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Audemars Piguet Huitieme Chronograph: Tantalum and Gold

March 18, 2014 By Stephen Leave a Comment

Exotic materials are fairly common in modern watches, with most manufacturers augmenting their lineup of stainless steel and gold cases with titanium, platinum, and ceramic today. But what about really-unusual materials like rhodium and even tantalum? Yes! Many manufacturers have used these materials, though they’re certainly not common…

Filed Under: Grails Tagged With: Audemars Piguet, Audemars Piguet Huitieme, Audemars Piguet Huitieme Chronograph, Calibre 889, Dubois Dépraz, Huitieme, Jaeger-LeCoultre, tantalum

Longines Quartz-Chron with Beta 21 movement

February 11, 2014 By Stephen Leave a Comment

Not everyone is into quartz watches. That’s understandable. But anyone who appreciates history and technology would be interested in the story of the first quartz watch. At the end of the 1960’s, which itself was something of a golden era for mechanical watches, two competitors raced to bring quartz clock technology to the wrist: Seiko won and came to dominate the market with low priced models.

Filed Under: Grails Tagged With: Beta 21, Longines Quartz-Chron, quartz

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