Fashion is cyclical – trends come and go. What’s in style today will eventually be overtaken by the “next best thing,” possibly returning as fashionable a few decades later. While watches are not nearly as vulnerable to changing tastes as clothes and shoes, there are definitely a few watch designs that were more popular in […]
Chronographs are a popular style of sports watches, and among them, the Panda dial variants are a fan favorite. The Panda dial has been around since the mid-20th Century, during the golden age of motorsport racing, and remains available today on modern watches. But what is a Panda dial, you ask? It’s a dial that’s […]
The 2022 U.S. Open is in full swing at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York. Some of the world’s best tennis players are battling it out on the famed blue courts to claim the fourth and final Grand Slam of the season. While the vast majority of tennis players […]
Many of the design elements that we find stylish on a watch today first came about as a necessary feature. Function becomes form, if you will. Think rotating dive bezels (for tracking immersion times), large hands and hour markers (for better legibility), and oversized crowns (for a better grip with gloves). Another great example is […]
The Watches & Wonders 2022 show just wrapped up, where for the first time in two years, watch industry insiders congregated in person at the Palexpo convention center in Geneva, Switzerland. Over the last week, some of the world’s biggest watch brands unveiled their new timepieces for 2022. With almost 40 brands present, there were […]
Watches come in a wide variety of styles, including sizes, materials, and most importantly, shapes. While the vast majority of watches are round, this is certainly not the only option. Shaped wristwatches became popular in the early 1900s, especially during the Art Deco period. If you’re interested in learning about various timepiece shapes, then this […]
The biggest event of the year in the watch community is the Watches & Wonders Trade Fair. This year’s highly anticipated event, hosted by Fondation de la Haute, took place for the first time ever in two parts. Normally hosted in Geneva’s Palexpo convention center, this year’s Watches and Wonders event was presented both digitally […]
Slated to take place Sunday, April 25, the 2021 Oscars will not be a Zoom cast like so many other recent award shows but will take place at both Union Station in downtown Los Angeles and the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. As we wait for the show, let’s have a closer look at a few […]