Thoughts On Cleaning Your Watch – Part 1
Having handled a large number of watches in my time and also possessing extremely oily skin, I am prone to leaving my grubby paw prints over everything! I would be a rather rubbish thief… Right, first and foremost it boils down to what time of timepiece you are trying to clean. Is it waterproof, because […]
The Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race
Rolex sponsors some of the world’s most prestigious sporting endeavors, golf, tennis, yachting, auto racing, and equestrianism among them. Athletes too, with the likes of sports super couple Tiger Woods and Lindsey Vonn, Jack Nicklaus, Jackie Stewart, and Roger Federer. And there are the events. Events like the 24 Hours of Daytona, held at the […]
Time Writer
The literal name for Chronograph, from the Greek ‘Chronos’ meaning time and ‘Graph’ to write. It is possibly one of the most popular, widespread and useful complications within the world of watches that we inhabit. All the big players produce some kind of Chronograph, and some have made their names with them, like Zenith. It […]
Ben’s Ultimate Top Five Christmas Wristwatches – 2013
We here at Beckertime have been tasked with the authoring of our ultimate top five Christmas wish list and, during my rigorous process of elimination, I have discovered that I have something of a penchant for chronographs. Scouring the internet for pictures has left me genuinely salivating – so much so that I have decided […]