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June 13, 2016

Watch Collection Essentials: Affordable Diver’s Watches…

Automatic Watches, Bulova Watches, Chronographs, divers watches, Invicta, Men's watches, Swiss Legend, Swiss Watches, TechnoMarine, Water-Resistant Watches

With the 2016 Summer season officially kicking-off next week on June 20th and millions of Americans planning deep-sea diving vacations, we’re focusing on affordable diver’s watch essentials under $500 for your timepiece collection. A true diver’s watch should be water-resistant to 200 meters or more and feature both a screw-down crown and case back to ensure that no water or moisture enters the inner chamber of the watch. The watch case and band material should be impervious to salt water to not rust or corrode. Both stainless steel and titanium are excellent metal choices, while rubber and silicone are excellent strap materials for…

June 9, 2016

Watch Collection Essentials: Pilot Watches

Automatic Watches, Breitling watches, Cartier Watches, Chronographs, Citizen Watches, IWC Watches, Men's watches, Pilot Watches, Solar Powered Watches

A Pilot watch is another timepiece essential to consider for your collection. Pilot watches have long been associated with precision timepieces since the very origin of men’s wristwatches in 1904, when jeweler and watchmaker Louis Cartier designed a timepiece for colleague Alberto Santos-Dumont to wear on his wrist while flying. Pocket watches were favored by men at the time, yet were too cumbersome to use when flying in a single engine plane. The first Cartier Santos wristwatch featured a square-shaped case with rounded edges on the lugs and a leather strap that comfortably fit on the wrist. Santos-Dumont always wore the…

June 7, 2016

Fashionable Armani Exchange Time…

Armani Exchange, Chronographs, Fashion Watches, Men's watches, women's watches

When it comes to prominent Italian fashion designers, Giorgio Armani is easily one the most successful and influential around. Armani started his fashion empire in 1975 with a ready-to-wear men’s apparel line. A year later he introduced a collection women. Both collections offered clean tailored lines with architectural design influence. The designer was catapulted to worldwide popularity 1980, when his tailored men’s suits were worn by actor Richard Gere in the film American Gigolo. Several years later in 1984, Armani outfitted actors Don Johnson and Phillip Michael Thomas in the highly visual television series Miami Vice. Armani soon became one of the most-sought…

June 2, 2016

Honk If You Love Watches

Chronographs, Invicta, Men's watches, Porsche Design Watchs, Racing Inspired Watches, Red Line Watches, Watches

Growing up with my self-made mechanic dad, I always helped him out with fixing our family’s cars… from changing burned-out signal lights to the replacing the calipers on the brakes. This is why I now have a great appreciation for automotive designs and accessories inspired by this world. Over the past couple of years working here at WorldofWatches.com, I’ve come across some really cool watches that I keep in mind for future gifts for my dad, especially for Father’s Day, which is fast approaching (trust me, it’ll get here sooner than you think). Red Line has a great choice of sporty styles that guys with…

May 31, 2016

Cartier: The Royal Choice…

Automatic Watches, Cartier Watches, divers watches, Gold Watches, Men's watches, Swiss Watches, women's watches

When it comes to pre-eminent jewelers and watchmakers, prestigious French master jeweler Cartier has long been associated with royalty. The brand was the choice of King Edward VII of England to create jewels for his coronation in 1907. King Edward is quoted as saying that Cartier was the “Jeweler of kings and the king of jewelers.” The brand was also the top choice of Czar Nicolas II of Russia, King Carlos I of Spain and Napolean III of France. Cartier was specially commissioned in 1933 by the Pasha of Marrakech to create a timepiece that could be worn while swimming.…

May 26, 2016

GMT Time Essentials

Automatic Watches, Breitling watches, Chronographs, Corum Watches, GMT Watches, Graham Watches, Lucien Piccard Watches, Men's watches

A GMT timepiece is another essential to consider having in your watch collection. It is a timepiece with an independent hour hand that offers dual time-zone functionality and may be set to the Greenwich Meantime from which it is named. Greenwich Meantime is the highly-accurate solar mean time displayed at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich England. Since it was first instituted at the International Meridian Conference in 1884, the Observatory’s solar mean time has served as the global time standard for over 130 years. The Observatory’s GMT clock is highly-regarded throughout the globe for its time-keeping accuracy. It also is used as a reference…

May 23, 2016

Father’s Day Gift Picks!

Automatic Watches, Certified Chronometers, Chronographs, Father's Day Watches, Maurice Lacriox, Men's watches, Omega Watches, Pre-Owned Watches, Rolex Watches, Swiss Legend Watches, Swiss Watches

Father’s Day has been a nationally celebrated holiday in the United States since 1966, when President Lyndon Johnson issued the first Presidential proclamation to honor fathers annually on the third Sunday in June. President Richard Nixon signed the holiday into national law six years later in 1972. Like many other national holidays designated on a particular time annually, such as Mother’s Day, Memorial Day, Labor Day Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Presidents’ Day, Father’s Day, does not occur on the same date each year and this year Father’s Day takes place on June 19th. At WorldofWatches.com we make shopping…

May 19, 2016

Watch Collection Essentials: Mechanical Timepieces

Eterna Watches, Invicta, IWC Watches, Maurice Lacriox, Mechanical Watches, Men's watches, Watches

For generations mechanical wristwatches have been highly regarded in the world of horology for their meticulous craftsmanship, intricate movements and time-honored design. If you’re a serious watch collector you should consider having a mechanical timepiece in your collection. Mechanical movement timepieces have been around since the very introduction of time-keeping devices in the early 17th Century. Numerous watch collectors today prize mechanical watches for their Old World craftsmanship and artistry, bespoke movements and premium quality. Mechanical watches have a spring-driven mechanism inside and are powered by a series of gears oscillating back and forth at a constant rate. Unlike self-wound…

May 17, 2016

One Last Spring Fling…

Chronographs, Designer Sunglasses, Designer Watches, Invicta, Tod's, Tom Ford, Versus Watches

If you’re like most residents in the Midwest, Central and Northern regions of the United States, summer will not get here soon enough. With weather this past weekend reaching record lows of 30 degrees in Ohio, 40 degrees in Newark, New Jersey and 23 degrees in North Dakota, not to mention snow flurries in Ohio, New York, Pennsylvania and Michigan…warmer balmy summer temperatures will be a welcome sight. WorldofWatches.com is offering the One Last Spring Fling Event this week with blazing-hot prices on our top-selling watch and sunglasses styles certain to put you in a summer state of mind, if…

May 12, 2016

Watch Collection Essentials: Sport Watches

Automatic Watches, Breitling watches, Chronographs, Maurice Lacriox, Men's watches, Oris Watches, Sport Watches, TAG Heuer Watches

A sport watch is perhaps one the most popular styles of wristwatches for both men and women today… and it is a consummate time-keeping essential for your watch collection. Whether your activity of choice is running, hiking, swimming, basketball, aerobics or boating, you’ll want a durable and rugged timepiece able to withstand the pressures of your workout that also looks great on your wrist. A watch that can take you from work-outs at the gym to business casual days at work. There are several elements to consider when purchasing a new sport watch. First and foremost, the case and band should…