Perhaps the most famous luxury watch ever, the Rolex Datejust is over 70 years old, but looks much the same as it did decades ago. The unchanging aesthetic belies the significant improvements Rolex has made to its bestseller, culminating in the latest Datejust 41, powered by the next generation calibre 3235 movement. Though the new ceramic […]
Whimsy, frivolity, playfulness: these are not adjectives one often hears used to describe haute horlogerie. And yet these words accurately describe many watches or clocks built over the centuries. Take a journey with me now to discover my favorite modern whimsical masterpieces.
The use of bronze dates way back to the 5th Millennium BCE, with the oldest artefacts coming from the Iranian plateau during that era. Known for its durability at that time, bronze was widely used for a variety of items, including tools, weapons, and even ornamental products.…
If you’re into vintage cars and it’s late August, Monterey Car Week is without a doubt the place to be. This year we once again ventured out to California’s Central Coast to enjoy the sights and sounds at a few of the festivities – including the Quail Motorsports Gathering, the Vintage Rolex Meet-Up at Fourtané Jewelers, and, of course, the 2016 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. Browse on for copious photos of the watches, and cars, that we saw along the way.
No less than a giant in the watch world, and with more than a few fans in the aBlogtoWatch community, our Cost of Entry series would be incomplete without Omega Watches and a look at the brand’s most affordable automatic timepiece available today.
Editor’s Note: It started with a post on LinkedIn by Richard Branson, which was titled ‘Great Beards come with Great Responsibility‘. My first thought was of a guy we’ve bumped into a few times in our travels with Time+Tide, Mr Jimmy Niggles.…
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Sailing is still somewhat of a luddite’s pursuit in 2016, but in the 1960s it was even more so. Communication – pre satellite phone – was by radio transmission, weather forecasting was largely guesswork, and navigation was positively 19th-century. GPS was decades away and wayfinding at sea still required the use of a sextant, charts, and a very accurate timepiece. So when Sir Francis Chichester set off from Portsmouth, England, 50 years ago today, on August 27, 1966, he might as well have been sailing back in time.
First launched in 1997, the Langematik is the first self-winding watch from A. Lange & Söhne. A brave move by the brand and also a watershed release, the Langematik is arguably one of the most characteristic watches from the brand. Particularly due to its spectacular new manufacture movement; the L921.2 was one of Lange’s earliest…
One of horology’s many foibles is that it is traditionally a male-dominated field. Luckily, things are getting a little more egalitarian (though slowly) and we’re seeing more and more incredible women doing everything from designing movements to leading major watch brands. Quietly, a young woman in Pennsylvania has been keeping important antiquarian clocks ticking in America now for a number of years. Click through for the full story.