A Blog To Watch
ablogtowatch.com · Group blog · on HN since 2013
A Blog To Watch is a wristwatch site with reviews, industry news, and features on watch history and design.
What HN saysHN commenters link it for watch details, such as the Seiko TV watch, Timex MEMS movements, and giveaways, and one says they enjoy its reviews.
34HN people shared it
21linked it in comments
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Most-shared posts
- 1Rolex prices past 60 years revealing analysis4 people · first shared 2014
- 2Bathys hawaii cesium 133 atomic wrist watch accurate second 1000 years3 people · first shared 2014
- 3Art student’s 407-piece hand-carved wooden clock (2016)1 people · 512 points · first shared 2021 · 74 comments on HN
- 4An Afternoon in Tokyo with the Man Who Designs Casio G-Shock Watches (2017)1 people · 139 points · first shared 2019 · 70 comments on HN
- 5Andrew Grima, a Britain’s arguably greatest jewelry and watch designer (2020)1 people · 12 points · first shared 2021 · 4 comments on HN
- 6Apple Watch Hands-On: The Wristwatch Just Caught Up to the 21st Century1 people · 4 points · first shared 2014 · discussion on HN
- 7Is it now possible to 3D-print a mechanical watch movement?1 people · 3 points · first shared 2020 · discussion on HN
- 8How the Push for In-House Movements Ruined the Modern Luxury Watch Industry1 people · 2 points · first shared 2016 · discussion on HN
- 9IWC Unveils Ceralume Luminous Ceramic Watch Technology and Prototype1 people · 2 points · first shared 2024 · discussion on HN
- 10Montblanc 'e-Strap' can turn any watch into a smartwatch1 people · 2 points · first shared 2015 · 1 comments on HN
- 11The worlds most accurate mechanical watch1 people · 2 points · first shared 2017 · discussion on HN
- 12All About the 18k Gold Apple Watch Edition1 people · 2 points · first shared 2015 · discussion on HN
- 13Mauron Musy: 100% Swiss crafted Switzerland watches1 people · 2 points · first shared 2022 · discussion on HN
- 14H. Moser and Cie Swiss Alp Watch Final Upgrade with Vantablack Dial1 people · 1 points · first shared 2021 · discussion on HN
- 15Jaquet Droz “The Writer” Automata: Awesome Antique Android1 people · 1 points · first shared 2013 · 1 comments on HN
What HN people wrote when they linked it
anfractuosity · 2017-09-16
Have you heard of MEMS before?
There seems lots of cool applications for that, apparently also Timex is bringing out a watch which uses the technology in some way ( http://www.ablogtowatch.com/timex-silmach-watch-movements-mems-technol… ).
Also MEMS is used in DLP projectors, where lots of tiny little mirrors can be moved which seems rather amazing.
sosuke · 2015-01-08
I read a lot of watch blogs, they do sweepstakes and brand reviews that I love to read. http://www.ablogtowatch.com/watch-giveaway-tudor-heritage-chrono-70330…
em3rgent0rdr · 2026-07-30
mellosouls · 2024-07-16
From a couple of years earlier, the Seiko TV watch (yes, wristwatch you could watch TV on):
https://www.ablogtowatch.com/no-longer-made-seiko-tv-watch-from-1982/
quickthrowman · 2023-09-03
If you’re on a budget and want a deadbeat seconds hand, Jaeger LeCoultre has a deadbeat seconds watch, the Geophysic True Second, which is ‘only’ around $15k :) I believe it has been discontinued and is only available on the secondary market.
https://www.ablogtowatch.com/one-watch-quarantine-pandemic-jaeger-leco…
FabHK · 2023-06-09
I find this version (also from H. Moser & Cie) more appealing:
https://www.ablogtowatch.com/h-moser-cie-swiss-alp-watch-final-upgrade…
the_real_sparky · 2023-01-24
https://www.grand-seiko.com/us-en/collections/movement/springdrive
The Spring Drive is the pinnacle of electromechanical watches so far, and it’s more mechanical than electronic.
“if all seven billion inhabitants on Earth wore a Spring Drive watch, their total power consumption would be just 175 watts”
https://www.ablogtowatch.com/history-seiko-spring-drive-movement/2/
hdkekbro · 2021-03-23
The Junghans Max Bill is the most legible analog watch I’ve ever seen.
https://www.ablogtowatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Junghans-Max-B…
You go from inside out “10... 08”. No counting, no distributions.
