LIP Watches Rediscovered And Rereleased On Watchismo: Iconic Retro Future Cool
Watchismo.com, the very popular and influential watch website and blog now offers us some very special watches. For a long time, Watchismo was adept at telling you about great watches, but you’d be lucky to find them anywhere. Luckily, you can now find some right there. Watchismo offers timepieces from his personal collection, along with [...]
Citizen Campanola Minute Repeater Regulator On eBay: Auction Ends Dec-02-07 19:00:00 PST
I am always happy to share when a Citizen Campanola watch is available. Here is a relatively rare version which incorporates a true minute repeater, with a regulator face. A regulator is watch that has a separate dial for the hours and minutes. Here, the larger main dial indicates the minutes, while a smaller [...]
My Gift Giving Theory: Not What They Want, But What You Want Them To Have
The gift giving season is upon us, and at least for myself, the biggest issue is always, “what should I get ____?!” Of course, the commercialized nature of the season imbibes us with the notion that our paramount motivation for the next few monthsis ardently selecting those gifts that, “they will remember/will mean something to [...]
Black Watches: The PVD and IP Processes From WatchReport.com
Watch Report recently received the black Ion Plated Oceanus OCWM700TBA-1AV. Since I already reviewed its silver-colored titanium sibling which has identical functionality, I decided to use this opportunity to write an article on the process of turning metal watches black.
Marcello C Nettuno 3 Review: About The Best Watch Available For Under $1000 MSRP
Instead of being clever in the title of this review, I wanted to make it clear how good this watch is considering the price. I have handled a good deal of watches, perhaps not as many as I would like, but enough to know that price does not always equal quality of construction. Meaning you [...]
Zenith Watches: From Movement Maker To Outstanding Manufacture
Zenith watches are my newest fascination because they represent unique styling and technical prowess. Zenith Watch Company began in 1865 as a movement maker, and stayed that way through most of its existence. Most of Zenith’s endeavors involved providing its strong movements to other watch makers. Zenith movements have been featured in Rolex watches for [...]
Kobold Polar Surveyor Duo On eBay Ending Nov-28-07 17:05:41 PST: Two Gold Watches To Lust After
You don’t often see watches like this in pairs, but up on eBay for sale are a couple of 18k gold Kobold Polar Surveyor watches. One is all gold with the lovely metallic blue Kobold face, and other other is gold with a alligator strap and a black face. The bands are obviously interchangeable. Kobold [...]
The Reign Of Sports Watches: What Everyone Wants To Wear
Sport and Sports watches are what people are most looking to buy these days. Watches under this category get the most internet searches, and enjoy the most interesting releases. What is a sport watch? And why does everyone want one? The answer is simple, and goes to the heart of what a watch is. First, [...]
Review of the Seiko Velatura SRH005 From WatchReport.com
I’ve always been a big fan Seiko Kinetic watches. There’s something about generating power through physical movement that I somehow find more intriguing than a static and stationary solar cell. With the introduction of the new Kinetic Direct Drive movement which appears in the Velatura SRH005, the Kinetic experience gets even more interesting.
Personality Traits Shared By Watch Lovers
If you like watches enough, you enjoy talking about them. Chances are however that you know more people that don’t care about them than those who suggest you go browse at a watch store. How is it that liking watches to us makes so much sense to us while the concept is lukewarm at best [...]
The Power Of Rolex: Meaning Of The Billion Dollar Brand
When you hear the Rolex name, several things probably come to mind. Expensive and prestigious are probably among them. In America, the idea that if you become successful you need to buy a Rolex is common place and readily accepted. When I meet people, I always take notice of the watches that they wear. Among [...]
Thanksgiving Wishes to Watch Enthusiasts Online From ablogtoread.com
In accordance with the sentiments of the day, I wish to thank the Internet for bringing me that which I would otherwise be without. If it was not for the internet, myself, and likely many of you, would not be interested in watches or have the material to fuel our appreciation. With the Internet, watches, [...]
Citizen Campanolas On The Market! Grand Complication And Perpetual Calendar On eBay: Auctions end: Nov-25-07 19:00:00 PST
Two beautiful Citizen Campanola watches available on eBay now. Each a rarity and not often available in the US. I have discussed the Citizen Campanola line at great length on this site. You know of my affinity for them. I never thought I would love a quartz watch this much. The bottom line is that [...]
