From the ubiquitous 4R36 to the cutting-edge Grad Seiko Spring Drive, Seiko has led the way in affordable reliability and advancing timekeeping precision.

They buy mechanical movements from a company in Arizona, make the cases and other parts, and started with two models, a Field Watch at $1,000 and a military-style CGT model with black dial for $1,500.

Most automatic watches wind themselves via a weighted rotor, which you’ll be able to see if your watch has a see-through case back (it’s the half moon-shaped piece right on top). When you wear the ...

Quartz or manual-wound movements used to be the only option for small watches, but now brands such as Bulgari, Piaget and Chopard are putting automatic mechanisms in them.

A Family Heirloom Until the mid-1970s, Bulgari’s Tubogas watches were powered by small mechanical movements purchased from suppliers, including Vacheron Constantin.

Mechanical movements are intricate and delicate. Repeated impacts like smacking your watch on a door frame, shooting a pistol, or swinging a hammer can cause a mechanical watch to lose its accuracy or ...

Most recently they added a deluxe full-day workshop to build a Swiss watch (all the movements are 100% Swiss made) with a tourbillon movement. In mechanical watch parlance, each additional feature ...

From the ubiquitous 4R36 to the cutting-edge Grad Seiko Spring Drive, Seiko has led the way in affordable reliability and advancing timekeeping precision.