Already household names in their own right, The Office features some pretty popular wristwatch brands too! Though Dunder Mifflin is a fictional company, the characters in the show are wearing very non-fictional timepieces.

From the beginning of his career choice, until his eventual death, Seth Thomas built a brand out of his namesake that would grow to be one of the largest clock brands in U.S. history.

The world of luxury watches is no stranger to picking up popular figures as brand “ambassadors”. In keeping alive this now long-standing tradition in watch marketing, Hublot has picked up a powerful new representative—Nicky Jam.

As we tick off the years of our lives, the phrase “what are they teaching you in school?” becomes more commonly thrown out. With an ever-changing technological world—one that’s fast-paced and digitized—the answer to that age-old question seems to be changing by the day. 

Quentin Tarantino’s latest flick is a nostalgia oriented period piece that cascades a stylistic light on an aged era of American film making. Once Upon a Time’s throwback beauty is reinforced by a masterful wardrobe which includes, you guessed it, wristwatches. 

The Long Now Foundation is currently working on a bold new piece of horological technology. It is a clock known as the Long Now Clock which is inspired by the last 10,000 years of known human history.

Flushing Meadows Park, Queens, NYC. This is the place where two time capsules—which are not to be opened until the year 6939—reside. In an effort to preserve vignettes of human language (English—specifically), American culture, and modern technology, these two time capsules were constructed to withstand 5 millenia of burial.

Before beloved film darling Robert Downey Jr. donned the title of Ironman, Timex took up the namesake—and it was a successful venture.

Martha Wittnauer took control of her families company in 1916 when her last surviving brother (Emile) died—becoming the first woman to hold the title of CEO in the history of horology. 

Besides their internal electric use, quartz mineral crystals are also used as protective glass—in industrial use.  On watches, quartz crystals are the most commonly used material for watch “crystals”.