Watch fact #7
The Patek Philippe Caliber 89 is the world’s most complicated pocket mechanical watch. It was crafted in 1989 and it took five years of...
Watch fact #6
The 1968 sci-fi movie “2001: A Space Odyssey” inspired John Bergey, the head of Hamilton Watch Company, to create the first digital watch —...
Watch fact #5
“Happy Time” is a marketing technique among watch sellers. You can see it in catalogs and in-store displays, where watches are set to show...
Watch fact #4
Watches come in many colors, but the most commonly used and gifted watch color is black.
Watch fact #3
The Omega Speedmaster was a favorite accessory in space! NASA astronauts wore the watch on their mission to the Moon, and both American and...
Watch fact #2
Wrist watches became popular among men during World War I. During warfare, men wore watches on their wrists rather than on a chain around...
Watch fact #1
Watches as we now know them wouldn’t exist without the invention of the mainspring in the early 15th century. This little spiral metal ribbon...