Mechanically-powered watches have never achieved the consistent, nearly 100% accuracy that is found in electronic movements. Most first-time buyers are unaware of this fact. “I spent $5,000 on a watch that can’t even keep time properly!?!” That’s absolutely right. The first lesson of buying a luxury watch: a $20 digital Casio is going to keep Read more about The Pursuit of Mechanical Perfection[…]
Then: Seiko Changed the Landscape If you know the luxury watch industry, you know that the name “Seiko” tends to make watch snobs shudder. The company is not based in Switzerland and doesn’t focus heavily on high-precision, mechanical movements. Seiko also pioneered the mass switch to battery operated quartz movements that crippled the Swiss watchmaking industry Read more about The Quartz Crisis – Then & Now[…]
Imagine your Commander-in-Chief standing gallantly before an array of onlookers. Are they thunderstruck by the nobility of his policies? Do they admire his values and his emphasis on education? Or do they just think he looks mighty fine and presidential? No doubt several crowd-members are looking at this president with admiration and glee, but while Read more about My Fellow Watch-Lovers: Five Presidents with High-End Timepieces[…]
As the month of May comes to a close, graduates are leaving their classrooms and avidly wondering about where to turn next. Finding decent employment and starting one’s life is never easy, and it can be hard to figure out which direction, exactly, the wind is blowing. For the most part, many of us start Read more about How a Watch Makes the Perfect Graduation Gift[…]