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Oysters, Perpetually, Part 1
We’re about at the half-way point in these articles discussing the history behind modern Rolex watches. With that in mind, it might be time to discuss why Rolex uses the term “Oyster” for their water resistant watches. Rolex came out with the oyster case in 1926. The name came from the shellfish, which Rolex founder […]
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Good Design Award for NOMOS Metro
Good Design Award for Metro from NOMOS Glashütte For the fourth time in a row, the German watchmaking company has been awarded the “Eames” prize from the Chicago Athenaeum Recently this month NOMOS Glashütte was delighted to receive the Good Design Award—for the fourth time: From thousands of submitted entries, the jury from the Chicago […]
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America Here We Come – Christopher Ward
We at Beckertime Blog enjoy all watches, that is what brings us a community together. You, our regular readers will know that this time last year I introduced a little known English brand. Which it would seem is growing and now has decided to expand into the United States of America. Admittedly this happened a […]
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Going Along To Get Along: The Oysterquartz
In the 1970s, the tsunami known as the quartz crisis swept though the watchmaking regions of Switzerland and Germany. It threatened to wipe out watchmaking as it was then known. Indeed, numerous brands disappeared during that time. Rolex, a strong brand with a loyal following and a marketing tsunami-like machine of its own, looked to […]
