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The World’s First Titanium Watch Doesn’t Get Enough Credit
The innovative Citizen X-8 Chronometer, which debuted in 1970, was the world’s first titanium watch.
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WatchesWhat Makes This Iconic Pilot’s Watch the Gold Standard in Aviation?
There is perhaps no wristwatch still in production that’s more associated with flight and pilots.
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WatchesWhy You’ve Never Heard of One of the Most Accurate Watches In the World
For decades, the Citizen Chronomaster has lead the field of super-accurate quartz timepieces.
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WatchesThis Forgotten Rolex Was a Total Flop. So Why Is It So Valuable Today?
It’s one of the first wrist-watches to use the "deadbeat seconds" complication, making it a timekeeping oddity.
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WatchesThis Watch Is Not an Omega Speedmaster. So How Did It End Up on the Moon?
The original Bulova Lunar Pilot was used on lunar missions, and you can nab its modern equivalent for a few hundred bucks.
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WatchesThis Mechanical Watch Was Developed for the Chinese Space Program
The Fiyta Spacemaster watch has been to space and back, and it’s crammed with special features for actual use by Chinese taikonauts.
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WatchesMountaineers and U.S. Presidents Relied on This Innovative Alarm Watch
The Vulcain Cricket pioneered fascinating technical solutions, a mechanical alarm, and was the choice of some notable personages.
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WatchesWhy Is an Abercrombie & Fitch Watch Worth Tens of Thousands of Dollars?
How the Heuer-made Seafarer chronographs arose from one of the greatest brand partnerships of all time.
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WatchesThis Innovative Sport Watch Is Ripe for a Comeback
The IWC Ingenieur has been both a tech-forward timepiece on par with the Rolex Milgauss and a bold sport watch as envisioned by a legendary designer.
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WatchesThis Military Watch’s Bizarre Design Had a Critical Purpose in WW2
The “Canteen Watch” from WW2 looks totally impractical and outlandish, but it was very purpose-built indeed, with a totally badass backstory.
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WatchesThis Serious Tool Watch Was Designed for a Special Tactical Unit
The EZM 1 is emblematic of the function-first approach that’s won German brand Sinn its dedicated fans.
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WatchesWhat Makes the Cartier Tank the Quintessential Dress Watch?
The Tank is one of the most elegant and iconic watches ever made, but it owes its significance to more than a just great design.
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WatchesThe Man Who Designed the Porsche 911 Also Made the First-Ever Blacked-Out Watch
The man who created the famous Porsche 911 also gave the world its first all-black watch, which still looks sleek and modern 50 years later.
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WatchesWhy Did This Incredibly Elegant Type of Chronograph Watch All but Disappear?
The Angelus Chronodato is the progenitor of the triple-calendar chronograph, a classic watch style originating in the mid-20th century.
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WatchesA Timepiece with Serious Dive Watch Heritage May Be More Affordable Than You Think
The Zodiac Sea Wolf is the forgotten dive watch that, in 1953, introduced the world’s most popular watch genre along with luminaries Rolex and Blancpain.
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WatchesHow a Plastic Swatch Became a Hardcore Punk Icon
When the Straight Edge movement gained ground in the 1980s, its adherents quickly adopted an affordable watch whose symbol matched their ideology.
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WatchesThis Space Age Technology Was a Watchmaking Milestone in 1960
The Bulova Accutron Spaceview, replete with incredible accuracy and a space-age look, represented a technological milestone that foreshadowed quartz watches.
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WatchesThis Pilot’s Watch Was a Critical Tool at the Dawn of Commercial Aviation
The Benrus Sky Chief was used by pilots for navigation in the 1940s, when commercial aviation was young and cockpits were a lot more analog.
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WatchesElite Naval Commandos Wore This Vintage Military Watch in the 1970s
When the IDF’s Shayetet 13 needed a badass dive watch for special ops, it was the Eterna Super Kon-Tiki that delivered.
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WatchesWhy Did This Understated Omega Watch from 1947 Sell for Almost $1.5 Million?
When Omega made one of the earliest tourbillon wristwatches in the ’40s, they didn’t know what it would later mean to the watch industry.