Bulova Accutron: From Tuning Forks to Quartz
Every timepiece tells a story. Whether it’s your grandpa’s pocket watch; that scratched-up old beater watch; or even just a…
Every timepiece tells a story. Whether it’s your grandpa’s pocket watch; that scratched-up old beater watch; or even just a…
Horology: Some Meaning and History You might turn a few heads saying this one out loud. Horology (typically pronounced “hō-rol-uh-gee”)…
Glow in the dark watches first started showing up in the early 1900's. At first, many people were entranced by…
In the 1990's, the International Organization for Standardization ( an international standard-setting body composed of representatives from various national standards…
Kikuo Ibe Back in the early 1980’s, Japanese inventor, Kikuo Ibe, was beginning to put on the watch his…
Why does my watch or clock read quartz? A lot of our customers assume that the word "quartz" that’s usually inscribed…
The U.S. Elgin Watch Company unveiled the first electrical watch (The Elgin Grade 725) in 1952. People, at the time,…
A young man, Albert Wittnauer, had a dream of creating a durable watch which eventually he realized and evolved the…
Zodiac Watches are a brand of Swiss timepieces. The Zodiac watch company was founded by Ariste Calame in 1882 in…