Every Watch has a Story This Girard Perregaux World Time WW.TC USA 76 Chronograph 49800 was a special BMW Oracle limited edition model that was released for the 32nd America's Cup race in 2007. Girard-Perregaux watch making can be traced back to 1791 in Geneva founded by Jean-François Bautte. The company was later acquired by... Continue Reading →
Every Watch has a Story EPOS is a relatively small independent Swiss watch company based in Lengnau that has its roots dating back to 1925 in watchmaking. However, the EPOS watch brand was only established in 1983 with the establishment of the company Montres EPOS SA. Compared to other Swiss watch brands, EPOS is relatively... Continue Reading →
ORIS Wrist Alarm 420-7387 ORIS Worldtimer 690-7485-4064 ORIS Artelier Translucent Skeleton01 734 7684 4051-07 5 21 70FC ORIS Artix Date Chronometer 01 737 7642 4071-07 8 21 80 ORIS B7460 Tonneau Pointer Date Moonphase Oris Big Crown BC3 35mm Day Date 635 7501 4165 ORIS BC4 Small Second Pointer Day01 645 7617 4154 Background My... Continue Reading →
Internet watch forums and blogs and YouTube have definitely been the greatest influence as well as my main knowledgebase resource, supplemented with talking to other watch collectors mainly from Carousell. There are too many watch blogs and forums to list here but I will typically list my references in my Review and Gallery posts. However... Continue Reading →
Every Watch has a Story For the average watch geek, Zenith is first associated with the famous El Primero, the world's first integrated automatic chronograph movement in 1969 and still used in modern Zenith watches today. The Zenith Pilot is often associated with the modern day Zenith Pilot Type 20 watch which draws its heritage... Continue Reading →
Firstly, Praise and Thanks be to God who has blessed and provided generously through the years to make this hobby possible and also provided wisdom on watch purchases. This page shares my thoughts on how my interest in watches evolved from being primarily a necessary utility tool to tell time and as a wake me... Continue Reading →
History and Background Based on Orient's official website, Orient Watch Co was established in 1951. However, Orient USA's watch blog tells us that Orient watches roots date back to 1901 as the Yoshida Watch Shop, whose founder is a gentleman by the name of Shogoro Yoshida. From humble beginnings of importing and selling watches in... Continue Reading →
Collection of Seiko Watches and Clocks, Vintage to Modern, Mechanical, Kinetic, and Quartz, Grand Seiko, Seiko Credor, Seiko, & Seikosha History Most people who are not in the watch-collecting community will probably associate Seiko with good quality, affordable and reliable Japanese Quartz watches. It was not until I started reading about Seiko's rich watch and... Continue Reading →
Every Watch has a Story This watch is one of my earliest additions in my journey of watch collecting. This watch was released in 2008 and the first owner bought it in 2010 before selling it to me on Carousell in July 2016. This was one of those impulse buys (except that I have zero... Continue Reading →
Perfect everyday post COVID "Back to Office" watch - easy pairing with most of my shirts Every Watch has a Story I was on the hunt to acquire a reasonably priced bi-compax chronograph preferably with a classic or vintage aesthetic. On my original shortlist was the 1990's Omega Dynamic Chronograph 5240.5000 but finding one in... Continue Reading →
FACES of TIME MUSEUM - Watches, Clocks, Stamps, Coins and other Collectibles 