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Exploring the Diversity of British Watch Design
We consider the amazing range of watches now on offer from British Watch brands.
Why Do Some Watches Have Waitlists?
In the past few years, there has been a rise in something that winds up watch buyers all over the world. The waiting list! This is where an authorised dealer controls the order in which their customers receive certain models of watches.
Exploring Sustainability in the Watch Industry
This week we held an event with the team at Oris' London boutique to explore their sustainability initiatives and talk about how Oris stood out from other watch companies.
An Introduction to Jump Hour Watches
Following the fantastic success of our recent event Exploring British Watch Design and our last Blog Post introducing watch design, we though it might be fun to dive into a popular but fairly unusual way to tell the time on a watch.
What are Anniversary Watches?
Watchmakers and brands are constantly looking to bring something new to their catalogue. This means they often look to celebrate historic milestones in their past with anniversaries in the present. To do this they create special one-off watches to celebrate the anniversary of something, such as the year the watch was launched.
The Different Finishes On Watch Movements
Many watch brands talk about the “finishing” of their watches, but what does that mean? Simply, it means the decoration applied to part of a watch. High horology brands talk a lot about their fine finishing, often applied to the case, hands, and movement. A previous blog explored the finishing that you can find on watch dials.
Modern Watch Manufacturing
Our last Blog Post looked at the history of Watch Manufacturing, and we hope it piqued your interest in the long history of horology. There are many excellent books on the subject that we would be happy to recommend.
Why does a watch need Shock Protection?
Today we assume all modern watches will be reliable and accurate during daily wear. Watchmakers have spent a long time working to achieve this, especially for the tiny mechanical movements that drive wristwatches.
What’s Special about Titanium Watch cases?
In recent years there has been much more experimentation with watch case materials. From interesting composites to carbon fibre, and then from innovative new alloys to good old-fashioned bronze, we've seen many options for watch lovers who want something different from the usual stainless steel.
Adventure Watches for Any Activity
Many people want a watch they never have to worry about, even if they are doing something really quite adventurous where the watch may get wet, muddy, or even take a few knocks. Today's Blog Post will highlight some of the watches that will remain waterproof, take a battering, and deliver reliable performance throughout.
Why are some time-only watches so expensive?
There are many millions of watches out there that do only one thing. Tell the time. They have no date, no fancy features, they just tell the time. Their job is to do that reliably, accurately and safely. We call these time only watches.
What is a Watch Club?
We at The Watch Collectors' Club are bringing a new kind of watch event to the world. We want to make it easier than ever to learn more about watches. We want to help you explore the watch world and learn more about the watches you are interested in.
A Quick Guide To Annual and Perpetual Calendar Watches
One of the primary goals of The Watch Collectors Club is provide educational resources for our members. Our blogs highlight some of the stories and watches that make the world of watches so fascinating.
Independent Watchmakers – The Modern Trailblazers
Last week’s blog looked at the original high-end independent watchmakers, George Daniels and Philippe Dufour. This week, we’ll explore some of the most innovation modern independents: Voutilainen, MB&F, Laurent Ferrier and Czapek. Kari Voutilainen – The Finnish Master of Dials Kari Voutilainen has been making watches with his own name on the dial since 2002.
An Introduction to High-End Independent Watchmaking – The Original Independents
A few months ago, we wrote a short series of blogs exploring the largest watch groups in the world. These groups all manufacture millions of watches annually and spend tens of millions of dollars on marketing. They are the big brands that you’ll recognise if you are a watch collector, or if you are not.
An Introduction to the Chronograph
A Chronograph is a watch which includes a function that can act as a stopwatch. That is, it can be used to time how long things take. With a little help, for example using a scale printed on the dial, that time can be translated into other useful measures, such as speed or distance travelled.
The World’s Largest Watch Groups – LVMH
Last week we explored the two largest Swiss watch groups, Swatch and Richemont. You can read that article here. This week we will explore a household name, which is the third-largest Swiss watch group: LVMH. Next week we will finish the series by looking at the two large Japanese groups: Citizen and Seiko.
A Short Exploration of the World’s Largest Watch Groups – The Swiss Giants
We have spent the last few weeks covering Microbrands from around the world, and regularly mention different watch brands and companies. We covered the most famous of them all, Rolex, and looked at why they are so dominant here.
Microbrands in the Shadows
The nature of modern manufacturing, marketing and ecommerce means that people can establish new brands wherever they are in the world. In the last 10 years, this trend has come to the world of watches with full expression and enthusiasm, leading to the creation of a large number of new watch brands we call Microbrands.
A Guide To The Types of Watches Made By Microbrands. Part 2
This blog continues our series on watch microbrands. As a reminder, microbrands are usually founder-led, and focused on a particular style of watch. You can read our beginners guide to watch microbrands here and the first part of our guide to the types of watches made by microbrands here. In our previous blog, we explored some of the types of watches made by microbrands: dive, military and homage.
A Guide To The Types of Watches Made By Microbrands. Part 1
There are hundreds of small watch companies started in the last 20 years that we can call Microbrands. They are usually founder led, and driven by a passion for a particular style of watch. This week we dig in to some of the main categories to help you explore the many options out there.
A Guide To Holiday Watches
A Short guide to the best watches to take on Holiday or Vacation
What Are Holiday Watches?
When people travel they love to take the right watch for the trip. We highlight things to think about when choosing which watch to take.
Watch Dials – What Gets Added?
Over the last few weeks we have looked at how watch dials are made or finished, what features make them useful, and then some of the more exciting and complicated tools included by designers. This week we will dive further into the parts that designers add to indicate the time.