Until recently, watches have been entirely mechanical where ... Although less accurate than pocket watches, wrist watches were significantly more convenient. The swiss lead the way in post-war ...

Gerd Rüdiger Lang, founder of Chronoswiss and one of the co-founders of American watchmaker Kobold, passed away, aged 80, in ...

A postcard and a pocket watches are among the top lots in a sale of Titanic memorabilia that is super to excite history buffs ...

Swiss watchmaker Zenith has created what ... Both the pendulum clock and its portable cousin the mechanical pocket watch employ harmonic oscillators. These rely on a disturbing force to begin ...

SWISS MECHANICAL MOVEMENT: This analog watch is equipped with the exclusive swiss H-50 mechanical movement and has an extended power reserve of 80 hours which makes it reliable and precise even if ...

The tourbillon movement was created by Abraham-Louis Breguet in 1795 and patented by the Swiss watchmaker in ... the moving components of a mechanical pocket watch. Since the timepiece almost ...

He believes that mechanical ... several pocket watches and explains how their design changed throughout history. Early Soviet watches were made from, as he calls them, expropriated Swiss parts ...

Tonight's Alan Whicker encounters some exceptionally creepy Swiss mechanical dolls from the 1700s. 'Henry', 'Marianne' and 'Charles' can draw, play the keyboard and write. They are mechanical ...

These can also be referred to as having a quartz movement (digital) or a mechanical movement ... more accurate smartphone in your pocket, adjusting your watch every few days or weeks is simple.

In 2008, Swedish mechanical engineer and designer ... The first watch by Swiss watchmaker Longines was a pocket watch designed for timing sporting events. Over 145 years later and the collection ...