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Our Favorite Military-Inspired Watches
As much as it is unpleasant to think about, it is the times of war and conflict which have been more instrumental in ultimately positive innovation than any other periods of human history. Among the list of inventions literally too numerous to mention, we can ‘thank’ warfare (if that’s the right word) for giving us […]
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The Beckertime Guide to the Best Rolex Watches Under $10,000
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 […]
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The Beckertime Guide to the Best Rolex Watches to Buy if Money Was No Object!
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 […]
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Making it Work: The Tourbillon
So far in this mini-series exploring the various components that go into a modern watch movement, we have looked at mainsprings and escapements; two elements without which a wristwatch just could not work. This time we’re going to examine one which is, for all intents and purposes, expensively superfluous—the tourbillon. What is a Tourbillon? If […]
