Vulcain is one of the Quartz Crisis victims from the 1970s and early 1980s that received a second life in the 21st century after new owners bought the IP and rebooted the brand. The Swiss watchmaker was founded in 1853 and provided a rich archive to work with when production started up again in 2002….
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Gone are the days when the only thing your watch can do is tell time. Today, smartwatches, such as the popular Apple Watch, are capable of a wide range of new functionalities. For instance, the Apple Watch Series 10 includes features like checking the water temperature while on a swim, locating your iPhone with a…
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Seiko does fan service with the best of them. Not only does it maintain an expansive and steadily updated catalog, but it also balances innovative new designs with archival fan favorites better than any other watchmaker. One thing Seiko hasn’t done, at least not to my knowledge, is ask fans directly what they want to…
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Get ready to elevate your oral care routine with the Bitvae Ultrasonic Electric Toothbrush now available in a sleek black finish at a flash price of $11. 99 when you apply coupon code RK8KPVK8 (（Suitable for BLACK). This limited-time offer kicks off on June 30, 2025, at 12:01 AM PDT and ends on July 7,…
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From afar, the watch industry may seem unhurried. But every passing day brings about new timepieces from brands big, small, new and old. Below, find about a dozen new releases from the likes of Seiko, Timex and others…. Check out the original article: [Gearpatrol] 14 New Watches You Missed from G-Shock, Zenith, Longines and more.
Watch research and development is often done in laboratories as sterile as an OR. When field testing is done, it is typically in the hands of trained horological professionals. So when Nodus announced that it was sending a prototype of its next field watch on a two-week scientific research expedition across the Gobi Desert, I…
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Few watch brands are more strongly associated with a particular color than Zenith is with blue. The insider-admired Swiss watchmaker has used various shades of blue throughout its catalog for decades, even making it the centerpiece of its recent 160th anniversary celebration. Coincidentally, few watch brands are more strongly associated with a single design than…
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Welcome to Talking Points, a series that looks at what makes certain products worth talking about, brought to you by Gear Patrol Studios. Innovative. Technical Accessible…. Check out the original article: [Gearpatrol] SpaceOne’s Newest Release, the WorldTimer, Is Radically Reinventing Universal Time
Igeekphone News, June 25th: Xiaomi Mall posted on Weibo today, announcing that the Xiaomi Watch S4 41mm will be released at 7 p. m. tomorrow…. Check out the original article: [Igeekphone] sized smartwatch, Xiaomi Watch S4 41mm, has made its appearance and will be released tomorrow night
The watch industry has evolved to a place where many former start-ups are now well established and stand toe-to-toe with the old guard Swiss and Japanese brands. To the untrained eye, a $500 watch from a ten-year-old brand can look just as impressive as a $15,000 watch from a century-old brand. A perfect example is…
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In 1675, Dutch scientist, astronomer and inventor Christiaan Huygens introduced the first balance spring, a brilliant piece of engineering at the heart of mechanical timekeeping to this day. Huygens’s invention, a coiled spring that releases energy at a constant rate, allowed reliable clockworks to be produced on a small and portable scale, revolutionizing navigation, astronomy…
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Many watches are rightfully considered works of art, and many others reproduce existing art on the dial, with varying results. But an artist’s work has never harmonized so well with a watch design as with the Ressence Type 8 Daniel Engelberg. Ressence watches are instantly recognizable by the brand’s distinct dial layouts…. Check out the…
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In 1975, Gerrard-Perregaux first released the Laureato, a watch that would become the brand’s all-time best-seller. As one of the true contemporaries of the iconic Royal Oak — which came out just three years earlier — this is one of the watches that would, eventually, usher in the luxury sports watch trend. Now in its…
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