As Rolex moved forward with their branding/advertising, they featured a particular number in their date window: 28. Much like the freeing “10:10” hand position on the dial, 28 has garnered its own theories and suppositions.

 A new technology emerged in the later half of the 20th century that nearly displaced mechanical timekeeping—and was a massive upset to the horological world. This benchmark of engineering was the quartz crystal movement. 

 In 1982, Seiko pulled out a smart watch long before the technology we know today. The Seiko TV Watch—in all of its LCD glory, was one of the more impressive digital wristwatch experiments of the 1980s. 

 We talk about moon phase watches, the history behind it and even how to set one. 

Porting pop culture darlings to simplified racing, platforming, and puzzle-solving games, these Gaming Watches added to the strength and cultural prominence of gaming/personal computing through the 80s and 90s. 

In this podcast, we talk about the history of the Citizen Watch Company.

Romain Jerome is a luxury watch company that does not shy away from fun and entertaining designs. Though they have plenty of more traditional dials and cases, their expertise translates well to crafting nostalgia-fueled timepieces.

In this podcast, we’ll do some quick comparisons to see what kind of crystal might suit a potential watch-wearer’s needs. Being a matter of taste, as well as potential pragmatism, it can be a make or break aspect in purchasing a timepiece.

There are two basic types of mechanical watch.  These are the manual (or hand wound) watch and the automatic wind watch.

 Since its creation in 1996, there has been a steady stream of wrist and pocket watches designed for fans of all ages. Although it’s hard to say when the first Pokémon watch was created, there are definitely plenty of options to choose from.