Insights
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- Watch Guide
Manual Winding Movement
A mechanical manual winding movement, also known as a hand-wound movement, is one by which the mainspring is wound by hand via the crown.
01 Jul 2020
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Retrograde Display
Retrograde displays are typically semi-circular indications featuring a hand or pointer that follows the curve of an arc to highlight a horological function.
26 Jun 2020
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- Watch Guide
Power Reserve
The power reserve of a mainspring-driven mechanical watch or clock generally refers to the amount of time the timekeeping instrument can run autonomously.
18 Jun 2020
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- Watch Guide
Perpetual Calendar
A perpetual calendar watch features the calendar mechanism that auto-corrects for the different days of each month, regardless of whether it is 28, 29, 30 or 31, and that means it takes leap years into account as well.
07 Jun 2020
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Annual Calendar
A watch equipped with an annual calendar mechanism correctly indicates the dates of all 12 months where manual intervention is only required once each year.
17 May 2020
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