BeckerTime BLOG

In business since the middle of the 19th century, Zenith is today something of an oddity; a manufacture perhaps best known for one of their movements rather than the watches themselves. Truth be told, the brand has always done things a little differently. They were the first Swiss watchmaker, for instance, to break from the […]

At its core, the basic process by which a mechanical watch keeps time has barely changed for the last 350-years. Updates in the form of new cutting-edge materials might improve the accuracy and performance, but the underlying method is pretty much the same now as the one invented by Dutch physicist, mathematician and astronomer, Christiaan […]

Although it doesn’t much look like the type we are now used to, there is a definite case for calling Panerai’s Radiomir one of the world’s first dive watches. It may be missing familiar elements like a rotating bezel or helium escape valve, but seeing as it was built specifically for military frogmen in the […]

As far as luxury aviation watches go, there’s the Breitling Navitimer and then there’s everything else. In near-constant production since its debut in 1952, the watch, affectionately known as the ‘Navi’, takes all the features of a standard pilot’s timepiece—large size, bold and legible styling, enhanced resistance to temperature and pressure changes—and ramps up its […]