Results for Mechanical vs Quartz

Lewis Hamilton vs. Max Verstappen / IWC vs. TAG Heuer: The One Formula 1 Race Where Everyone Wins

With the 2021 Formula 1 season's last race taking place this weekend, December 10-12, 2021, in Abu Dhabi, and Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) and Max Verstappen (Red Bull) tied for first place, the heat is on like never before. The battle between Hamilton and Verstappen is, in essence, also a competition between the two watch brands who sponsor them: IWC (Hamilton) and TAG Heuer (Verstappen), with both brands benefitting from the battles on the track. Martin Green takes a closer look.

A. Lange & Söhne Zeitwerk: Digital Delight With A Mechanical Heart – Reprise

The Zeitwerk was the watch that encouraged George Cramer to start following A. Lange & Söhne more closely, but it still took years before he finally got to handle one in the metal. And he became instantly addicted.

Steal Vs. Splurge: Divers From Oris And Rolex

If you come at the Crown, you best not miss.

What Defines A Handmade Mechanical Watch In The Modern World? – Reprise

To this day, when most people think about luxury watches they picture a wizened, white-haired man in a white lab coat bent over a workbench against the backdrop of snowy Alps busily filing away at watch parts. It’s a lovely picture, but not very representative of the modern – or even necessarily traditional – watch industry as Elizabeth Doerr explains here.

Steal Vs. Splurge: Heritage Pilot's Watches from Hamilton and IWC

Both pack a ton of value. Does one pack more?

Introducing: The Ballon Bleu de Cartier In 40mm With An In-House Mechanical Movement

With an in-house movement and a 40mm case, this is the best Ballon Bleu yet.

Introducing: The Piaget Altiplano 38mm 900P, The Thinnest Mechanical Watch In The World (Exclusive First Look With Live Pics, Details, And Pricing)

Piaget is the king of ultra-thin watches and for its 140th birthday is treating us to something special.

Introducing: The Piaget Altiplano Ultimate Concept, The World's Thinnest Mechanical Watch

For now.

Steal Vs. Splurge: Minimalist Madness With NOMOS And Junghans

High design, low prices.

Steal Vs. Splurge: Analog-Digital Icons From Breitling and Seiko

One screen or two screens? The choice is yours.

Sensational Dry German Rieslings: Digressions And Reminiscences About The Colonel, Egon Müller, Vegemite In Hand Luggage, And Screwcap Vs. Cork

Ken Gargett reminisces and rambles about visiting the Saar region of Germany and tasting some of the world's best Tieslings. And then there was that Vegemite incident at the Madrid airport.

Introducing: The New 140th Anniversary Grand Seiko Quartz GMT

Part of a trio of new GMT watches in the brand's Sport Collection.

Steal Vs. Splurge: GMTs From Seiko And Grand Seiko

They look basically the same. So should you spend almost five grand more for the GS?

Sunday Rewind: Comparing Three Affordable Mechanical Watches

Just what can you get for under $1,000? Cole, Jack, and Jon try to find out.

Steal Vs. Splurge: Red Bezels, Black Dials

We love Tudor's modern dive-watch classic and the less-expensive Timex version. Which one's right for you?

Introducing: The Citizen New Generation Mechanical Watch With Caliber 0200

Citizen kicks off a brand-new chapter in collaboration with subsidiary La Joux-Perret.

Interview: In the Early '80s, Quartz Was King. This Man Had Other Ideas.

A conversation with Chronoswiss founder Gerd-Rüdiger Lang.

Steal Vs. Splurge: Yellow-Gold Bracelet Watches

Exploring two similar timepieces at two very different price points. Choose your own adventure. Featuring the Seiko SGF206 and the Rolex Day-Date Ref. 1803.

Hands-On: The Hamilton Khaki Field Mechanical Gets A Bracelet

Battle tested and office ready.

Fast vs. Slow, Hertz vs. VPH: Your Watch’s Frequency Explained – Reprise

You may be familiar with numbers such as 18,000 vph, 28,800 vph, and even 36,000 vph describing the frequency of a watch’s regulator, but few really know what those numbers mean. Watchmaker Ashton Tracy explains why watch frequencies matter, but he oscillates in choosing a winner. Follow the discussion here.

‘Made In Glashütte’ Vs. ‘Made In Germany’: What Puts Them Together, What Sets Them Apart – Reprise

What qualifies a watch to be "made in Glashütte" or "made in Germany"? Sabine Zwettler explains the similarities and differences.

A Mechanical Masterpiece By A Mechanical Mastermind: The Konstantin Chaykin Moscow Comptus Easter Clock – Reprise

Konstantin Chaykin's Moscow Comptus Easter Clock masterpiece isn’t designed for the wrist but for the mantel. And it presents further evidence that the man Joshua Munchow dubs the “Wonderboy Russian Watchmaker” is one of the greatest watch- and clockmakers in the game today.

Urwerk AMC: This Atomic (Clock) Mechanical Control Is A 21st Century Version Of Abraham-Louis Breguet’s Sympathique Clocks But Much, Much Better (Geiger Counter Not Included) – Reprise

Here’s a prediction by Ian Skellern: the relatively nondescript AMC movement Urwerk presented at the 2018 SIHH will not only become one of the horological highlights of the decade, but will take its place among history’s most significant timepieces ever. That’s a bold statement. Here Ian explains why he thinks AMC is so important.

Braun Gents BN0278 Limited Edition: Iconic Quartz Watch Gets Automatic Treatment

Well, that's one way to ruin an iconic watch. Oh, and don't worry they're already sold out.

Bvlgari challenges the mechanical horology world and stages a mechanical symphony in the new Octo Roma Carillon Tourbillon

Bvlgari extends the already very impressive Octo line with a double whammy in the form of the new, double complication Roma Carillon Tourbillon.

Make Mine A Double! The Macallan Whisky Mechanical Hip Flask By Urwerk (With Video) – Reprise

Fine watches and fine whisky, for many the two go together like single malt birds of a feather. Urwerk founders Felix Baumgartner and Martin Frei have been known to enjoy a smooth amber tipple or two, and as discerning gentlemen with discerning taste in haute horlogerie it's perhaps not surprising that Baumgartner and Frei also have discerning taste when it comes to whisky: single malt by The Macallan.

INTRODUCING: The Hublot Big Bang MP-11 Magic Gold weaves a golden web to trap you in a world of micro-mechanical wonder

Blown away by the first picture in the press release. Where to start? I’ll be honest with you, while we want to share the news from the LVMH Watch Week as soon as it comes out, it does create the luxury of frustration, very apparent in this story on the Hublot Big Bang MP-11 Magic … ContinuedThe post INTRODUCING: The Hublot Big Bang MP-11 Magic Gold weaves a golden web to trap you in a world of micro-mechanical wonder appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.

Just Because: Turns Out An Electromagnetic Pulse From A Nuclear Bomb Probably Won't 'Fry' Your Quartz Watch

Whew, one less thing to worry about.

HYT FLOW – unique blend of mechanical watchmaking with liquid display and LED lighting

HYT introduces the new FLOW - combining their unique blend of traditional watchmaking with a liquid display system and carrying its own light.

World’s Thinnest Mechanical Watch: The Piaget Altiplano Ultimate Concept You Can Now Own