Although most luxury watchmakers have paved flawless reputations for themselves, there are a few models that far surpass the rest. These four are them: either through styling, versatility, durability or functionality, these watches have what it takes to be the best, with price tags quite modest in the world of luxury timepieces. Cartier’s midsize Tank […]
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We’ve talked before about the three major types of watch movements, and earlier this week we shined the spotlight on one of our favorite varieties of watch movements, the tourbillon. Today, we’re sharing the differences between watch movements, essentially, mechanical watch movements vs. automatic watch movements vs. quartz watch movements. Each watch movement has its […]
The quartz watch is an often underloved member of the luxury watch family. Some horology devotees eschew the “soulless” quartz movement, but we say it’s not quartz’s fault that the Japanese technology started giving fine Swiss a run for its money. The Quartz Watch Movement Wants to Impress Rather, we like to think of a […]
Famed luxury brand Dolce & Gabbana was geared up for their next project and newest release within the jewelry world: Men’s watches. After the successful release of their jewelry collection last year, the Italian designers decided to produce a lush, Swiss-made collection to be embellished in diamonds, rubies, emeralds and sapphires—and split into three styles. […]
There are three basic type of watch movements: Mechanical movement, Quartz movement, and automatic movement. Mechanical movement is the oldest form of watch making, then automatic movement watches, and last automatic movement. Here are some features of each type. Mechanical Watch Movement Preferred by most watch enthusiasts Usually Swiss made Works by winding the mainspring […]