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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 […]
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Will The Steve McQueen Imposter Please Stand Up?
The Rolex Explorer II – at least early examples of it – is called the Steve McQueen, even though Steve McQueen the actor never wore one. No, the King of Cool wore a Submariner 5512, which we’ll cover in a future installment. Rolex introduced the Explorer II in 1971. The watch was basically a GMT-Master […]
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Watches Are Going Wonky: Magnetism – Can You Do Something?
So the head of research at CERN (Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire, or, European Organization for Nuclear Research), the world renowned particle physics lab located on the outskirts of Geneva, Switzerland, makes a phone call. He calls downtown and chats with the head of research at Rolex. He says, “Listen. My guys’ wrist watches […]
