Hidden Inscription Inside President Lincoln’s Pocket Watch
Did you know that there was a secret engraving in Abraham Lincoln’s pocket watch? On April 13th, 1861, watchmaker Jonathan Dillon was repairing President Lincoln’s pocket watch when
The History of Swiss Watchmaking
When John Calvin banned the manufacture of jewelry in Geneva during the mid-16th century, that moment was the catalyst for both an economic and cultural shift in Switzerland.
The Watches that Conquered Mount Everest
It will forever remain a mystery as to what watch Sir Edmund Hillary wore on his wrist when he reached the top of Mount Everest on the 29th
The History of the Chronograph
The History of the Chronograph Ask three different watch collectors who produced the world’s first automatic chronograph, and you’ll receive three different answers. Some will insist it was Zenith,
The OMEGA That Saved Apollo 13
OMEGA Watches & Apollo 13 The gripping story of the Apollo 13 mission is not just a historic moment in American space exploration. It’s also an abiding testament to
The Carrera: The Race, The Watch, The Icon
It only took five years for the Carrera Panamericana to establish itself as one of the world’s most exciting and deadly races. From 1950 to 1954, the Carrera Panamericana
Racing & Watches: A History
The sport of motor racing and the watch industry has a deep and longstanding history together. Motorsports are dependent on highly accurate timekeeping to track each driver’s performance
A Piece of the Past: The History of Chinese Caliber Watches
In the early 1600’s, a man named Matteo Ricci traveled to the court of Chinese Emperor Wanli. Ricci had mastered the emperor’s native language, Mandarin, and brought him
The Longines That Went to War
Regardless of its position in the market today, the Longines of old was really something, and there's little dispute about the fact that the company has made some
A Pilot Watch Primer
This story of ours was originally featured over on the Huckberry Journal. Legend has is it that Alberto Santos-Dumont–one of the first men to fly in a fixed-wing aircraft–was
1953: The Year of the Dive Watch
We previously covered the origins of the dive watch in Part One, but, despite its beginnings, when exactly did the dive watch truly enter into the public consciousness,
The Dive Watch: Origins
The Dive Watch: Origins In diving, it used to be that having a reliable watch could be the difference between life and death. It was a device that could
