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The Swiss Watchmaker Deficit 24 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
If you've ever thought about becoming a watchmaker, now's a great time to jump in the game. The mechanical watch industry is on fire but there's a severe shortage of quality watchmakers to service the...
Hyetis Crossbow ‘Smartwatch’ Features 41-Megapixel Camera 15 Aug 2013 | 07:37 am
Swiss company Hyetis is set to a release a watch that in the 2013 version of your trusty old Swiss Army knife. The watch tells time of course but it also has WiFi, Bluetooth, NFC capability, GPS, and ...
Officine Autodromo Watchmaker Inspired by Ferrari 10 Aug 2013 | 06:13 am
A couple of years back we posted about Officine Autodromo, an emerging watch company designed to please Italian car enthusiasts who like a little Swiss engineering thrown into the mix. The models are ...
The Watch Jewels Myth 2 Aug 2013 | 01:28 am
You often hear people say that the more jewels in a mechanical watch movement, the better. A standard mechanical watch movement requires 17 or 18 jewels but more than that doesn't mean it's better. Tw...
DOXA and Costeau Take Aim at Underwater Record 21 Jul 2013 | 07:12 pm
DOXA's new Mission 31 SUB watch is getting ready to take aim at setting a record for the longest continuously used dive watch underwater. DOXA is teaming up with Fabien Cousteau's Mission 31 to spend ...
What Is the Aperture of a Watch? 11 Jul 2013 | 09:44 am
The aperture of a watch refers to a small opening on a dial that reveals certain information, such as date, day, month, power reserve, or moon phase. Probably the most well known example is the Rolex...
The Hottest Watch Company in 2013 Is Imported from Detroit 5 Jul 2013 | 02:46 am
We don't usually talk about non-Swiss watch companies on this blog but we're making an exception because it's Independence Day in the United States and the hottest watch company in the business is imp...
Why Do Some Swiss Watches Have Blue Screws? 30 Jun 2013 | 07:00 pm
If you've seen more than a handful of fine Swiss watch movements, chances are you've come across one fitted with screws which were colored blue. This is more for decoration than function. Although th...
Tighter ‘Swiss Made’ Rules for Watches Passes Final Hurdle to Become Law 24 Jun 2013 | 01:06 am
On June 21st, the Swiss parliament voted to tighten criteria around products labeled "Swiss-made," which ends a six-year-long protracted fight and handing the country's largest watchmakers, like the S...
What Is a Shock Resistant Watch? 15 Jun 2013 | 07:30 pm
You've seen it advertised before: this [insert name of watch here] is shock resistant. But what does that really mean? According to the U.S. government, a watch is considered shock resistant if it can...
