june-2011

Mechanical Watches
to Get You Started.
High quality doesn’t have to be high priced.
For many people, a watch is a watch, a
necessity, something to simply tell the time.
For those who understand how and why a
mechanical watch works, a finer timepiece is
something completely different.
Rather than just a watch, it is so much more –
hand-crafted, extremely technical, special, a tiny
engine on the wrist that needs interaction and input
from you to continue running.
Hamilton Khaki Skymaster UTC
Hemispheres Watch Guide
THE
PRICE OF
ADMISSION
By Keith W.
Strandberg
A mechanical watch, whether hand wound or
automatic, relies on a mainspring to provide the power
to run. Like an old-fashioned wind-up toy, you have to
wind your watch; but unlike the toy that whizzes across
the floor in seconds, the watch has to control the pent
up power so it tells time precisely. The challenge for
a mechanical watch is controlling and regulating the
energy in the mainspring over the course of hours and
days. Every mechanical watch is really an amazing
feat of engineering and miniaturization. The simplest
movement has over 100 parts, while the most complicated
watches can have more than 1,000.
Introducing new people into fine watchmaking
is a tough business, however, as many people don’t
understand why anyone would pay more than the bare
minimum for a watch. But, once you understand the
Longines 24 Hour David Yurman Classic
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