BeckerTime BLOG

Thanksgiving is just around the corner (yes, already) and this year November’s fourth Thursday falls on the 28th. Second only to Christmas as America’s favorite holiday, the 400-year old tradition marks a time to gather with friends and family to express our gratitude for all of life’s blessings. Or, failing that, to stuff down unholy […]

Traditionally speaking, the most sizeable difference between any brand’s men’s and women’s watches has always been, well, their size. Even going all the way back to the beginning of the 20th century when wristwatches designed specifically for men first appeared (about a century after the first piece made for women had been invented) they were noticeably […]

Hear ‘Rolex’, think ‘expensive’.  If there is one thing most people, albeit mainly non-horology fans, associate with Rolex it is that their watches cost a fortune. And in many ways, that is exactly what Rolex want them to think.  Back in the brand’s first heyday of the 1950s, they built their reputation solely on the […]

Listen; we can dream, right?! We’ve all done it (yes you have!) We’ve all day-dreamt our lotto list—that great long compendium of stuff we’d buy when we’ve struck it big, picked the winning numbers, inherited a fortune off that rich uncle we didn’t know existed or, you know, worked hard for it (urgh). After a […]