Information For Watch Lovers

It’s Reward Time!

Customer rewards programs have been popular for decades. In 1981 American Airlines offered a frequent flyer program to its loyal customers offering incentives such as upgrades and even free round trip travel to customers accumulating miles each time they flew on their airline. More than 100 million Americans today are members of airline loyalty programs with American Airlines and other top domestic air carriers. The loyalty program concept was soon adapted by other members in the travel industry as well with many major hotel chains and car rental companies offering their own loyalty programs too. Today popular companies from Starbucks,…

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Look At What $199.99 Buys You!

Watches For $200

These days $200 can buy you a night’s lodging at a three-star hotel in a good number of popular urban cities across the United States. You can probably spend well over $200 for a romantic dinner for two, complete with appetizers, entrees, desert and a bottle of wine at a high-end restaurant. Concert tickets for popular entertainers Kenny Chesney, The Who, U2, Bob Seger, Neil Diamond, Taylor Swift, Maroon 5 and Fleetwood Mac cost as the very least $200 and that is for lower level seating far away from the stage. If you are visiting New York City, you can…

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Precise Golf Time-Keepers

All eyes in the world of golf are on the PGA Championship taking place this weekend at the Whistling Straits golf course in Kohler, Wisconsin. The tournament one of the four major championships in professional golf is the final major event of golf season and one of the most lucrative as well with a purse of $10 million. Last year’s champion Rory Mcllroy of Ireland, the current number one-ranked golf pro is teeing off this weekend against American player Jordan Spieth, the current number two ranked golf pro in the tournament. Spieth, who has already won both the Master’s and…

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Watches You’ll Be All Wound-Up About!

Automatic timepieces have long held a revered place in time-keeping history for their precision craftsmanship and intricate movement inside. Whether it is Swiss-made or crafted in other regions around the globe, an automatic watch features a built-in mainspring mechanism inside that windsa automatically from the natural motion of the user’s arm and provides energy to run the watch. Unlike mechanical watches, which can only be powered by manual winding, automatic timepieces are powered by the motion of the wrist and manual self-winding as well. However, many watch collectors who have automatic timepieces in their collections choose watch winders to keep their…

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Go Stress-Free!

In today’s high-speed, fast-paced world many Americans are seeking new ways to reduce stress and find solace in their everyday lives. Many are enlisting in stress management courses, others are enrolling in yoga and meditation classes to help find inner peace. Certainly engaging in a daily exercise regimen will help you manage stress, as well as reducing your intake of alcohol, smoking and junk food, all of which may contribute to poorer health and may create less well being in the overall outcome. Popular online retailer WorldofWatches.com is offering another way to reduce stress with their Go Stress Free promotion…

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What Are You Searching For?

Like it or not we are a nation obsessed with statistics, rankings and polls. Whether it is the top grossing movies and highest ranking TV programs of the week or the political candidate who is tops in the polls, all are deemed “newsworthy” and are widely discussed on  numerous news channels, not to mention everyday conversations. Popularity and best-sellers lists are not exclusive to just movies, TV programs and politicians. Many online retailers feature them daily on their sites on everything from books and recordings to apparel, fragrance and handbags. This week, popular online retailer WorldofWatches.com is offering their Top Searched…

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Celebrated Swiss-Made Time

When it comes to highly sought after items in the luxury sector, a select few European countries are highly regarded and world renowned for their fine exports. France is the leader in wine, champagne, fragrances and cosmetics. Germany and Italy are the front-runners in automobiles, while Switzerland is the leader in clocks and wristwatches. It’s not surprising that Switzerland is the leader in premium crafted wristwatches, since many of the world’s leading watchmakers are headquartered in Switzerland, where the art of watchmaking has become a centuries-old tradition since the 1800’s when the nation gained worldwide supremacy in the production of…

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Pace-Setting Chronographs!

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…

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Innovative Ingersoll Time

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…

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Get Ready To Be Wowed!

When it comes to annual sales event, Harrods one of the most prestigious and prominent names in retail knows how to put on a sale. To kick off their Annual Winter sale, which took place on Boxer Day or December 26th 2014, the day after Christmas, Harrods rolled out a red carpet at the entrances of their London flagship store. Customers waiting outside to shop the event were treated to hot chocolate, mince pieces and pastries while they were entertained by a string quartet and dancers. And blankets were provided to keep the guests warm before going inside. The sales…

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