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The great success of luxury mechanical watches, with their prices peaking during the past year, also has downsides, one of which is that watches are small and valuable, and there is no easy way to establish their legitimate provenance. In short, they are ideal items to be stolen! Can anything be done to defend against these crimes? The answer is yes: it only takes a few steps to secure one's beloved timepieces and safety. So let's check together how!

The watch is an element that makes up our look. Men find in watches the possibility to complete their style. If you have a passion for watchmaking and like to groom your personal style, a beautiful watch can be an essential element that will help you stand out.

Sellita vs ETA - What’s the Difference? The most significant difference between ETA and Sellita are that the movements produced by the two companies are equivalent but not identical.

As we shall see today, some 40 years after the 1980s, when ETA began its absolute dominance, the horological world changed radically.
Let's explore the history of this exciting niche in watchmaking together!

Here, you'll find an overview of some of the most popular and admired elements that feature in watches!

Let's almost physically get inside our timepieces and examine one of the most well-known movement manufacturers in the watch universe, namely Sellita. This company is the source of the endless debate Sellita vs. ETA about which is best - so let's go find it out!

When we examine the characteristics of watches, we realize that different terms are often used to indicate how they perform in relation to water - and since fine mechanics and electronics don't have a good relationship with it, we - the wearers - run the risk of nasty surprises. That's why it's helpful to learn for good what water-resistant means and why it's best to avoid taking a watch to the pool, even if it says it's water-resistant to 30 meters!

Cleaning a leather watch band is important to preserve the value and aesthetics of a watch. But luckily, it is also rather simple. Here you will find a few tips on how to clean a leather watch band effortlessly and quickly.

 

Antimagnetic watches have a long history, and magnetism disrupts accuracy. So, in this guide you can discover how watches have evolved in time to counter the effects of magnetism, and why you should not have to worry about it.

The best professional diver's watches must have luminescent hands and markers, and the more bright these are, the better for the diver. However, the substance that was originally used to ensure nighttime visibility was radium, an element that was hazardous to health, especially to those who applied it to watch hands and dials. In time, the watch industry replaced radium with tritium, and eventually, with another material known today by the generic name of "lumen," which is completely safe but less bright in the dark.

Our clocks have undergone significant transformations over the years. Still, one of the most noticeable, especially at night, was the introduction of luminous material-named in various ways but known to all by its Latin name, "lumen." The different kinds of watch lume or lumen have been the protagonists of a fascinating and, in some cases, tragic history, and that has come down to the present day.

Our watches are like us: they have a character, which depends mainly on their dial color and its combination with their accessories, such as bracelets and straps. Of course, each color has its meaning, but horologically speaking, specific colors are more suitable than others for certain occasions. So let's examine this bit of etiquette together!