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Material Science: Watch Materials Explained

Material Science: Watch Materials Explained

YOU’RE INVITED! Dialed In: Grand Seiko x WatchBox Collector’s Event

YOU’RE INVITED! Dialed In: Grand Seiko x WatchBox Collector’s Event

Tales of Lume Watches: Where it all Began

History of Time

Tales of Lume Watches: Where it all Began

Proprietary Rolex Materials: What Do They All Mean?

Proprietary Rolex Materials: What Do They All Mean?

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Material Science: Watch Materials Explained

Material Science: Watch Materials Explained

While steel, titanium, platinum, and all the shades of gold are par for the course in modern watchmaking, alternative metals, alloys, com...

Proprietary Rolex Materials: What Do They All Mean?

Proprietary Rolex Materials: What Do They All Mean?

As with many brands, Rolex has its own distinct nomenclature for near every material they produce and use in the manufacture of their wat...

Patek Philippe, IWC, & Complicated Watches For Watch Buyers: From The Vault

Patek Philippe, IWC, & Complicated Watches For Watch Buyers: From...

Watch Here Tim Mosso and Brian Govberg return from a coronavirus-induced sabbatical for a socially distanced comeback episode of “From ...

A Chronograph History Lesson: A Matter of Timing

A Chronograph History Lesson: A Matter of Timing

Turn to a watch enthusiast one day, hopefully catching them off guard, and ask them to name a complication. I’d put money on the fact tha...

How A Watch Should Fit

How A Watch Should Fit

Just as everything else goes when it comes to watches, the way a watch should fit and if a watch is deemed “too big” is indeed subjective...

The Peculiar World of Niche Sports Watches

The Peculiar World of Niche Sports Watches

Looking beyond the sports watch as a general term, I find it interesting to see how many watches were created with a specific sporting ac...

Tennis Stars and Their Watches: The French Open Watch Spotting

Tennis Stars and Their Watches: The French Open Watch Spotting

The French Open is in just a few days, and when it comes to tennis, it seems like everyone who is someone has a watch brand behind them. ...

Pivotal Points in the History of Patek Philippe (Video)

Pivotal Points in the History of Patek Philippe (Video)

You never really own a Patek Phillippe. You merely take care of it for the next generation. Video Transcription: So the big first step, I...

Buying Guides

Shop Sale: Summer State of Mind

Shop Sale: Summer State of Mind

Introducing the Summer State of Mind Sale! Shop Savings to Welcome the Season Here

Father’s Day Favorites

Father’s Day Favorites

Shop our picks for Father’s Day for dad, for you, or anything in between. Browse the selection here.

Class of 2020 Sale: New Beginnings Deserve New Watches

Class of 2020 Sale: New Beginnings Deserve New Watches

Shop the Class of 2020 Sale here to browse hundreds of timepieces up to 40% Off.

Diving Deeper: Dive Watches For the Record Books

Diving Deeper: Dive Watches For the Record Books

When it comes to dive watches, depth rating is always a talking point. Though recreational divers never breach the 100m mark, every dive ...

The Vault Remains Open: Sale ending this Friday, May 29th

The Vault Remains Open: Sale ending this Friday, May 29th

The vault stays open until Friday May 29th. Continue shopping the Sale for discounts on hundreds of watches! Shop Now

SALE: Last Chance to Shop

SALE: Last Chance to Shop

Our May Event ends May 17th. Hundreds of watches at discounts of up to 40% off and it all ends this weekend. Shop Now.

Battle of the Ultra-Thin Watches

Battle of the Ultra-Thin Watches

Watchmaking’s Most Highly Contended Category The term “less is more” does not always apply to the world of boundary pushing cutting-edge ...

SALE EXTENDED! Back by Popular Demand: Shop Until May 17th

SALE EXTENDED! Back by Popular Demand: Shop Until May 17th

Continue the savings by shopping the May Event which has been extended until May 17th. Shop this week to secure deals up to 40% off on hu...

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Zenith Grande Port Royal V El Primero 03.0550.400/22.M550 Zenith Watch Review

IWC Portuguese Perpetual Calendar 42.3MM IW5022-13 IWC Watch Review

Grand Seiko Spring Drive "Soko" SBGA429 USA Edition Grand Seiko Watch Review

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History of Time

Tales of Lume Watches: Where it all Began

Tales of Lume Watches: Where it all Began

To the vast majority of watch collectors and enthusiasts, luminous material is a wonderful thing. On one hand immensely practical for tel...

The Power of Necessity | Innovation in Watchmaking

The Power of Necessity | Innovation in Watchmaking

As the world remains at home, we are forced to come together—remotely, of course—to find a new way to work and solve novel problems. The ...

Anniversary Watches and Why We Love Them

Anniversary Watches and Why We Love Them

An anniversary is a wonderful thing—the celebration of a moment in time, the creation of something special. Collectors use watches ...

History of the Rolex GMT-Master Collection and it’s Evolution to Today’s Modern Sports Watch

History of the Rolex GMT-Master Collection and it’s Evolution to...

