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A Matter of Taste - Popularity of Different Materials

You can't argue taste... but interestingly taste is strongly influenced by your cultural upbringing. I wanna make the case that this is also true for case materials. This means that there still can...

A Brief History of Date Windows

Date windows are these little apertures on a watch's dial (mostly) located at 3o'clock. If you ask some watch enthusiasts about the topic you'll get widely varied opinions... Some people find them ...

Opinion - Stop the "In-House" Frenzy

This is an opinion piece - and I guess my own opinion on the matter becomes quite clear from the title already. But the question is: Why do we care about in-house? Let's have a closer look into the...

The Ultimate Watch Guide - Dial Color

Real design is never random! That too is true for a watches dial color. As minuscule as this design element might appear it can grant us new insights into the history of watchmaking if only we allo...

Pivotal Dress Watches - Cartier Tank

It's hard to imagine that there was a time when all timepieces were very delicate and fragile. When you look into a watch boutique these days it appears almost normal that watches have to be 10ATM ...

Pabulum... Were Watches Ever Monotonous?

What I often hear from - vintage - watch enthusiasts is that the modern watch landscape is getting increasingly dull. Every brand is simply doing the same, no strong design evolutions and you tend ...

The Panthers First steps - Early Cartier

La Maison has fascinated me for a long time. It's both deeply rooted in tradition yet at the same time modern and culturally relevant. But the really surprising part is seeing how little the brand ...

When Did Watches Start to Get So Big?

Tell me you like smaller watches without telling me you like smaller watches: "I'm into vintage". The indirect conclusion here is that modern watches are way bigger then for example Mid-Century pie...

The Historic Value of Rolex Watches

Secretly we all thought at some point: "If I'd have a time-machine, I'd go back and buy the complete Rolex stock". Because things used to be cheaper in the good old days... right? So let's sport th...
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