in Geneva, 2009 There is excitement at the IWC stand. The new Aquatimer series is presented and