A new era for Japanese watchmaking?
EDITORIAL
July 2019
As demand for Japanese quartz movements continues to fall, due to declining interest in the fashion watch, and as the arrival of the smartwatch causes major (…)
American watch report
TIMEPIECES & PEOPLE OF 2019
April 2019
America: Trump, the great outdoors, the dreams and the violence, the grandeur and the misery... and also the firepower of Apple Watch and Rolex, as well as (…)
WWII Japanese military watches
DAWN OF A QUIET SUNDAY MORNING IN 1941
March 2019
The rise and fall of the Japanese Empire during WWII is a deeply captivating but also frightening piece of history of the 20th century. If military watches (…)
Quartz: the moment of truth
TECHNOLOGY
January 2019
Once a pioneer, yet now decidedly run-of-the- mill, the quartz movement is approaching a crucial point in its history. With mechanical watches becoming less (…)
Seiko Astron GPS Solar
THE MOST ADVANCED EVER
December 2018
Since its creation in 2012, Astron has changed the way that many people measure, perceive and relate to time.
Seiko Presage Urushi Byakudan-nuri
November 2018
The Presage collection 2018 provides a vivid demonstration of Seiko’s ability to explore new avenues of development in traditional Japanese craftsmanship (…)
Seiko Prospex 1968 Commemorative Edition
November 2018
In 1968, just three years after Seiko’s first diver’s watch was made, Seiko’s engineers raised the bar with a hi-beat diver’s watch with 300 metre water (…)
Seiko Prospex 1968 Diver’s Re-creation
November 2018
Seiko’s reputation for diver’s watches is the direct result of a long tradition of innovation that stretches back over 50 years, during which time Seiko has (…)
Seiko Credor Spring Drive Eichi
November 2018
Simplicity of design, exquisite finishing of the movement, an innovative torque return system and a hand-painted, pure white porcelain dial. “Eichi”, wisdom (…)
Five affordable vintage alarm watches
VINTAGEMANIA
October 2018
If you snooze, you lose! A selection of 5 vintage alarm watches that you could wear everyday and won’t cost you a fortune.
Watch Curator ’18
- Purity
GETTING STRAIGHT TO THE POINT
October 2018
Over-use by watchmakers – and others – of the Bauhaus school’s famous founding phrase “form follows function” has turned it into a rather hackneyed expression.
Watch Curator ’18
- Sport
THE AGE OF MATURITY IN WATCHMAKING
October 2018
With greater accuracy and the invention of the chronograph, watchmaking in the 19th century was a booming industry, directly contributing to the rise of the (…)
