Nomos Wristwatches

Nomos – A Watch that Younger People Can Afford Nomos’s owner and creative head Roland Schwertner was interested in making a watch that younger people could afford and enjoy without it having to be battery driven or plastic. So he thought up the Club. These are post-puberty, really adult-looking watches that will last one’s whole [...]

Chronoswiss Timemaster Flyback Chronograph

The Chronoswiss Timemaster Chronoswiss Timemaster Flyback Chronograph runs on an automatic movement that has an advance version of ETA 7750 caliber (Chronoswiss Caliber 763). It has flyback chronograph functionality with two subdials: small seconds located at 3 and the minute counter at 9. The center of the main dial is the flyback second counter. It [...]

Hamilton U.S. 66 Power Reserve

Hamilton U.S. 66 – A Great Automotive Wristwatch There are a lot of automotive wristwatches out there. In fact, we had a really tough time picking only our ten favorites back in December ’06. But once in a while, a new one comes along that makes us stop and take notice. This is one such [...]

Automatic Winding

A rotating weight, set into motion by moving the wrist, winds the spring barrel via the gear train of a mechanical watch movement. Automatic winding was invented during the pocket watch era in 1770 by Abraham-Louis Perrelet, who created a watch with a weight swinging back and forth (that of a pocket watch usually makes [...]