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 with date windows. While I get why in some cases, in...
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The dreaded Quartz Crisis leveled the entire watchmaking industry. Quartz watches began replacing traditional mechanical watches around the 1970s. As a result, many of the (primarily Swiss)...
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 centered around Rolex, Gruen, and Eterna. I’ll...
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 went to the moon, or it's worn by a famous...
Watch collecting has been a very rewarding hobby (or addiction, depending on who you ask) over the past decade. I've learned a lot. My preferences have changed on some things, and I've developed my...
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 Omega, Croton, Forstner, and Movado. Like the...