You see an interesting vintage Omega watch. Perhaps on eBay or another auction site or even at a yard sale. It looks great. The price is right. But how do you know it’s genuine and not some knockoff? There’s a lot of info about “detecting fakes,” but not all of it is good, so be …
As far as watch complications go, a lot of them are reminders of earlier times. They were seen as novelties at the time, but they’ve since become obsolete. Some of them are even entirely pointless (I’m looking at you, moon phase). Watchmakers still use them because they’ve become part of the design. The GMT complication, …
Now that you have that watch you’re crazy about, you want to make sure that it stays in the best possible condition. So, it’s essential to clean your watch now and then. Grime and dirt build up over time. First of all, It looks filthy. But it doesn’t only affect the watch on a cosmetic …
Once you’ve wound your watch you need to set the time and possibly the date. You don’t have to be a genius but there are some things that you need to keep in mind, especially when setting the date. Never set the time while wearing the watch. Remove your watch from your wrist and hold …
Your mechanical watch only runs when the mainspring is wound. Normally, a hand-wound watch has a 40 to 48-hour power reserve. That means that your manual winding watch relies on you to regularly wind it by turning the crown. For some of you, that’s reason enough to buy a quartz watch. For others, myself included, …
