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Frequently Asked Questions
July 26, 2011 - What is the difference between quartz and mechanical timepieces?
In a nutshell, a quartz timepiece has a battery and keeps the time based on the frequency of a vibrating quartz crystal. It can display the time in either analog (with hands) or digital. A mechanical watch tells the time with a move...
Glossary
July 26, 2011 - Many of watchmaking's most common terms defined
History of Time
July 26, 2011 - Time has been told many ways: by sun, moon, stars, planets, temperature, stones, shadows, and of course, by mechanical instruments. This wasn't always the case. In the beginning, early cavemen had little reason to care about time, beyond night and day. Eventually, mankind learned that the shado...
