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  1. Watch Fact of the Day: The Mechanical Alarm That Won Over US Presidents

    So, back in 1947, Vulcain rolled out a game-changer: the Cricket wristwatch, which could actually wake you up thanks to its super loud mechanical alarm. This wasn't just any watch; it turned its case into an acoustic system, delivering a noticeable buzz when the alarm went off. The Cricket became a favorite among U.S. presidents, earning it the nickname "The Presidents' Watch." Fast forward to today, and the updated Crickets still bring that cool mechanical charm, buzzing away without any batteries or electronics. It’s a cool reminder of how watchmaking tech stood out way before the digital age!

    watchesandmoreco.blog/2026/09/

  2. Traded one of my watches I don't ever wear for this guy.

    #watches

  3. My brain needs to stop. I don't have any proper dress watches as I love modern complications and dial design. A part of me feels I need a classic dress watch so when I go out in a suit I'm not flashy, but only those that know will know. I like this because it looks like I'm rolling straight grandpa. It's classic. #watches #PatekPhillipe patek.com/en/collection/calatr

  4. Watch Fact of the Day: The Omega Speedmaster Was Originally Designed for Auto Racing

    The Omega Speedmaster started its journey back in 1957, aimed at motorsport enthusiasts, not astronauts. It was part of Omega's "Professional Line" with design features like a tachymeter scale for measuring speed, making it a go-to for racers. But plot twist: the Speedmaster ended up being picked for NASA's Apollo missions, earning its nickname "Moonwatch." This unexpected shift from the racetrack to space made its story super intriguing. The watch, built for speed on the ground, became legendary for traveling to the Moon. It's a prime example of how an object's purpose can evolve dramatically over time.

    watchesandmoreco.blog/2026/09/

  5. The 45th #HongKong #Watch & #Clock #Fair and the 14th Salon de #TIME will take place from September 1 to 5 at the #HK #Convention and #Exhibition #Centre (#HKCEC), #China. Under the #theme “Sparkling Moments Through Time,” the #fairs are expected to attract over 630 #business #exhibitors from 16 countries and regions, #showcasing a wide range of #watches, #clocks, and related #products. chinaexpohub.com/hong-kong-wat

  6. The 45th #HongKong #Watch & #Clock #Fair and the 14th Salon de #TIME will take place from September 1 to 5 at the #HK #Convention and #Exhibition #Centre (#HKCEC), #China. Under the #theme “Sparkling Moments Through Time,” the #fairs are expected to attract over 630 #business #exhibitors from 16 countries and regions, #showcasing a wide range of #watches, #clocks, and related #products. chinaexpohub.com/hong-kong-wat

  7. The 45th #HongKong #Watch & #Clock #Fair and the 14th Salon de #TIME will take place from September 1 to 5 at the #HK #Convention and #Exhibition #Centre (#HKCEC), #China. Under the #theme “Sparkling Moments Through Time,” the #fairs are expected to attract over 630 #business #exhibitors from 16 countries and regions, #showcasing a wide range of #watches, #clocks, and related #products. chinaexpohub.com/hong-kong-wat

  8. In this year's GPHG Jewellery category, seven #watches competed for six nomination slots. Picking six at random is mathematically guaranteed to include five of the six eventual nominees. That is why Time the Destroyer, writing at Free Sprung, reports his model's 65% hit rate (55 of 84 nominees) as a 78% lift over the roughly 37% random picking would deliver. He also sealed his forecasts in password-protected PDFs before the nominations. freesprung.substack.com/p/read

  9. Found my OG #amazfit #bip smartish watch. Battery is still good! Transflective TFT screen, no emoji support, terrible GPS, questionable heart rate monitoring, and poorly-translated English abound. I LOVE IT. I only wish I still had the Pace that I replaced the Bip with. That one was also poorly-great
    #smartwatch #watches #retrotech

  10. For a few years before World War I, a buyer could purchase mass-produced #tourbillon #watches from two different companies in La Chaux-de-Fonds. These rarely-seen today but remain remarkable historical artifacts. The Musée International d’Horlogerie has one of each in their collection!

  11. For a few years before World War I, a buyer could purchase mass-produced #tourbillon #watches from two different companies in La Chaux-de-Fonds. These rarely-seen today but remain remarkable historical artifacts. The Musée International d’Horlogerie has one of each in their collection!

  12. For a few years before World War I, a buyer could purchase mass-produced #tourbillon #watches from two different companies in La Chaux-de-Fonds. These rarely-seen today but remain remarkable historical artifacts. The Musée International d’Horlogerie has one of each in their collection!

