Finding a perfect gift for every situation can be tricky. Between all those birthdays, Christmases, anniversaries, graduations, and other gift-giving occasions, it’s often hard to find a present to express the right sentiment. For instance, a watch is always a nice gift, but how can you be sure that it’s conveying the message you want? … Read more
A watch is many things. First and foremost (arguably), it’s a timepiece. Beyond that, it can be a fashion statement, a status symbol, a personal assistant, a very expensive calculator, and so much more. For many collectors, a watch can be another thing: an investment. Excuse the pun, but some watches are timeless. Certain watches … Read more
Beginning in the latter half of the 20th century, wristwatches began to get cheaper and more accurate. This was due to the invention of the quartz watch, which is an electrical or battery-powered watch. Quartz is the most common alternative to a mechanical watch. Quartz watches can be incredibly cheap or jaw-droppingly expensive. What they … Read more
Watches are intriguing devices and have always been objects of fascination due to their extreme portability but highly sophisticated but tiny mechanical parts. What is even more interesting is the fact that all this sophistication is fitted into such a tiny enclosure. You may have noticed that it is written on some watches that they … Read more
We’re with you: keeping up with all the fashion rules is exhausting. Can this black belt be worn with these brown pants? Is it still considered bad taste to wear white after Labor Day? Is wearing socks with sandals really so bad? (That one is easy: Yes, it is.) It feels like, for every new … Read more
Ingersoll, or the Ingersoll Watch Company, is a watch brand that has a long line of history as its ownership has been passed along from one company to the other. The brand originated in the US but it has been sold continuously since its inception. Now, it is in the hands of Zeon Watches, a … Read more
Hamilton Watch Company is a Swiss manufacturer of wristwatches currently based in Bienne, Switzerland.Yes, you read that right. Hamilton is a Swiss brand. However, many still perceive the brand still as an American one. But they are not completely wrong. The Hamilton Watch Company can indeed trace its roots back to Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Its first products … Read more
The summer breeze blowing your hair; the heat of the sun kissing your skin, giving you the perfect tan; the calming and leisureful bodies of water to splash into; the sand between your toes; and all those beaches you can explore and revel in the beauty of—the summertime can be a very relaxing, fun, and … Read more
There are few activities more rewarding and rejuvenating than a hike. Getting far away from busy cities and crowded neighborhoods for a little peace within nature is one of my favorite escapes. It’s even better when I can get somewhere that phone signals don’t reach and I can leave all my technology behind. All my … Read more
In this era of increasingly complex and complicated technology, there is something quite elegant and refreshing about a field watch. By definition, a field watch isn’t overstuffed with features or “smart” tech. It does one thing, and one thing very well: it tells the time. It would seem counterintuitive that basic timepieces could maintain their … Read more
Fossil is an American fashion designer and manufacturer. Primarily, Fossil is known for designing, manufacturing and distributing quality and trendy watches worldwide. As such, it has license agreements with Emporio Armani, Karl Lagerfeld, Michael Kors, Marc Jacobs, DKNY, Diesel, Burberry, Relic, Michele, Zodiac, Skagen, Adidas, Tony Burch, and Armani Exchange. Evidently, most of its watches … Read more
Guess is a global lifestyle brand with a full range of denim, apparel, and accessories offered in more than 80 countries around the world. As such, Guess is not particularly a watch brand. Rather, it is a fashion brand that makes designer watches. So that should pretty much set your expectations right about the watches … Read more
Temporal Thoughts: Inspiring, Funny, and Revealing Quotes about Time & Timepieces Everyone loves a pithy or elegant quote. They can be used for big moments in life to put things in perspective, to celebrate success or to commiserate loss. For the watch aficionados in the audience, we have compiled a list of inspiring, thought-provoking, and … Read more
We’re living in fraught times. Whatever your political persuasion, whatever your personal apocalyptic vision, you can’t deny that a lot of people are on edge. No wonder one of the most popular TV shows is The Walking Dead and the biggest movie event in recent memory involved the literal deaths of half of all life … Read more
Whether we like it or not, all of us fall into demographic categories. It might be a demographic as broad as middle class or as specific as a parent of two children, or as seemingly arbitrary as fans of pineapple on pizza (gross). Nobody utilizes demographic breakdowns more than advertisers, and no group is more … Read more