Smartwatches and fitness trackers have dominated the timepiece market for a few years, but recently, there has been a revived interest in mechanical watches. While they may lack the bells and whistles ...
The mechanical watch as a legitimate tool — a diver’s underwater timing mechanism, a doctor’s pulsometer, a driver’s tachymeter — is a subject we cover often. But there’s a common and pressing ...
The Valjoux 7750 is the Chevy small-block of watch movements: prolific, reliable, and amenable to modifications.
A mechanical watch is a watch that uses the power of the unwinding of a wound mainspring as its power source, and while many relatively inexpensive watches are quartz-powered, mechanical watches are ...
Until recently, watches have been entirely mechanical where each wheel, gear, and mechanism representing a milestone in our understanding of precision manufacturing and timekeeping. One of the very ...
A mechanical watch that plays the time like a music box may seem like a gimmick inspired by your smartphone, but the minute repeater is actually a centuries-old complication that once put the ...
Congratulations, you bought your first mechanical watch. That makes you the rightfully proud owner of more than just a timekeeper: that little disc on your wrist is an emblem of the culmination of art ...
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Smartwatches and fitness trackers have dominated the timepiece market for a few years, but recently, there has been a revived interest in mechanical watches. While they may lack the bells and whistles ...