Automatic vs. Manual-Wind Watches: Pros and Cons
« An Eternal Debate » Most mechanical wristwatches today are fitted with an automatic winding mechanism. Yet models with manual winding continue to come onto the market. Which of the...
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The Automatic Chronograph: History and How It Works
« How These Mechanical Masterpieces Work » Many people with a passion for fine mechanical wristwatches own one or more chronographs. As a rule, these are sporty analog men's wristwatches,...
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Celebrity Watches: What Presidents and Stars Wear
« The Watches Worn by Heads of State and Stars » For many watch enthusiasts, there is something special about wearing the same watch as a public figure or politician...
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The World's Smallest Mechanical Watch Movement
« How Watch Movements Kept Getting Smaller » Leading master watchmakers have always seen it as a challenge to develop more capable movements equipped with new functions. At the same...
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Perpetual Calendar Watches: 5 Timepieces for Eternity
« 5 Watches for Eternity » One of the most fascinating complications in haute horlogerie is the perpetual calendar: in addition to the date, the mechanical movement also displays the...
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Swiss and German Watches: Heartlands of Watchmaking
« Where Time Lives » For centuries, Switzerland and Germany have been regarded as the home of fine watches. Their watchmakers have made an outstanding contribution to the craft of...
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Haute Horlogerie: History, Manufactures and Myths
« The Mystique of Exceptional Brands » Every person carries a unique code, written into their genes, that determines the color of their eyes and hair, the shape of their...
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Watch Complications Explained: Simple and Grand
« Small, Grand and Other Complications – What Automatic Watches Can Do » In horology, complications are elaborate additional functions in mechanical watches that go beyond the standard display of...
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Tourbillon
« Die Erfindung des Tourbillons – Auf den Spuren von Breguet » Der Wirbelwind, wie sich das französische Wort "Tourbillon" übersetzen lässt, wurde dafür geschaffen, Fehler in der Ganggenauigkeit einer...
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Baselworld 2016
« Elegant, modern, unvergleichlich: Die Baselworld 2016 » Mit der Baselworld 2016 öffnete die Weltmesse für Schmuck und Uhren auch in diesem Jahr wieder ihre Pforten. Zahlreiche renommierte Aussteller aus...
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