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The most experienced watch journalist in the English-speaking world takes you through the four very different periods of the modern watchmaking industry. …(continue reading)

The Engineer Hydrocarbon AeroGMT II is a classic modern Ball wristwatch: big size, bold styling, an aggressive tool-watch personality and, of course, the signature tritium gas tubes that give Ball watches their ability to maintain high visibility through prolonged periods of darkness. Most other modern watches use Super LumiNova, or a related compound, which has

Swiss watch global exports jumped 3.7% in value in September, in the latest sign that the industry’s two-year slump is over. It was the fifth consecutive month that exports rose in year-to-year comparisons, and the sixth increase in the last seven months. “The trend over a 12 months period shows a continuing recovery,” said the

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This week marks the return of Ebay finds – that’s where we found most of our featured watches, with the very notable exception of the cover girl, a Rolex chronograph reference 6234 in superb condition (with a price tag to match). On Ebay, we found a double-signed Excelsior Park/Sinn Decimal that bears striking resemblance to

If f you’re somewhat familiar with the retail scene in Paris, you may have heard of Merci: a store on the Boulevard Beaumarchais which was originally founded with two goals in mind. The first was to provide a kind of launch pad for new and emerging designers, and the second was to establish an endowment

This is the latest timepiece from Urwerk, the UR-105 CT Streamliner, and it’s a watch that comes to us on the 20th anniversary of one of the most offbeat and creative independent watch marques in existence. It’s interesting to reflect on Urwerk at 20. Felix Baumgartner and Martin Frei were real innovators for launching a