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The Importance of Winding Crowns
The aesthetics of any watch are influenced by the fusion of many individual components in order to produce a pleasing overall form. While most of our attention is usually drawn to the color of the dial, the style, shape and size of the hour markers, or the design of the bezel, the winding crown also […]
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The Beckertime Rivalry Series: The Rolex Explorer Versus the Tudor Black Bay 36
In the recognition stakes, both the Rolex Explorer and the Tudor Black Bay 36 occupy a sort of ‘also ran’ position in their respective brand lineups. Not for them the glamorous worlds of the undersea buccaneer, the globetrotting voyager or the racetrack guru. Both marques have plenty of models more than capable of fulfilling those […]
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The Beckertime Rivalry Series: The Patek Philippe Nautilus Versus the Aquanaut
In the world of truly elite luxury watches, it is hard to find two more venerated specimens than Patek Philippe’s Nautilus and Aquanaut. While both are obviously shot through with many of the brand’s unique styling cues, and each benefits from Patek’s near 200-years of heritage and engineering prowess, the pair have clearly defined and […]
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Rolex’s Quartz Models
Many of the terms we have traditionally associated with quartz timepieces are the exact opposites of those we usually associate with Rolex. Cheap, soulless, mass production timepieces, lacking in craftsmanship and heritage. It is no surprise then that the brand has dabbled only very fleetingly with the technology in the past, and even then, seemingly […]