Edit: Come to think of it you still need to count the offset from the nearest minute hand.
Nilb0gz · 2021-02-04
It's called the Schwarzkopf and a bunch of watch guys do it, apparently that's a thing when you want to know the time in different time zones(or have too many watches and not enough hands) https://www.ablogtowatch.com/remembering-general-norman-schwarzkopf-hi…
Phillipharryt · 2019-05-16
According to ABlogToWatch, you're completely incorrect.
https://www.ablogtowatch.com/rolex-prices-past-60-years-revealing-anal…
It's a pretty stable increase, and adjusting for inflation it's actually a fairly low increase for a product that has improved over time.
SamReidHughes · 2017-09-16
It's actually been shrunk down a bit:
http://www.ablogtowatch.com/bathys-cesium-133-atomic-wrist-watch-hands…
https://www.hoptroff.com/collections/atomic-timepieces
I think they all use the same "chip".
Animats · 2017-01-23
Sorry, 3% was wrong. Wikipedia says Rolex is < 100% and that Breitling is 100% COSC certified, and that the entire Swiss mechanical watch industry is about 3% certified.
The Rolex Submariner has increased in price about 3x to 6x over inflation since its introduction in 1957.[1]
[1] http://www.ablogtowatch.com/rolex-prices-past-60-years-revealing-analy…
sgt101 · 2016-04-13
I agree, a substantial premium attaches to all of these points. The differential between that premium (Gold, diamonds, R&D and Swiss labour) and the price used to be relatively small.
There is a magnificent analysis of this process of "luxurification" here : http://www.ablogtowatch.com/rolex-prices-past-60-years-revealing-analy…
tricolon · 2015-05-01
Increasing watch size is a trend. Watches have not always been comically large.
See:
http://www.ablogtowatch.com/whats-deal-big-watch-sizes-large-timepiece…
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/21/fashion/trends/watchmakers-introduce…
kirian · 2014-08-16
Reminds me of this article on the price of Rolex watches and how they have increased as Rolex watches have evolved from a professional tool to a luxury item.
http://www.ablogtowatch.com/rolex-prices-past-60-years-revealing-analy…
Dave_Rosenthal · 2014-04-16
Since that post is quite old, I was surprised that this wasn't a reference to Bathy's recent efforts to make a wristwatch out of a chip scale atomic clock that is much closer to actual wristwatch scale (though still very large).
http://www.ablogtowatch.com/bathys-hawaii-cesium-133-atomic-wrist-watc…
m_mueller · 2014-04-16
There's also these: http://www.ablogtowatch.com/citizen-satellite-eco-drive-watch-gets-tim…
Btw. I happen to know the guy who directed the ad. I just don't understand why Japanese watchmakers don't market their GPS watches more heavily and in a much lower price range. I feel that there is a huge market gap for well made $300-700 watches with GPS synched time. There's cheap quartz that aren't synched, there's the expensive Seikos and Citizen watches ($1000-$3000), there's mechanical Swiss watches you have to set up yourself ($500 to whatever you want to pay) and there's mechanical watches with perpetual calendar (start at $10k or so). As a result, Swiss watchmakers get most of world's earnings. Others just try to either emulate the Swiss or cheap Japanese quartzes from the past.
pokstad · 2014-04-16
Casio is coming out with their first GPS/WWV hybrid watch: http://www.ablogtowatch.com/casio-g-shock-gpw1000-first-watch-combines…
__alexs · 2014-04-16
davidgay · 2014-04-16
Rather less silly, actually an atomic watch and close to wristwatch size: http://www.ablogtowatch.com/bathys-hawaii-cesium-133-atomic-wrist-watc…
edit: grammar
throw0101d · 2024-05-10
Also on watches:
* https://timeandtidewatches.com/how-to-use-a-slide-rule-bezel/
* https://www.ablogtowatch.com/how-to-use-a-watch-bezel-slide-rule/
* https://www.exquisitetimepieces.com/blog/slide-rule-watches-from-affor…
Breitling (for their Navitimer):
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PBRX8WCZR0
* https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLH9N7loHYwCdCM3G68svj3-vmua0PXI…