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Seiko Launches New Ananta Collection
Seiko has announced a new collection of watches called Ananta at BaselWorld 2009. It's going to be a high-end collection of luxury timepieces with Spring Drive and high-grade mechanical movements. These feature three mechanical calibers, two of which are new. The 28800 vph mechanical movements are the first with the ‘watch for […]
Are Personal Atomic Clocks in Our Future?
New research into the design of atomic clocks might make it possible to shrink them down to a much more reasonable size. They are currently the size of refrigerator. It seems inevitable that one day real atomic clocks will be small enough to place inside a watch. So instead of merely syncing […]
Montana Watch Company CEO Interview
When you think of Montana, most people think of trout streams, the Rocky Mountains, and cowboys but not watch-making. But the Montana Watch Company and its subsidiary, the Rocky Mountain Watch Company, the brainchildren of founder Jeffrey Nashan are American watch companies. The American Heritage Forum on Watch Talk World recently completed an interview with […]
Secret Message in Abraham Lincoln's Watch
A hidden message has been found inside President Abraham Lincoln's pocket watch. He had purchased this gold watch during the 1850s in Springfield, Ill. On the day the Civil War started, this watch was in the hands of a Washington D.C. watchmaker named Jonathan Dillon for repairs. Without the president knowing, on […]
New Book on Seiko Watches (In Japanese)
Tokunaga Ikuo has published a new comprehensive book on Seiko watches. It's available from Amazon.com in Japan for about $29 USD. The title roughly translates to "Seiko Watches developing special story - a secret hidden in the special technology professionals Seiko Watches". It's available now, but unless you can read Japanese, you'll […]
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