Times Ticking Watch Talk

Today, we’re going to break down eight watch chimes that encompass hourly, quarterly, and down-to-the-minute repetition.

During a time when digital watches had almost fully usurped mechanical wristwatches (the 1980s), having a proto-wristwatch involved in this sequel is a fantastic horological detail.

The world of watches has a new champion in terms of auction price. That’s right, after about 5 years of dominance, someone has knocked Patek Phillippe’s Henry Graves Supercomplication out of the top spot.

Omega’s Ultra Deep watch has taken wristwatches to new depths with its recent trip down the Challenger Deep portion of the Mariana Trench.

One particular patron of finer timepieces is an unlikely one—the current (14th) Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatzo. Ahead, we’re going to highlight a few of these holy horological pieces and touch lightly on their individual significance.

While McDonald’s was dropping the price of their beloved Big Mac down to just one dollar (for a limited time) for their 50th anniversary, merchandising was going ballistic. One of the best (yet cringiest) pieces of merchandising to come out of this anniversary was the Casio “Big Mac” watch.

How did Sears go from selling a few watches to making up 1% of the United State’s GDP? Let's explore that answer together.

China never truly had their own watch industry until quite recently. With an industry that started by bringing in watches from Switzerland, the Chinese government would eventually commission Chinese-made watches.

Today, we’ll be touching on the building blocks that lead to Swatch’s powerful status in the modern watch industry.

Trusting advertisements can be tricky. But well-established brands like Seiko and Bulova continue to put out quality work en-masse. They were there at ground zero as the horological industry met mass global communication.

Today we take a look at the marvelous watches of Dr. Strange.

Have you ever received a package that made it to your place by mistake? Well, Jamaica had something pretty similar happen way back in the early 19th century.

No one has to be the Human Torch to generate some body heat. Trying to capitalize on this biological energy source, watchmakers Seiko and Citizen released watches that boasted human-heat-powered movements back in the late 1990s.

Nowadays, stamping “Swiss” on the dial of a watch denotes a level of quality that surpasses all others. This wasn’t always so. It took the rise of wristwatches, the decline of the British Empire, and the advent of mass commercial marketing to achieve this feat.

Today we wanted to do a shoutout to one of Star Wars’ most charismatic original characters, Lando Calrissian. His wrist-bound tech in The Empire Strikes Back plays its own role in the film with futuristic styling to boot. Though it’s not a traditional timepiece, it’s one of the few examples of a futuristic watch-like gadget in Star Wars. 

Today we’re going to look at some standout watches that got on the wrists and or pockets of popular US presidents.

Helium escape valves are a highly handy invention for divers, let's explore why together.

When the Second Great War ended in the 1940s, a massive wave of drafted soldiers made their way back home to rejoin civilian life. With the workforce ready to accept new recruits in horology—Bulova stepped up to the proverbial plate to get ex-servicemen to work.

Combining the future of dive watches with the future of diving—with acclaim to boot—was Jacques-Yves Cousteau. It’s no surprise that he kept some solid dive pieces with him on his adventures.

Tied to the early years of mass production—Blancpain has withstood centuries of change. But one might ask, “how does a brand end up lasting almost 300 years?”

Freestyle is a digital watch brand that captures a watch style indicative of the times it was originally born into and is a very important piece to surf watch history.

Having trouble figuring out what wristwatch might fare well with pops this holiday season? It can be pretty daunting to face down the constant advertisements and “top 10 watches to buy…” during a time that’s meant to be cathartic and full of cheer. So, as a watch and clock business, we’re going to make a few suggestions that we’ve pulled from the internet and from our collective experience—hopeful...

How did watches get railroad approved?

With the advent of widespread clockmaking—and eventually watchmaking—all over Europe, “watch” became a quick and easy way to reference a personal timepiece.

We talk about the birth of wrist watches originating from the 2nd Boer War.