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.........if you dont know it better, you think it is new!
Jan 02, 2019,01:20 AM
Some things are really new, but not to make watches better. They need this for their marketing to create a difference to other brands.
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We've seen advances in case and movement metallurgy
By: cazalea : January 1st, 2019-15:38
Maybe this isn't directly related to timekeeping, but specifically from Hublot, Urwerk and Richard Mille - seems like every few months there's a new gold, or crystal, or ionized titanium or whatever. In addition there are struts and cushions and isolating...
My post was half tongue-in-cheek, Mitch . . .
By: Dr No : January 1st, 2019-17:38
. . . as I've another identical Omega reference with the same obscure movement that doesn't run nearly as well. Who knows how long this freshly serviced movement will hold its adjustment? It's not even protected from shock - one good whack and it could be...
Thanks Art. All is well. HNY buddy.
By: Mitch K : January 1st, 2019-17:44
Certainly there is a matter of degree. The difference tolerances between watches and pocket watches is very significant in and of themselves and should not be minimized in significance but was thinking of complications. Your mention of shock resistance ch...
A good thought-provoking post, Mitch! [nt]
By: Bounce781 : January 1st, 2019-16:09
A great way to kick off the new year! A few innovations came to my mind: the magnetic pivot Breguet developed in 2010; first presented in Reference 7727 original oscillator in Zenith Defyn 21 Lab (2018) constant force escapement from GP (2013) I'll keep t...
I think Ludwig is the Colin Chapman of watches
By: cazalea : January 1st, 2019-21:09
“Simplify and add lightness” as exemplified by how he added complications but reduced parts counts in the MIH and Ochs & Jr watches. Maybe Seiko’s Spring Drive should get an honorable mention. Mike
First electric watch was the Hamilton 500 on Jan 3, 1957
By: cazalea : January 2nd, 2019-06:26
So 60 years ago batteries finally developed to the point they were reliable & powerful enough. Then in 1960 we got the Bulova Accutron, the first electric tuning-fork watch. Nine years thereafter, Christmas Day 1969, the Seiko Astron 35SQ arrived - th...
https://www.instagram.com/p/BsDSd_cC4cF/
By: cory : January 1st, 2019-21:22
Click through to the link above and watch. It's hard to tell but it does look like it will be technologically different and innovative as always is UN.
I too am not convinced.
By: cory : January 1st, 2019-23:03
I am in marketing everyday and have been for 20 years... but I’m not a guru It does not stop me from loving the Freak timepieces.
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By: donizetti : January 2nd, 2019-03:02
I see now this has been mentioned above ... apologies. At least we agree! Best Andreas
Mitch, interesting post, thanks for starting the conversation.
By: Jay (Eire) : January 2nd, 2019-04:20
For me, the first thing I think about when someone says innovation in the watch world (in my collecting time) is really materials, and mostly case materials. I would think these innovations are in many ways the easiest "sell" for the watch brands to the m...
Hardly any advancement has been made!
By: Arie - Mr Orange : January 2nd, 2019-06:54
If we take a look at Patek Philippe’s Advanced Research we learn that their greatest achievement thus far is a rate of -1 to +2 seconds per 24 hours. So +/- 3 seconds a day. If Seiko already did that almost 50 years ago (!!!) we can safely assume no more ...
Apologies for the diversion. Re Grubel Forsey and others
By: Jay (Eire) : January 2nd, 2019-08:57
I was thinking of GF specifically when I commented about Grand Seiko’s cost 50 years ago relative to the average salaried government employee. Their quest for accuracy / consistency was aimed at the general market (for fine mechanical watchmaking) while G...
Omega's METAS construction and testing
By: Rock1 : January 2nd, 2019-05:39
The challenge with pocket watches was gravity and the watch remaining in the same position throughout the day. Breguet tackled that with the tourbillon. Mitch you're correct that highly-accurate mechanical watches aren't groundbreaking. Both my FPJ chrono...
Jaeger LeCoutre's...
By: elliot55 : January 2nd, 2019-08:11
... Duometre. My two cents. Happy New Year. - Scott
I Do Believe The...
By: elliot55 : January 3rd, 2019-09:03
... Dual Wing concept is a new way of thinking. Sure, many watches have had "dual" barrels, but never with two separate power supplies. Not that I'm aware of, anyway. - Scott