Hermle has a long tradition of making beautiful timepieces – they’ve been at it since 1922. They have a willingness to challenge design and quality standards while still remembering the past. We’ve been happy to sell their clocks for quite some time, but they’ve released a truly spectacular clock that’s...
Hermle Tellurium II 22823-740352
Vostok-Europe Energia Watch Review
We’re quite pleased to bring in a new line of watches produced by Vostock Europe. Vostock Europe is made up of an alliance of Lithuanian and Russian watchmakers aiming to produce watches that celebrate the biggest and the boldest. All of their watches are designed with that theme in mind,...
Tense Watches
Introducing our newest watch brand: Tense watches. There are many wood watch options on the market, but we have hesitated to sell any because of our experience with quality problems. Cheap wood watches are prone to break and leak, are difficult to adjust to size without damaging the bracelet, and...
Hermle 23047-080762 Review
We’re pleased to announce that Hermle Clock Company has released a new catalogue, and it’s full of brand new designs. Today, we’ll be showing you one of their newly introduced table clocks; one that is created for the person who appreciates fine workmanship and mechanical design. It’s conservatively sized, standing only seven...
Casio EQB-500 Bluetooth Watch Review
Today, we'll be reviewing the solar powered Casio EQB-500DB-2A. We're pretty excited about this watch because it has some unique functions we haven't seen anywhere else yet. We'll look at the build quality, functionality, and usability of the watch. The case and band are both solid stainless steel. The band...
Seiko’s Story
Seiko has been a pillar of the international timekeeping business since they were first established in Japan in 1881. They lay claim to a host of innovative landmarks; Seiko designed Japan’s first wristwatch in 1913, created Japan’s first television ad in 1953, and sold the world’s first quartz wrist-watch (the...
What’s in a Name
Elizabeth Tower. Hopsy. The Time Eater. Big Ben. Rosalind. Around the world, in practically every culture, there is a clock with a crazy name attached. In the English language we give a clock a face and hands, and even though it has no legs, we accuse it of running faster...
Rocks and Clocks
Let’s face it: Time-keeping is nothing new. By 4,000 BC, Ancient Egyptians used stone obelisks to tell the time. Huge pieces of rock, carefully cut and carved, were deposited in common areas and near temples so that people walking by could observe the movements of the shadows and estimate the...
Grandfather Clocks
The grandfather clock was a long time coming. Galileo first designed a basic clock pendulum in 1583, but very little was done with this technology until Christiaan Huygens, a Dutch astronomer and inventor, created the first real pendulum clock in 1656, when he designed a clock protected inside a large...