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July 14, 2016

Watch Out! WOW TV Sneak Preview For July 16th & 17th

Automatic Watches, Breitling watches, Chronographs, divers watches, Hamilton Watches, Ingersoll, Lucien Piccard Watches, Men's watches, Swiss Legend Watches, Swiss Watches, Tissot Watches, Watches, women's watches

WorldofWatches TV is going all out this weekend with three hours of non-stop deals on today’s top watches, all with five to six stress-free payments too. What’s more WorldofWatches TV is now streaming live on Facebook in addition to airing Saturday and Sunday evenings at 6:00 pm EST on DirectTV, as well as also streaming on Youtube and WorldofWatches.com/wowtv. Diving and Diving Inspired watches kick-off the first hour of the program both nights and popular men’s and women’s watches from Tissot, Swiss Legend, Invcita and more will be featured. Skeleton and Automatic watches will be highlighted during the second hour…

July 14, 2016

Watch Collection Essentials: French Watches For Bastille Day

Automatic Watches, Bastille Day Watches, Cartier Watches, Ceramic Watches, Chanel Watches, Christian Dior Watches, Chronographs, Diamond Watches, Fashion Watches, Gold Watches, Men's watches, Watches, women's watches

In honor of Bastille Day, the French national holiday celebrating the storming of the Bastille on July 14, in 1789, our Watch Collection essentials today is focusing on prestigious French wristwatches. From fine wine and champagne to trend-setting women’s and men’s designer fashions along with fine fragrances, the French are highly regarded around the world for a wide array of luxury imports. Although the Swiss are noted for their premium crafted timepieces, several French watch brands hold prominence in the world of horology: Cartier, Chanel and Christian Dior. Interestingly, each of these highly regarded French watchmakers originated in France and each still has headquarters…

July 11, 2016

Swiss Legend Summer Classics…

Automatic Watches, Ceramic Watches, Chronographs, Fashion Watches, Men's watches, Swiss Legend, Swiss Legend Watches, Swiss Watches, Water-Resistant Watches, women's watches

Swiss Legend watches are by far one of our most popular brands at WorldofWatches.com. The brand’s innovative style and premium craftsmanship, along with bold and dynamic characteristics have captivated the imaginations and emboldened the wrists of our customers for years. From strapping chronographs and sporty automatic watches for men to on-trend fashion models and dazzling diamond watches for women, Swiss Legend has a watch for every taste and occasion. The brand is highlighted this week at WorldofWatches.com with our Swiss Legends Classics Event. Over 140 styles are featured in the promotion, including popular models from the Neptune, Expedition, Commander, Trimix Diver…

July 7, 2016

Watch Collection Essentials: Racing Inspired Watches

Automatic Watches, Chronographs, Luminox Watches, Men's watches, MOMO Design Watches, Porsche Design Watchs, Racing Inspired Watches, Tissot Watches

For decades the worlds of high-speed auto racing and horology have shared a long and successful association. Many of the world’s top-watchmakers, including TAG Heuer and Rolex have not only featured collections inspired by fast-paced touring cars and prominent racing competitions, they have also sponsored many of these prestigious racing competitions too. TAG Heuer has long been associated with automobiles and auto racing. The brand’s founder Edouard Heuer received a patent in 1911 for his Time of Trip dashboard chronograph, which was used in automobiles to measure the time and duration of a trip. Heuer went on to become the…

July 6, 2016

Diamond Watches Are A Girl’s Best Friends…

Diamond Watches, Fashion Watches, Quartz Watches, Swiss Legend Watches, Swiss Watches, Watch Trends, women's watches

The popular phrase diamonds are a girl’s best friend dates back to the song of the same name written for the 1949 Broadway musical Gentleman Prefer Blondes and was later presented and immortalized in the 1953 film version of the show by Marilyn Monroe. Monroe sang of her desire for sparkling square and pear-shaped diamonds along with diamond baguettes from a man who “gives expensive gifts of jewels” from the likes of Tiffany, Cartier, Black Starr and Harry Winston in the legendary song. This summer, diamonds are once again a girl’s best friend with watchmaker Swiss Legend’s five new watch collections…

June 30, 2016

American Watch Collection Essentials

American watch brands, Caravelle New York Watches, Chronographs, Designer Watches, Invicta, Men's watches, Michael Kors, Sport Watches, Water-Resistant Watches, Wittnauer Watches, women's watches

In celebration of the forthcoming July 4th Holiday Weekend, we’re focusing this week on American watch collection essentials. While almost all American watchmakers have production facilities overseas, many including Invicta, Michael Kors, Caravelle New York and Wittnauer are headquartered in the United States. What’s more, the designs for their watches are all created on American soil. Although Invicta watches reflect a rich heritage of Swiss watch-making, dating back to when the brand was founded in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland during 1837, the watchmaker has been an American based company since the mid 1990’s and is headquartered in Hollywood, FL. Invicta by far…

June 27, 2016

New From Elini Barokas: The Arena Chronograph

Chronographs, Elini Barokas, Fashion Watches, Men's watches, Sport Watches, Watches

The term arena dates back to the Colosseum of Ancient Rome as the central area of this amphitheater, where gladiators fought rugged duels to their death. The term is derived from the Latin word Harena, meaning for a place of combat, originally a fine and smooth sand used to absorb blood that was shed during the gruesome competitions. An arena is defined today as an enclosed area, either oval or circular in shape, used to hold sporting, musical or theatrical events. It is also defined as a sphere or scene of intense activity. The new Elini Barokas Arena Chronograph debuting…

June 23, 2016

Titanium Watch Collection Essentials

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Titanium is by far one of the most popular metals featured in luxury watches today. The metal’s lightweight characteristics, durability and hypoallergenic qualities are factors to consider when selecting a timepiece, not to mention essential elements for your watch collection. Titanium is a relatively new metal that has been used in the craftsmanship of watches for less than twenty-five years and is more desired by many watch collectors than stainless steel and even 14K and 18K gold. In the late 1990’s, Swiss watchmakers TAG Heuer and Breitling were the first to introduce titanium models in their collections. Numerous watchmakers, including…

June 20, 2016

Celebrated Seiko Time…

Automatic Watches, Chronographs, Men's watches, Quartz Watches, Seiko, Solar Powered Watches, Sport Watches, women's watches

Seiko is easily one of the most popular and recognizable watch brands in the world. Founded more than a century ago in the late 1880’s, this Japanese watch brand came into world prominence with the debut of the Grand Seiko automatic watch in 1960. This classic men’s watch offered precision craftsmanship and affordability in comparison to the costly Swiss-made models of its era. In 1969, Seiko introduced the Astron timepiece, the world’s first quartz watch. Several years later, Seiko followed with the first quartz powered chronograph. Seiko is also one of the first watchmakers to introduce digital watches with their six digit dial…

June 16, 2016

Tissot Watches: Always In The Game

Automatic Watches, Chronographs, Men's watches, Tissot Watches, women's watches

Tonight marks Game Five of the NBA Finals with the Cleveland Cavaliers hosting the Golden State Warriors at the Q Arena in Cleveland, OH. The Warriors, the 2015 NBA champions are favored to win this year’s series, which is also a rematch of 2015 series between the two teams. Timing is everything on the court for basketball players and many popular players serve as ambassadors for prominent Swiss watchmakers. Cleveland star player LeBron James is the brand ambassador for Audemars Piquet watches and Carmelo Anthony is the face of IWC Watches. Miami Heat player Dwyane Wade serves as the brand ambassador…