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Bulova is a brand with significant historical presence and a number of notable watches in its back catalog. Founded in 1875 in New York by Bohemian immigrant Joseph Bulova, it played a part in the United States status as a watchmaking powerhouse in decades past, alongside brands like Hamilton, Waltham, Elgin and others. The brand is also well known for innovation like its 1960 Accutron tuning fork-based (the origin of.. Read More
We all know the major watch brands. You have Rolex and Omega, as well as high-end luxury brands. However, do you remember some of these watch brands from years gone by? Bulova Bulova was founded and incorporated as the J. Bulova Company in 1875 by Joseph Bulova. In 1912, Joseph Bulova launched his first plant dedicated entirely to the production of watches. Manufacturing watches at their factory in Switzerland, he began a standardized mass.. Read More
Where d you find a Rolex’s serial number? Every genuine Rolex has a unique serial number. It will be in one of two places, depending when it was made. Before 2005, it was between the lugs of the 6 o’clock side. From 2005 onward, it was on the inner bezel (dial rehaut) If your watch was made before 2005, you’ll find its serial number engraved on the case between the lugs.. Read More
The Kinetic watch movement was created by Seiko back in 1986. In many ways, it is similar to an automatic watch. A kinetic watch works through movement. The swinging or moving of your arm moves an oscillating weight within the watch. This turns a number of gears which then produce electricity in a small generator. The generator then charges the capacitor. The big difference to an automatic watch is that.. Read More
Before we get into the details of the best micro-brand watches, let’s first define the term. To put it simply, micro-brand watches are those that are not mass- produced. These are your independent brands with limited production. Often, they would have a smaller variety of models compared to the mass-produced watches from bigger, more established brands. And due to limited production, some of these micro-brand watches are typically made to.. Read More
Ever since the advent of sundials, humans have tried to stay on time. As we advanced through history, technology advanced too. Sundials went out and clocks came in. Clocks became smaller and wearable, leading us to wristwatches. Eventually, iPhones and other cell phones changed the way we tell time. (Somehow, some of us are still late, no matter the technological advances.) But what are the most historically significant watches anyway?.. Read More
In this week’s blog post, we are going to take another deep dive into some watch terms. This week we will figure out what exactly is a subdial. A subdial is the mini dial that sits on the watch face or dial. They are known as auxiliary dials and serve a few different functions. Those include tracking lapsed seconds, minutes and hours, moon phases or a second time zone across.. Read More
Right now, the world is obsessed with thin. Whether that’s in body type or the thin, slim clothes that are now all the rage, thin is in style. But what about thin watches? Watches, by nature, have to have some depth in order to fit all the mechanical parts to make the timepiece work. That doesn’t mean a watch can’t be created thin. Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Ultra Thin Squelette The Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Ultra Thin.. Read More
If you haven’t noticed, it seems like more and more people are wearing watches on their wrists. It doesn’t matter if those are smart watches that can tell you the weather, your texts or set your thermostat, many collectors are still interested in the character watches they had their heyday of the 1950s. With faces that used Disney characters, baseball stars, and movie heroes, these watches were all the rage among us.. Read More
The world is set up for right-handed people. For lefties, it’s not so easy. Surely, right-handed people have gone through the awkward feeling at some point in grade school when they pick the left-handed pair of scissors. They just don’t fit right. There are a lot of lefties out there that need to make their way in a right-handed world. My son Tom is one of those people. He is a.. Read More