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23 October 2020 |
Did You Know,
Are you ready to change to Standard Time on 25 October 2020? Next Sunday, in the early morning, be prepared to move your wrist watch's hour hand backward by one hour if you're living in a country where the DST (Daily Saving Time) or Summer Time rule applies. According to where …
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14 February 2020 |
Seiko,
Japanese Watches,
Did You Know,
The majority of Seiko's watch names reaffirm the brand's close link to the Japanese culture. It is a bond that is somehow more prominent on Seiko's diving watches, at first sight. Nicknames like Tuna Can, or Turtle are commonly used, yet two are the current collections which best represent, from …
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16 June 2019 |
Longines,
Did You Know,
Ninety-two years ago, Charles Lindbergh completed the solo crossing of the Atlantic Ocean, a historic task considering we were at the dawn of commercial flight, and the term "technology" was not even existing. The merit of that epic undertaking goes to a man who was a skilled aviator and a …
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04 April 2019 |
Citizen,
Japanese Watches,
Did You Know,
Did you know which brand made the first titanium watch ever? If we take a look at today's offering, we might readily affirm the first ever to craft a titanium watch were the Swiss, but it is not instead. The award goes to a Japanese brand, Citizen, that launched, in 1970, …
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12 January 2019 |
Bulgari,
Did You Know,
Ultra-thin watches,
After Piaget regained its leadership as the maker of the world's thinnest automatic watch over Bulgari, the LVMH owned Italian brand still holds that of thinnest automatic tourbillon watch's maker. The Bulgari Octo Finissimo Tourbillon Automatic is the fourth watch in a series of ultra-thin watches designed by Bulgari and …
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01 January 2019 |
A.Lange & Söhne,
German Watches,
Did You Know,
A wristwatch's power reserve is one of the most debated topics among enthusiasts and is one of the most highlighted features by those brands that design their mechanical movements in-house. IWC is for example known for its big calibers that guarantee up to seven days of power reserve, Panerai revolutionized …
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19 October 2018 |
Richard Mille,
Did You Know,
The lightest mechanical watch ever created is a Richard Mille and was originally designed for the Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal. Coded as RM 27-01, it was then followed by two other timepieces belonging to the same collection, namely the Richard Mille RM 27-02 and the Richard Mille RM 27-03 …
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11 October 2018 |
Blancpain,
Diving Watches,
Did You Know,
Not everyone is aware of the fact that the Blancpain Fifty Fathoms was the first ever diver's wristwatch and the genesis of this watchmaking icon is due to Jean-Jacques Fiechter, Blancpain's CEO from 1950 to 1980, who was a professional diver. Fiechter was the only one to fulfill the requests of …
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02 October 2018 |
Vacheron Constantin,
Did You Know,
Do you know which is the most complicated watch in the world? It is a Vacheron Constantin watch and, in particular, it is the Vacheron Constantin 57260. This five-digit reference was not chosen at random but in its five-digit figure are hidden two relevant pieces of information: the first two digit indicate the …
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29 September 2018 |
Rolex,
Did You Know,
In the watch industry, it usually takes one or two names (the founders, for example) or a town's name (Glashütte Original) to make a brand's name. This is the case with Jaeger-LeCoultre, Panerai or some modern brands such as Bell & Ross. Have you ever wondered what's behind the origin of the name …
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