Category Archives: Watches

Essential Watches – A Guide To Buying Fine Timepieces

Sure, a watch tells the time but it also speaks volumes about your personality. Show up for a job interview wearing a stainless steel Rolex Datejust – and you’ll see some raised eyebrows. While just having a watch in the first place is a feat for some, for watch aficionados, a good timepiece is a [...]

Tritium Watches – They Glow In The Dark

Tritium, an isotope of hydrogen, is both naturally occuring and man-made. It is very useful for watch dials that can be read at night. Tritium (H3) is a radioactive isotope of the element hydrogen-symbol H. Tritium occurs naturally in the atmosphere from the reaction of cosmic rays and air molecules. It is also produced in [...]

Silver Pocket Watch Cases and Their Development

The American Railroad was the second most influential contribution to the advancement of our early nation. Our county’s founding papers were first. The Railroad linked the industrialized east with the growing west. The keeping of time went hand and glove with the railroad. For safety reasons it was vital to know when a heavy loaded [...]

How to Wind a Wrist Watch

Many of my lovely lady customers write to me after they purchase an antique wrist watch with a mechanical movement asking which is the correct way to wind a watch. They ask if it needs to be wound forward or both forward and backward. And they also ask how much should they wind it, how [...]

Prestigious watch – Baume & Mercier watches

Every Baume & Mercier watch offers customers the united confidence of a house with a gratified tradition behind it. You are provided by assurance of skillful watchmakers making watches according to the highest and most precise standards of technical quality accompanied by the originality of Baume & Mercier’s incomparable design and styling. The modern elegance [...]

Do You Have Spinning Watches, Yet?

If you don’t you are out of the loop! Spinning watches are part of every hip hop jewelry lover’s collection. With so many options in them, you will have to own more than one. In fact, you may want to be prepared with several. For all of those out there that do not know what [...]