  13. For a few years before World War I, a buyer could purchase mass-produced #tourbillon #watches from two different companies in La Chaux-de-Fonds. These rarely-seen today but remain remarkable historical artifacts. The Musée International d’Horlogerie has one of each in their collection!

  14. For a few years before World War I, a buyer could purchase mass-produced #tourbillon #watches from two different companies in La Chaux-de-Fonds. These rarely-seen today but remain remarkable historical artifacts. The Musée International d’Horlogerie has one of each in their collection!

  15. In 1910, Charles A. DeLimoge finally brought the Linzaghi #tourbillon #watch to market. This refined version had two wide bridges to support the dial rather than four slim ones and a wide area to view the balance, which rotated around the dial every 4 minutes!

    /7 #watches #history

  16. All of Cécile Schorpp-Vaucher’s assets, including Linzaghi’s #tourbillon and the Montre Squelette #watches were purchased by Charles A. DeLimoge. He set up a company using the brand La Duchesse (another Schorpp-Vaucher trademark) to produce and sell “Montres Fantasie”.

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  17. All of Cécile Schorpp-Vaucher’s assets, including Linzaghi’s #tourbillon and the Montre Squelette #watches were purchased by Charles A. DeLimoge. He set up a company using the brand La Duchesse (another Schorpp-Vaucher trademark) to produce and sell “Montres Fantasie”.

    /6

  18. In 1910, Charles A. DeLimoge finally brought the Linzaghi #tourbillon #watch to market. This refined version had two wide bridges to support the dial rather than four slim ones and a wide area to view the balance, which rotated around the dial every 4 minutes!

    /7 #watches #history

  19. In 1910, Charles A. DeLimoge finally brought the Linzaghi #tourbillon #watch to market. This refined version had two wide bridges to support the dial rather than four slim ones and a wide area to view the balance, which rotated around the dial every 4 minutes!

    /7 #watches #history

  20. All of Cécile Schorpp-Vaucher’s assets, including Linzaghi’s #tourbillon and the Montre Squelette #watches were purchased by Charles A. DeLimoge. He set up a company using the brand La Duchesse (another Schorpp-Vaucher trademark) to produce and sell “Montres Fantasie”.

    /6

  21. In 1910, Charles A. DeLimoge finally brought the Linzaghi #tourbillon #watch to market. This refined version had two wide bridges to support the dial rather than four slim ones and a wide area to view the balance, which rotated around the dial every 4 minutes!

    /7 #watches #history

  22. All of Cécile Schorpp-Vaucher’s assets, including Linzaghi’s #tourbillon and the Montre Squelette #watches were purchased by Charles A. DeLimoge. He set up a company using the brand La Duchesse (another Schorpp-Vaucher trademark) to produce and sell “Montres Fantasie”.

    /6

  23. All of Cécile Schorpp-Vaucher’s assets, including Linzaghi’s #tourbillon and the Montre Squelette #watches were purchased by Charles A. DeLimoge. He set up a company using the brand La Duchesse (another Schorpp-Vaucher trademark) to produce and sell “Montres Fantasie”.

    /6

  24. In 1910, Charles A. DeLimoge finally brought the Linzaghi #tourbillon #watch to market. This refined version had two wide bridges to support the dial rather than four slim ones and a wide area to view the balance, which rotated around the dial every 4 minutes!

    /7 #watches #history

  25. La Chaux-de-Fonds watchmaker Jules Russbach was an inventor as well, selling a #watch with a built-in thermometer as well as an 8-day watch of his own design that resembled the famous Hebdomas. He spent 3 years working to bring Linzaghi’s #tourbillon to market.

    /4 #watches

  26. Italian-Swiss watchmaker Luigi “Louis” Linzaghi invented another #tourbillon at the same time. It was a real oddball, mounting the balance and escapement on a plate that rotated around the dial every 4 minutes! He patented it on August 2, 1905 but sold the design 3 months later.

    /3 #watches

  27. Courvoisier Frères licensed the design, producing the #tourbillon #watch at their La Chaux-de-Fonds factory as the Mobilis between April 1905 and World War I. This was sold as “the people’s tourbillon” alongside the Modernista, an unusual jump hour/flyback minute watch.

    /2 #watches #history

  28. Courvoisier Frères licensed the design, producing the #tourbillon #watch at their La Chaux-de-Fonds factory as the Mobilis between April 1905 and World War I. This was sold as “the people’s tourbillon” alongside the Modernista, an unusual jump hour/flyback minute watch.

    /2 #watches #history

  29. La Chaux-de-Fonds watchmaker Jules Russbach was an inventor as well, selling a #watch with a built-in thermometer as well as an 8-day watch of his own design that resembled the famous Hebdomas. He spent 3 years working to bring Linzaghi’s #tourbillon to market.

