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Getting Started with Lange Owl: Breaking the Norm in Time Expression
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How often should a mechanical watch be oiled? This article explains the maintenance schedule clearly
There is no standard answer for cleaning the oil in mechanical watches. Should you do it every 3 years, every 5 years, or wait until it breaks down? The answer depends on your watch, your wearing method, and whether you are willing to pay in advance for “possible future problems”.
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It was born in 1941 and is the first mass-produced perpetual calendar chronograph wristwatch in the history of watchmaking; only 281 examples exist, of which only 4 have steel cases. The Patek Philippe 1518 uses the simplest metals to house the most complex machinery, and also embodies the collector’s decades-long obsession.
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Getting Started with Lange Owl: Breaking the Norm in Time Expression
When all other brands were drawing hands on their dials, Lange chose to turn time into numbers. Not electronic numbers, but pure mechanical jumping digits. […]
Affordable Watches
Suitable for students and workers, highly cost-effective wristwatch recommendations
The students want “durability without sacrificing comfort”, while the working people want “convenient commuting without losing face”. The budget ranges from a few hundred to ten thousand yuan. Choosing the right brand and movement is much more practical than blindly following popular models.
Watch Care & Maintenance
How often should a mechanical watch be oiled? This article explains the maintenance schedule clearly
There is no standard answer for cleaning the oil in mechanical watches. Should you do it every 3 years, every 5 years, or wait until it breaks down? The answer depends on your watch, your wearing method, and whether you are willing to pay in advance for “possible future problems”.
Luxury watches
Breguet Classique: The simplest dial, the most demanding for watchmaking skills
In an era filled with numerous complex functions, the Breguet Classique collection proves with its cleanest dial that achieving perfection in the design of hour hands, minute hands and scales is even more challenging than opening ten windows on the dial.
Trending
The Myth of the Most Expensive Watch: Patek Philippe 1518, An Accidental Story That Began in 1941
It was born in 1941 and is the first mass-produced perpetual calendar chronograph wristwatch in the history of watchmaking; only 281 examples exist, of which only 4 have steel cases. The Patek Philippe 1518 uses the simplest metals to house the most complex machinery, and also embodies the collector’s decades-long obsession.
Luxury watches
Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso: A watch that can be turned over, hiding a century-old story of watchmaking
Why do watches need to be turned over? Because in the 1930s, British officers playing polo often broke the watch glass. Jaeger-LeCoultre’s solution was simple: just turn the dial over.