Louis-Francois Cartier was the name of the founder of what it was going to be later such a prestigious company. He started his business in Paris in 1847, and in 1853 he opened up to a private clientele. In 1859 his business was growing so fast that  he opened a store in a better shopping […]

This curious invention of the Tourbillon in 1795, belongs to Abraham-Louis Breguet, who was known as the watchmaker of all Kings and the King of the watchmakers. Even in its most conventional version, Tourbillon watches are very hard to manufacture and there are many differences between a hand-crafted cage, and a certain industrially fabricated creations. […]

We always get this question from our customers since both watches look pretty much the same. The difference between the Rolex Datejust (Ref. 16200, 16000, 1600) and the Rolex Date (Ref. 15200, 15000, 1500) is that the Datejust case measures 36 mm while the Date measures 34 mm. In other words there is a 2 […]

AUTOMATIC WATCHES: They are called automatic because the wearer does not need to wind the watch to generate power, the watch winds itself automatically once a person put it on the wrist. The arm motion causes the rotor, a metal weight attached to a winding mechanism, to rotate back and forth in a circular motion […]

In 1945 Rolex came out with the first wristwatch featuring a date display with a Cyclops lens that magnify the numbers. This watch is the self-winding Oyster Perpetual Datejust. The Datejust watch is 36 mm width while the Datejust II, released during Baselworld 2009, is 41 mm width both elegant, self winding, with fluted bezels, […]

The Rolex model Yacht-Master is one of the most well-known sport watches in the world. Not so long ago Rolex introduced their new adaptation of the Rolex Yacht-Master. Even though both watches are similar in some way , there are certain characteristics that differentiate them. The material available, some features, and gender have changed to […]