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Speedmasters Without the Moonshot: Uncovering the Overlooked Speedmasters

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Speedmasters Without the Moonshot: Uncovering the Overlooked Speedmast...

Venturing beyond the lunar-legend reveals a fascinating array of remarkable non-Moonwatch variants that deserve attention. It’s 1998 and ...

A Guide to Loving Gold

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A Guide to Loving Gold

From Rolex to Omega and all the alloys in between. “This is gold, Mr. Bond. All my life, I’ve been in love with its color… its brilliance...

A Rolex Day-Date In Yellow Gold, With Carnelian Dial

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A Rolex Day-Date In Yellow Gold, With Carnelian Dial

A modern Day-Date with old-school appeal. A Watch A Week has been on something of a complications binge lately and you would think lookin...

Stop Wearing Stainless Steel

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Stop Wearing Stainless Steel

As the end of summer approaches, allow me to offer some belated advice. This summer has been, in a word, hot. Very, very hot. In fact, it...

The Inbox: Rolex Service Intervals, Innovation In Watchmaking, And The Cost Of Craftsmanship

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The Inbox: Rolex Service Intervals, Innovation In Watchmaking, And The...

Welcome to the WatchBox Inbox, where we answer questions sent to us by the WatchBox community. This week, we’re looking at how to store w...

Please, Wear Your Watch

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Please, Wear Your Watch

From the kitchen to the mountain, your watch can take it. Last week, on July 27, 2023, Kristin Harila summited K2 and, in doing so, stamp...

I Love the 90s, and You Should Too

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I Love the 90s, and You Should Too

An Underappreciated Era Revisited: Part I This is the first in a multi-part series on the lasting impact of the 1990s on the watch indust...

WatchBox Inbox: Getting Started, Too Many Rolex, And More On Water Resistance

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WatchBox Inbox: Getting Started, Too Many Rolex, And More On Water Res...

Welcome to the WatchBox Inbox, where we answer questions sent to us by the WatchBox community. This week, we’re looking at how to start o...

The Rolex Yacht-Master II: No Yacht Required

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The Rolex Yacht-Master II: No Yacht Required

Secrets of the second most complicated Rolex. Rolex as a rule, does not make complicated watches, or at least it doesn’t make any w...

The Bombshell Vs. the Bomb: Barbie and Oppenheimer

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The Bombshell Vs. the Bomb: Barbie and Oppenheimer

When worlds collide and atoms split, there’s only one thing to do — talk watches. There are moments in history that are clear dividing li...

The Rolex Standard

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The Rolex Standard

No matter the question, Rolex is the answer. Mickey Mouse. Coca-Cola. The Olympics. There are few names in the world as recognizable as t...

The Many Watches of Wimbledon 2023

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The Many Watches of Wimbledon 2023

What would you wear to win the world’s most famous tennis tournament? As I sit and finish writing this story, I am struck by an abiding s...

The Girard-Perregaux Constant Escapement, An Invention That Started At Rolex

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The Girard-Perregaux Constant Escapement, An Invention That Started At...

Truth is stranger than fiction. For this week’s installment of A Watch A Week, we have something almost never seen in modern horolo...

WatchBox Inbox: Safe Storage, Regulating A Watch, And The Realities Of Maintenance

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WatchBox Inbox: Safe Storage, Regulating A Watch, And The Realities Of...

Welcome to the WatchBox Inbox, where we answer questions sent to us by the WatchBox community. This week, we’re looking at how to s...

Taking Sides: The Best James Bond Watch Is Not The Omega Seamaster

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Taking Sides: The Best James Bond Watch Is Not The Omega Seamaster

Come at me, bro. June 27 marks the 50th anniversary of the release of “Live and Let Die,” Roger Moore’s first appearanc...

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Limited Addiction: The Best of Limited Editions

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Limited Addiction: The Best of Limited Editions

Let’s face it, acquiring a watch that only a select few others will own is always an appealing proposition. We live in an industry satura...

8 Things to Know About IWC

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8 Things to Know About IWC

There’s a lot we all know about the beloved International Watch Company. Famed for their iconic pilot’s watch collection, the longstandin...

The Power of Necessity | Innovation in Watchmaking

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The Power of Necessity | Innovation in Watchmaking

As the world remains at home, we are forced to come together—remotely, of course—to find a new way to work and solve novel problems. The ...