Few Rolex watches out there have maintained such long-standing desirability as the GMT-Master (now GMT-Master II). It’s one of the few wa...

Rolex Dive Watches: Robust Tool Watches For Any Activity

Rolex Dive Watches: Robust Tool Watches For Any Activity

Rolex and water have long gone hand in hand, going all the way back to the original Oyster case that was first unveiled in 1926. A pionee...

Omega Speedmaster X-33: The Other Space Watch

Omega Speedmaster X-33: The Other Space Watch

Anyone who knows a bit–and really even just a minuscule bit–is at least familiar with the connection between Omega, NASA, and...

Watches of Westeros

Watches of Westeros

With the final Game of Thrones upon us this weekend, we’ve decided to take a look at some of our favorite characters and what watc...

8 Things to Know About IWC

8 Things to Know About IWC

There’s a lot we all know about the beloved International Watch Company. Famed for their iconic pilot’s watch collection, the longstandin...

Industry News

YOU’RE INVITED! Dialed In: Grand Seiko x WatchBox Collector’s Event

YOU’RE INVITED! Dialed In: Grand Seiko x WatchBox Collector’s Event

WatchBox and Grand Seiko invite you to join us for a discussion on the inspiration and techniques featured on Grand Seiko’s most celebrat...

WatchBox After Hours: Controversial Innovations in Watchmaking

WatchBox After Hours: Controversial Innovations in Watchmaking

The WatchBox crew gets together for another After Hours episode talking about innovation within the industry and the affects it has on bu...

Try Before you Buy with the Try On Tool

Try Before you Buy with the Try On Tool

WatchBox is excited to introduce the TRY ON tool to those browsing products and wanting to see exactly how the watch would fit and look i...

WatchBox After Hours: Unpopular Watch Opinions

WatchBox After Hours: Unpopular Watch Opinions

Welcome to the latest edition of WatchBox After Hours via Zoom. Before we dive in, it is important to note that this conversation does no...

Haute Time Presents: Talking Time with Mitchell Schwartz and George Mayer

Haute Time Presents: Talking Time with Mitchell Schwartz and George Ma...

WatchBox and Mitch Schwartz came together to support the ALL IN Challenge with a weekend experience for every football fan, foodie, and w...

Discussions While Distancing: New Releases and Watch Auctions

Discussions While Distancing: New Releases and Watch Auctions

George Mayer, WatchBox’s Director of Sales and Watch Buying, sits down with industry insider Paul Boutros, Senior Vice President an...

WatchBox Joins Super Bowl Champion Mitchell Schwartz to Support the ALL IN Challenge

WatchBox Joins Super Bowl Champion Mitchell Schwartz to Support the AL...

VIP WEEKEND EXPERIENCE FOR EVERY FOOTBALL FAN, FOODIE, AND WATCH GUY OUT THERE, TO BE AUCTIONED FOR COVID-19 RELIEF EFFORTS WatchBox is e...

THE MAY EVENT: Shop Over 700 Pre-Owned Watches

THE MAY EVENT: Shop Over 700 Pre-Owned Watches

Shop THE MAY EVENT for savings up to 40% off on over 700 pre-owned watches, including classic chronographs, leading luxury watch brands, ...

Watch Reviews

On The Wrist: Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Tourbillon Extra-Thin

On The Wrist: Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Tourbillon Extra-Thin

Founded in the Vallée de Joux, Switzerland more than 140 years ago, Audemars Piguet has been shaking-up the world of Haute Horlogerie for...

Wrap Around Styles: Baume & Mercier

Wrap Around Styles: Baume & Mercier

Baume & mercier’s focus on the art of living is evident in each of its watch collections, offering relaxed style and dependable timek...

Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie (SIHH) Watch Show

Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie (SIHH) Watch Show

Interview Transcript Tim: Hi, I’m Tim, welcome to WatchBox and thanks for logging on. Well, it is this week in watches, and it...

Graham Silverston RS Endurance 24HR

Graham Silverston RS Endurance 24HR

The new Silverstone Endurance 24HR features a mono-pusher movement with a double chronograph function that measures up to the requirement...

Chopard L.U.C 1963 Chronograph

Chopard L.U.C 1963 Chronograph

Nineteen sixty-three was notable for the Scheufele family, as it was the year they acquired the Maison Chopard. Thus the L.U.C 1963 colle...

The Bulgari Octo Finissimo Tourbillon & L’Ammiraglio del Tempo

The Bulgari Octo Finissimo Tourbillon & L’Ammiraglio del Tempo

With a movement thinner than a Swiss five-franc coin, Bulgari’s Finissimo models mark the Italo-Swiss brand’s dramatic entrance into the ...

Breitling Jet Team Chronomat 44s

Breitling Jet Team Chronomat 44s

With the Breitling Jet Team starting its first United States tour this month in Lakeland, Florida, followed by eighteen shows coast to co...

Bell & Ross BR 126 Sport Heritage GMT & Flyback

Bell & Ross BR 126 Sport Heritage GMT & Flyback

Though its 43mm size is not particularly vintage, and its gold-hued appliqué accents convey a bit more luxe than hardcore sportiness, thi...

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