Japanese Watches Test Marketable Features
One of the wonderful things about Japan is the wealth of gadgets and electronics they produce. There, they have a totally different mentality that the US when it comes to new technology or products. In Japan, it seems as though they release some items to market and watch and see what occurs. Sometimes things catch [...]
Review of the Timex iControl From WatchReport.com
Timex IRONMAN watches have always been designed to make interacting with them while running as simple and natural as possible, so why not extend the functionality of your watch to also control your iPod?
Azimuth Mecha - 1BMF Auction On eBay: Ends Nov-28-07 20:12:41 PST
Here is a great watch for those who like a something that is highly functional and will turn heads. This watch certainly gets that “Let me see that” gawk from most people, yet it is deceptively simple. The history of watches and gauges are closely related. Both are measuring instruments which require legibility and precision. [...]
The Retail Watch Shopping Experience: Consider Not Going Through It
As a watch lover you probably spend more time looking at watches rather than actually buying them. If we bought every watch we liked, assuming the outrageous possibility that we could afford it, we would not have any room in our homes for much else. Thus, we peruse available watches online, in stores, and in [...]
The Diving Instrument: Bell & Ross BR 02 Emerges From The Depths
Behold the BR 02. The Success of the Bell & Ross BR 01 really brought Bell & Ross back into the ether. The small company was basically sharing their name with Sinn, and selling Sinn watches to different markets. There was nothing wrong with the Bell & Ross watches, but they weren’t as innovative as [...]
Sellita Movement Makers: A Little Bit of China In Switzerland
Most watches companies do not make their own movements. Quality watch makers buy their movements from mostly ETA, the quasi-government owned movement powerhouse. In 2010 however, ETA will stop selling its movements to outside companies. It will continue to provide movements for it’s house brands, of which there are several. ETA is part of the [...]
P.E.A.R On Notice! Apple Zealots Stalinize European Media When “Monopoly” Mentioned
P.E.A.R (People Enraged by Apple Relations) wants you to be aware of this! Watch this video of a Benjamin Cohen, a correspondent from UK broadcaster Channel 4 in the UK interviewing Apple Senior Vice President of Worldwide Product Marketing Phil Schiller. After you watch it, keep reading this article.Disturbing? That is really the term that [...]
Updated Style Marcello C Nettuno 3 For Sale On eBay: Auction Ends Nov-20-07 01:10:27 PST
I love when Marcello C watches show up on eBay, it is such a rare treat, and an opportunity to own a truly satisfying watch. The Marcello C Nettuno 3 is uncommon watch as it is relatively inexpensive but enjoys a very high level of quality. The only other watch to compare it to is [...]
Use Technorati To Claim Blog Ownership
Have a blog you manage or write online? Don’t like the idea of other people posing as you? It could happen. You need to claim your identity, and ownership of your online property. Your blog belongs to you. Technorati had a great tool which you can use to claim your blog against all other people. [...]
Citizen Campanola Tonneau Perpetual Calendar On eBay: Ends Nov-18-07 19:00:00 PST
It is easy to love and admire Citizen watch company for all their other ventures, but the Campanola line is really the top of Citizen’s game. A watch that combines the best computerized quartz movement Citizen can offer (hand assembled by the way), with highest level of watch craftsmanship available in Japan, results in a [...]
Watch Metal: Idicator Of Value, Design, And Durability
Chances are that your watch is mostly metal. Sure there are plastic or ceramic watches. And those made of other exotic compounds (Carbon, Kevlar, etc…), but most watches are some form of metal. And metals are not all created equally. No one here needs a lesson on geology or metallurgy, nor am I prepared to [...]
Kobold Polar Surveyor Duo On eBay ending Nov-21-07 09:41:48 PST: Two Gold Watches To Lust For
You don’t often see watches like this in pairs, but up on eBay for sale are a couple of 18k gold Kobold Polar Surveyor watches. One is all gold with the lovely metallic blue Kobold face, and other other is gold with a alligator strap and a black face. The bands are obviously interchangeable. Kobold [...]
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