The chronograph is probably my favorite complication. My grail when I started this hobby was the Omega Speedmaster. It's arguably one of - if not the most - iconic chronographs ever produced....
Category: Watchmaking history
The term "Holy Trinity" has been around since at least the 1970s, according to Bob's Watches. It's a term used to describe the "Big Three" coming out of Switzerland: Audemars Piguet, Patek Philippe,...
Vacheron Constantin And JLC’s American Affair (Linked By Longines)
I recently purchased some vintage ads that I found to very interesting. The ads appear to be a dual listing for Vacheron Constantin-LeCoultre. You may be asking yourself: "Where did the Jaeger go...
After firing the first shot in what Seiko calls the Quartz Revolution (but most others call the Quartz Crisis), it disrupted the entire industry rather quickly. That's where I left off with my last...
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...