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My watch story: a Bulova Accutron Snorkel 666 feet
When I was a child, my father used to wear a Bulova Accutron Snorkel 666 feet which I was always fascinated by. He treasured it a lot and I remember watching him staring at it for much longer than he… Read More ›
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The very funky Wakmann Regate
While this isn’t the first time we’ve offered a regatta timer on our site –we rather like them and are constantly seeking them out– we haven’t come across too many of the super cool, jumbo sized Wakmann Regates from the… Read More ›
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Smartwatch shipments up, Apple pulling away
Selling consumers on smartwatches has proven much more difficult than selling them on smartphones a decade ago, but the market is gaining traction. Counterpoint Research says that smartwatch shipments grew by 48% year-over-year in the first quarter of 2019, but… Read More ›
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The Wild World of Vintage Watch Collectors
Today, Eric owns Wind Vintage, a company dedicated to offering exceptional watches for sale at all price points and providing advisory services to top vintage watch collectors worldwide. On FOMO Sapiens, Eric talks about the FOMO-inducing culture of high-end collecting,… Read More ›
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The Omega Memomatic
I spotted the above Omega Memomatic in a local jewellers today and was surprised at how taken I was with it. The grey dial is simply stunning and the unique inner orange hands, to set the alarm, add to the… Read More ›
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The Green Room Interviews
This is not a new video, but it highlights why some people do get the watch bug and why it sticks with them.
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1969 Was a Watershed Year
So many significant world events and developments occurred in the legendary year 1969 that Billy Joel could write a song simply by listing them — hell, he could probably even dedicate a verse to watches. This was the year that… Read More ›
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Time for a change
I have been collecting Enicar watches for five years. In 2015, I first took my passion for the brand to Instagram (@vandervenus) and in 2017 I started the website http://www.enicar.org, where I share the great stories of this former Swiss… Read More ›
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Mad Paris
MAD Paris was born of the passion for emblematic watches. In a world that is ever more uniform, becoming standardized, MAD seemed obvious, like a breath of audacity and impertinence in the sphere of prestige watch making… More here. I… Read More ›
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How Fast Does a Watch Need to Be?
Mechanical watches on the extremely high end of the spectrum run at a frequency of ten Hz or more and measure time down to 1/20th of a second. That’s extraordinary, though—most mechanical watches run at 2.5 to 4 Hz (18,000… Read More ›
