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March 16, 2016

Rebuilding a TAG Heuer 1000 Submariner Diver

TAG Heuer Watches, Watch History, Watches

Sometimes even a blind squirrel finds a nut. I was wandering around an antiques dealer in Buffalo, NY last summer and happened upon TAG Heuer 1000 Submariner Diver watch for $25. So, that happened. I sat on it for a while, but once I moved down to Miami I decided I was going to find out if we could make it run. I had the repairs team here pry it open and have a look. Not surprisingly, the gasket was shot, since the watch is somewhere around thirty years old. So we replaced that. TAG makes a great watch though,…

March 7, 2016

Timepieces 101…

Automatic Watches, brand name watches, Certified Chronometers, Chronographs, divers watches, Men's watches, Oversized watches, Swiss Watches, Watch History, Watch Trends, Water-Resistant Watches

Buying a watch can be a rather intimidating and baffling experience, perhaps even more challenging for some of us than purchasing an automobile or even a house. With similar terms such as chronograph and chronometer to consider, not to mention trying to comprehend the difference between automatic, mechanical and quartz movements inside and the different levels of water-resistance, there’s a lot to ponder over for new watch buyers and numerous avid watch collectors alike. The new Knowledge Center at WorldofWatches.com answers many of the questions both new watch buyers and seasoned collectors may have. There are sections on the Inside…

March 2, 2016

Join The GMT Movement!

Automatic Watches, Breitling watches, Certified Chronometers, Chronographs, GMT Watches, Invicta, Men's watches, Swiss Watches, Watch History

Before first glancing at a GMT Watch you may think that the timepiece has something to do with either Formula 1 auto-racing or the GMT games. Although the three initials are the same, a GMT watch has very little to do with either activity. A GMT Watch is a timepiece with an independent hour hand that offers dual time-zone functionality and may be set to the Greenwich Mean Time from which it is named. Greenwich Mean Time is the solar mean time at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich England. The Royal Observatory’s solar mean time has served as a global…

February 1, 2016

Out-Of-The-Pocket Time

Automatic Watches, Bulova Watches, Men's watch brands, Men's watches, Watch History

Jeans make up a good portion of everyone’s wardrobe. From popular styles from Levis and Wrangler to designer brands Diesel, For All Mankind and Lucky to higher-end luxury designs from Ralph Lauren Black Label, Gucci and Hugo Boss, five-pocket jeans are a fashion mainstay. Levi Strauss introduced the first pair of jeans in the late 1870’s, featuring a silhouette in blue cotton denim and four pockets: two front pockets, one back pocket and a small pocket above the right hand front pocket. In 1905, Levi Strauss added a second back pocket and five pocket jeans have become the standard ever…

January 25, 2016

88 Rue Du Rhone Time…

88 Rue Du Rhone Watches, Automatic Watches, Diamond Watches, Men's watches, Raymond Weil Watches, Swiss Watches, Watch History, women's watches

High-end luxury brands and designers often name a product after a street address or location where they started. Chanel’s 31 Rue Cambon fragrance is named for the Paris address where Coco Chanel opened her first store. Hermès 24 Faubourg fragrance is named for the 24 Faubourg Saint Honoré address where the brand’s founder Charles Hermès set-up shop in 1880. Prominent British men’s clothier Savile Row is named for the tawny street in the Mayfair section of central London. New luxury watchmaker 88 Rue Du Rhone is inspired by the prestigious street in Geneva, Switzerland, where many luxury retailers are based.…

January 15, 2016

Flashback 1996: WorldofWatches.com Starts An Online Revolution

Automatic Watches, Men's watches, Movado Watches, Omega Watches, Sport Watches, TAG Heuer Watches, Watch History, women's watches

Flashback 1996: Americans were tuned into watching ER, Seinfeld and Friends on TV. Independence Day, Twister and Mission Impossible were the popular films in movie theaters and Macarena was the top song on the radio. Online shopping was new and revolutionary at the time and many Americans still did not even have personal computers in their homes and relied on computers at work for online surfing and shopping. 1996 marks the year of the origin of WorldofWatches.com, a revolutionary site in both the worlds of retail and timepieces. Numerous retailers at the time barely had an online presence, not to…

January 7, 2016

Happy 20th Birthday WorldofWatches.com!

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We forgot our own birthday… Sad, but yes, this actually did happen. And honestly, we’d rather forget our own birthday, than remember it …and have everyone around us forget. But we’re over it now and ready to celebrate because after a few days of digging, it turns out we’re turning 20! That’s right we’re officially one of those awesome twenty-somethings everyone loves. We’re so excited to be entering this risk-taking, young, wild & free phase of our life on the internet. Feeling super pumped like Debbie in that scene from Knocked Up: “I’ve had about three RedBulls in the last 15 minutes and I feel fabulous! We’re going to create…

October 21, 2015

Innovative TechnoMarine Time

brand name watches, Chronographs, TechnoMarine, Watch History, Watch Trends, women's watches

When it comes to being influential in the watch industry, TechnoMarine started a horological revolution the beginning of the Century which is still very popular today. Prior to this duration of time, women’s wristwatches were extremely diminutive in size and chronograph watches were considered just for men. In the very late 1990’s TechnoMarine introduced a line of chronograph watches, named the Techno Diamond Chronographs, designed and created expressly for women with generously oversized stainless steel cases, measuring 39mm or more in diameter. The innovative chronographs also featured sparkling unidirectional rotating bezels with rows of inlaid round-cut diamonds and exceptional carat…

July 21, 2015

Pace-Setting Chronographs!

Bulova Watches, Chronographs, Watch History, watches for men

Chronographs are among the most popular and sought-after watches in the world today. Prominent watchmakers from TAG Heuer, Ebel, Rolex, Omega and Cartier to Invicta, Swiss Legend, Michael Kors and Casio all feature an impressive selection of men’s and women’s chronographs in their assortments. Chronographs are characterized by the independent stop-watch and display watch functions on a dial that are normally featured on a separate subdial window. The Chronograph name comes from the Greek terms for time: “chronos” and writing: “graph.” The term today is interpreted more about the recording of time and not writing. Although a timepiece may have…

July 17, 2015

Innovative Ingersoll Time

American watch brands, Automatic Watches, Ingersoll, Men's watches, Watch History

Ingersoll Watches are true American time-keeping legends. Founded by brothers Robert and Charles Ingersoll in 1892 in New York, NY the brand introduced the first automated produced watches in 1896 at the retail selling price of one dollar, which was a day’s wages at the time. Ingersoll’s “Yankee” or “Dollar” pocket watch was immediately popular in the United States and across the globe with over 1 million watches produced immediately thereafter. Legend has it when US President Theodore Roosevelt was on a hunting safari in Africa, he was described as the man from the country where Ingersoll watches were produced…