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Wednesday Hump Day Fun Fact # 53 !!!
July 16, 2014 | 0 comments »
(Breguet La Tradition, Model # 7067BR/G1/9W6) Some things you might have not know about the wonderful brand Breguet. Breguet was founded in 1775 by Abraham-Louis Breguet. Thanks to his marriage to the daughter of a prosperous French bourgeois, her dowry provided the backing which allowed him... Read More
Wednesday Hump Day Fun Fact # 52 !!!
July 09, 2014 | 0 comments »
Somethings you might have not known about the wonderful Audemars Piguet. The roots of Audemars Piguet date back to 1874, when the 23-year-old Jules Louis Audemars met Edward Auguste Piguet, then only 21, at Vallée de Joux. When they graduated from school, they went into business together in watch... Read More
Wednesday Hump Day Fun Fact # 51 !!!
July 02, 2014 | 0 comments »
(Patek Philippe Sky Moon Celestial, Model # 6021P) Many watches feature the date complication. However, few use what is known as a “date wheel.” The date wheel utilizes a center hand with an arrow, or crescent, pointing to the date along the outside periphery, also known as a chapter of... Read More
Wednesday Hump Day Fun Fact # 50 !!!
June 25, 2014 | 0 comments »
(Patek Philippe Perpetual Calendar Split Second Chronograph, Model # 5004G) The perpetual calendar is one of the most useful and intricate complications in all of horology. With the perpetual calendar you can track the date, day, month, year, leap year, and sometimes even the century and millennium. Thanks to the... Read More
Wednesday Hump Day Fun Fact # 49 !!!
May 28, 2014 | 0 comments »
(Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Reserve de Marche - Q1488104) Power Reserve Indicator (originally called Réserve de Marche) is a wristwatch complication designed to show the amount of remaining stored energy. The power reserve indicator indicates the tension on the mainspring at any particular moment. Power reserve indicators were employed very early on... Read More
Wednesday Hump Day Fun Fact # 48 !!!
May 07, 2014 | 0 comments »
(IWC Portuguese Grande Complications Minute Repeater, Model # IW5242-04) What is a minute repeater? A repeater is a complication in a mechanical watch that chimes the time on demand by activating a push or a slide-piece. Different types of repeater allow the time to be heard to varying degrees of... Read More
Wednesday Hump Day Fun Fact # 47 !!!
April 30, 2014 | 0 comments »
Mechanical Chronograph, what is it? (Breitling Chronospace Chronograph A2336035/BA68-1LT) The mechanical chronograph is perhaps the most recognizable complication to be seen on the wristwatch since the late 1960's. It is also one of the least understood. Often confused with a chronometer, the chronograph is simply a stopwatch integrated into a... Read More
Wednesday Hump Day Fun Fact # 47 !!!
April 23, 2014 | 0 comments »
(Breguet Classique Tourbillon 5357BA/12/9V6) In horology, a tourbillon is an addition to the mechanics of a watch escapement. Developed around 1795 by the French-Swiss watchmaker Abraham-Louis Breguet from an earlier idea by the English chronometer maker John Arnold, a tourbillon aims to counter the effects of gravity by mounting the... Read More
Wednesday Hump Day Fun Fact # 46 !!!
April 16, 2014 | 0 comments »
(Cesium 133 – Carbon Fiber) The Cesium 133 wristwatch (pictured above) was unveiled by Bathys Hawaii in October 2013. Unlike so-called ‘atomic wristwatches’ that use a radio signal generated by the US government to keep accurate, the Cesium 133 (named for the most stable isotope of the element) has... Read More
Wednesday Hump Day Fun Fact # 45 !!!
March 26, 2014 | 0 comments »
George Daniels (1926-2011 pictured) was one of the greatest names in British watchmaking. Daniels is known for his invention of the co-axial escapement (or ‘Daniels Escapement’), patented in 1980. This is a modification of the lever escapement with some features of the detent escapement and is considered by some to... Read More
