Times Ticking Watch Talk

Casio’s G-Shock having a celebrity status of its own, the Gorillaz find themselves immortalized on not one—but 7—limited edition G-Shock releases.

David Hasselhoff is an iconic figure in popular culture. While he may sport a timepiece in virtually all of his acting gigs, one futuristic piece of wrist-tech co-stars with him in Knight Rider.

Crossing the workbench of our repair shop recently, we’ve been sent a uniquely American timepiece.

As a watch and clock repair business in primary practice, we are no strangers to being hands on with creative designs. Having a legitimate Romain Jerome “Titanic-DNA” watch come through our door has been a particular treat, however.

Wristwatches do not always seem like futuristic technology—depending on the style one wears—but retro-futuristic shows like Star Trek employ their own visions of where “no watches have gone before”.

When we say “vintage” we’re not trying to politely say “old”. In fact, it’s a very modern phenomenon that has taken ahold of a current couple living in Sheffield, England. 

We’re going to be covering Movado’s digital watch line from the 1930s. There’s not a ton of literature on this piece but it predates their still-popular Museum watch (released in 1946).

Today we’re going to have a quick look at two big topics from Ancient Aliens and dissect what they mean to the world of horology. As well, we’ll be giving a quick nod to Giorgio Tsoukalos’ relationship watches (yes, the guy from the memes).

Kim Jong-Un might not show up to your family dinner—but he has shown a taste for American wristwatches.

There’s a particular piece of tech that we still have not covered—an industry-shaping innovation from Ervin Piquerez S.A. (EPSA) known as the Super Compressor (SC).

G-Shock’s toughness teams up well with the grit of Wu Tang to get a black-and-yellow tribute to one of hip-hop’s greats that can take a hit and keep on ticking.

Where Trudeau won recent re-election by a slim margin, he sports a similarly slim timepiece. Staying fashionable among other modern politicians, he wears a Swiss built watch.

Digital watches can really create a rift between watch enthusiasts. However, one digital watch that’s still quite beloved—born from the quartz/digital revolution—is the Casio Databank. Casio’s calculator watch line is still considered (to many) haute geek couture.

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.