The original ‘Hour Angle’ watch designed by Charles Lindbergh for Longines / Credit: Smithsonian Air and Space Museum
In the early 1930s, a wristwatch was made for pilots which became known as the ‘Hour Angle’ watch. It was developed by Charles Lindbergh…
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Vacheron Constantin Jalousie, shutters closed / Credit: Bonhams
Vacheron Constantin is often hailed as one of the most precise and noble Swiss watchmakers. It has the history, the pedigree, and…
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Dirty Dozen movie poster
Virtually every modern war (depending on how you define modern) has had timepieces worn in it. Be it pocket watches during the American Civil War or…
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Patek Phillipe Grand Complications ref. 5320G / Credit: Patek Phillipe
The word perpetual, simply being something that happens frequently to the point of seeming endless and uninterrupted. In the watch world…
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Charles von Büren / Credit: Page and Cooper
The world of independent watch brands is something in itself. A wonderful world where brands have managed to build up…
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Citizen Quartz Crystron Solar Cell
Citizen, the Japanese watch company and competitor to Seiko, has many of its own unique creations that often fly under the radar…
Read MoreIn less than 40 years since it was founded, Junghans became the largest watch manufacturer in the world. While today it might not be the most…
Read MoreThe Rolex Prince from the late 1920s was quite the timepiece and it was revived in the early 2000s for our horological enjoyment…
Read MoreThe story of what is today known as ‘Seiko Kinetic’ is really one of hard work paying off. What started as an idea in the early 1970s…
Read MoreHamilton has a long and storied history in movies, with appearances in over 500 films since the 1930s…but what about in the modern era?
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Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Control ref. 145.1.89 / Credit: Christie’s
The story of a fairly well known Jaeger-LeCoultre collection from the early 1990s, the Jaeger-LeCoultre ‘Master’.
Read MoreCitizen’s Promaster line may be fairly well known, but how many know of the Citizen Parashock? The predecessor of the Japanese sports watch collection.
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NOMOS Ludwig 38 datum ref. 231 / Credit: NOMOS Glashütte
When it comes to the watch world there is, naturally, no one better than the Germans at producing Bauhaus watch designs. Ironically, however…
Read MoreMany may not be familiar with the mere existence of this company as it does, to an extent, fly under the radar…
Read MoreJochen Rindt’s Heuer connection. The legendary F1 driver and the namesake of the Heuer Autavia ref. 2446 3rd execution ‘Jochen Rindt’.
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A vintage Tissot Seastar ref. A-550X on its original bracelet for sale on TVW.
A look at the early years of Tissot, ticking since 1853.
Read MoreDoes the history of the Accutron really go back to 1711? Well, the tuning fork does!
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