    /4 #watches

  30. Italian-Swiss watchmaker Luigi “Louis” Linzaghi invented another #tourbillon at the same time. It was a real oddball, mounting the balance and escapement on a plate that rotated around the dial every 4 minutes! He patented it on August 2, 1905 but sold the design 3 months later.

    /3 #watches

  31. Courvoisier Frères licensed the design, producing the #tourbillon #watch at their La Chaux-de-Fonds factory as the Mobilis between April 1905 and World War I. This was sold as “the people’s tourbillon” alongside the Modernista, an unusual jump hour/flyback minute watch.

    /2 #watches #history

  32. La Chaux-de-Fonds watchmaker Jules Russbach was an inventor as well, selling a #watch with a built-in thermometer as well as an 8-day watch of his own design that resembled the famous Hebdomas. He spent 3 years working to bring Linzaghi’s #tourbillon to market.

    /4 #watches

  33. Italian-Swiss watchmaker Luigi “Louis” Linzaghi invented another #tourbillon at the same time. It was a real oddball, mounting the balance and escapement on a plate that rotated around the dial every 4 minutes! He patented it on August 2, 1905 but sold the design 3 months later.

    /3 #watches

  34. La Chaux-de-Fonds watchmaker Jules Russbach was an inventor as well, selling a #watch with a built-in thermometer as well as an 8-day watch of his own design that resembled the famous Hebdomas. He spent 3 years working to bring Linzaghi’s #tourbillon to market.

    /4 #watches

  35. Italian-Swiss watchmaker Luigi “Louis” Linzaghi invented another #tourbillon at the same time. It was a real oddball, mounting the balance and escapement on a plate that rotated around the dial every 4 minutes! He patented it on August 2, 1905 but sold the design 3 months later.

    /3 #watches

  36. Courvoisier Frères licensed the design, producing the #tourbillon #watch at their La Chaux-de-Fonds factory as the Mobilis between April 1905 and World War I. This was sold as “the people’s tourbillon” alongside the Modernista, an unusual jump hour/flyback minute watch.

    /2 #watches #history

  37. La Chaux-de-Fonds watchmaker Jules Russbach was an inventor as well, selling a #watch with a built-in thermometer as well as an 8-day watch of his own design that resembled the famous Hebdomas. He spent 3 years working to bring Linzaghi’s #tourbillon to market.

    /4 #watches

  38. Italian-Swiss watchmaker Luigi “Louis” Linzaghi invented another #tourbillon at the same time. It was a real oddball, mounting the balance and escapement on a plate that rotated around the dial every 4 minutes! He patented it on August 2, 1905 but sold the design 3 months later.

    /3 #watches

  39. Courvoisier Frères licensed the design, producing the #tourbillon #watch at their La Chaux-de-Fonds factory as the Mobilis between April 1905 and World War I. This was sold as “the people’s tourbillon” alongside the Modernista, an unusual jump hour/flyback minute watch.

    /2 #watches #history

  40. The first mass-produced #tourbillon #watch was invented by Joseph Burtin of Morteau, France and produced by Paul Loichot. Cécile Schorpp-Vaucher was the Swiss distributor in 1905, selling it alongside her Montre Squelette and the Abeille, with visible balance at the center.

    /1 #watches #history

  41. The first mass-produced #tourbillon #watch was invented by Joseph Burtin of Morteau, France and produced by Paul Loichot. Cécile Schorpp-Vaucher was the Swiss distributor in 1905, selling it alongside her Montre Squelette and the Abeille, with visible balance at the center.

    /1 #watches #history

  42. The first mass-produced #tourbillon #watch was invented by Joseph Burtin of Morteau, France and produced by Paul Loichot. Cécile Schorpp-Vaucher was the Swiss distributor in 1905, selling it alongside her Montre Squelette and the Abeille, with visible balance at the center.

    /1 #watches #history

  43. The first mass-produced #tourbillon #watch was invented by Joseph Burtin of Morteau, France and produced by Paul Loichot. Cécile Schorpp-Vaucher was the Swiss distributor in 1905, selling it alongside her Montre Squelette and the Abeille, with visible balance at the center.

    /1 #watches #history

  44. #FotoVorschlag

    “Chic”

    Frederick Douglass’ first pocket watch. Douglass wrote that, for a formerly enslaved man, it was more than just a fashionable item — it was a powerful sign that he was free and that his time was now his own.

    More in the alt text.

    #photography #history #blackhistory #frederickdouglass #watch #watches #museum #metmuseum