WATCH KNOWLEDGE
Understanding watches
Movements, materials, history, care and buying advice – clearly explained by a watchmaking family since 1993.
Movements & technology
- How does a mechanical watch work?
- Automatic or hand-wound?
- How does an automatic watch store energy?
- How does a quartz watch work?
- How does a solar watch work?
- What are the jewels in a watch movement?
- Power reserve, frequency, amplitude and beat error
- Chronograph, GMT, moon phase and other complications
Materials
- Sapphire, mineral or acrylic crystal?
- Stainless steel 316L, titanium, ceramic and coatings
- Which strap suits me?
Care & service
- What does water resistance mean?
- When does a mechanical watch need a service?
- Watch care: 7 simple rules
- Why wind an automatic watch by hand?