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What is a hacking movement?

What is a hacking movement?

NOT CYBER HACKING... Hacking in the computer world means something entirely different than in the horology universe. When it comes to digital hacking, the connotation is strictly negative unless you...

What is a hacking movement?

NOT CYBER HACKING... Hacking in the computer world means something entirely different than in the horology universe. When it comes to digital hacking, the connotation is strictly negative unless you...

IP Coating Explained

IP Coating Explained

WHY PLATING? When it comes to precious metals like gold and silver, people all across the centuries have found it prudent to plate objects rather than make everything from solid...

IP Coating Explained

WHY PLATING? When it comes to precious metals like gold and silver, people all across the centuries have found it prudent to plate objects rather than make everything from solid...

Yellow with Bite: Our other new GX-AC

Yellow with Bite: Our other new GX-AC

WELL, WE JUST HAD TO DO IT. Releasing just one new version of our massively popular GX-AC watch seemed stingy. So, being the generous, passionate folks we are, we went...

Yellow with Bite: Our other new GX-AC

WELL, WE JUST HAD TO DO IT. Releasing just one new version of our massively popular GX-AC watch seemed stingy. So, being the generous, passionate folks we are, we went...

All Hail the Mighty Mainspring

All Hail the Mighty Mainspring

Even the most modest mechanical watch houses a host of components in what can only be described as miniature feats of engineering excellence and creative daring.

All Hail the Mighty Mainspring

Even the most modest mechanical watch houses a host of components in what can only be described as miniature feats of engineering excellence and creative daring.

A Brief History of the Pilot's Watch

A Brief History of the Pilot's Watch

EARLY DEVELOPMENT Like its submersible relative, the diver's watch, the pilot's watch owes its greatest advances to the demands of combat. Watches have always been carried aloft. When balloons and...

A Brief History of the Pilot's Watch

EARLY DEVELOPMENT Like its submersible relative, the diver's watch, the pilot's watch owes its greatest advances to the demands of combat. Watches have always been carried aloft. When balloons and...

A Brief History of the Dive Watch

A Brief History of the Dive Watch

THE EARLY NEED FOR A DIVE WATCH Wristwatches have been in use since the late 1500s. However, they were most commonly worn by women because of their small size and...

A Brief History of the Dive Watch

THE EARLY NEED FOR A DIVE WATCH Wristwatches have been in use since the late 1500s. However, they were most commonly worn by women because of their small size and...