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When watchmakers talk about jewels, they are not referring to the decorative gemstones on your watch’s bezel or band. Rather, the ‘jewels’ they’re referring to are inside your watch movement, unseen but...
Buying a Breitling is like buying a piece of fine art: You have spent hours researching your favorite watchmakers to find just the right one, you saved your money, and now you made your purchase. Unlike...
Like many towns within ‘The Watch Valley of Switzerland’, the 19th century residents in the French speaking town, of Saint-Imier, gave up agriculture in favor of more lucrative jobs in the...
Gone are the days when you only had one or two nearby repair shops you could choose from to fix your antique pendulum clock or expensive wristwatch. Today, after searching through hundreds of Google ads...
In January 1914, the St. Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line conducted the world’s first scheduled airline flight, traveling a short 17 miles from St. Petersburg to Tampa, Florida, a significant event....
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The Elgin National Watch Company Observatory
The United States National Bureau of Standards (now known as The National Institute of Standards and...
Essential Timekeeping
In the fast-paced world of healthcare, accurate timekeeping is essential to ensure smooth operations,...
The War Within
In 1854, America’s first watch company, Waltham, was formed, which went on to make the first-ever...
The Honorary Citizen Of Disneyland
The date, July 17th, 1955, was magical, for California’s Disneyland. Their opening day saw joyous children...
The History Of The Cornell Watch Company
Over 150 years ago, in 1870, Paul Cornell, a real-estate dealer, teamed up with J.C. Adams who was a...
Understanding The Clepsydra
It is an almost innate human need to count our seconds, to track time. Our ancestors had devised many...
How do clock experts determine if a vintage clock is valuable?
You just found an ancient-looking clock in grandpa’s attic and wonder if it could be worth something....
The History Of The Cyma Watch Company
Cyma is a Swiss watchmaking company with a long and rich history; filled with innovation, precision,...
The Most Popular Watches
From world-famous brands like Rolex, Citizen, Movado to more under-the-radar names that have caught our editors’ eye.
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Aliens Ripley Watch
“Game over man, game over”. Okay, now that we’ve got that out of the way, we’re here to talk about Ellen...
The First Marine Chronometer
Long before satellites could pinpoint exact locations on earth—in tandem with atomic vibrations in the...
Android Watches
To shatter any illusions, we’re not talking smartwatches today. But before you shake your head and click...
Odell Beckham Jr. Strikes Again
Odell Beckham Jr. has already made headlines in the last week for sporting his (valued at) $350,000 Richard...
Christian Bale Watches
A newly released trailer for Ford V Ferrari has the internet buzzing about stars Matt Damon and Christian...
Casio GPS
Casio is one of many companies that have moved their GPS operations to Android OS smartwatches. Years...
TRIWA Makes Watches out of Guns
Wow, when we heard about this watchmaker we were truly amazed by their business model. Making timepieces...
The Most Complicated Watch In The World
Vacheron Constantin 57260
To quote Avril Lavigne, “why’d you have to go and make things so complicated?”....
Born of War: The Canteen Watch
You may not be able to take a sip from them, considering their water-tight structure, but Canteen style...
Basic Watch Anatomy
It’s easy for us at TimesTicking—and folks in the watchmaking world generally—to take for granted the...
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