A Viton gasket is a type of O-ring or seal used in some watches – usually deep dive watches or...
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This is an anti-magnetic dust cover or shield is found on some solid back Omega Speedmaster and Seamaster watches. It...
Brand Omega Part Name Spirate System Part Type Balance/regualator Material Si14 (silicon) Country of Manufacture Switzerland, Swiss made Known Calibers...
There is good design and there is bad design. And there is design that is both – or is it...
What is rebanking in watches? Rebanking or knocking (sometimes referred to as knocking the banking) occurs when the pallet fork...
Chronograph pushers are typically spring loaded with a coil between the button and the case. But what keeps it in...
Triovis is a style of watch movement regulator aka precision adjustment device. Triovis regulators offer the ability to fine-tune the...
What is a Pointer Date? A pointer date aka date pointer (aka date hand) is a calendar complication that typically...
ETACHRON is the name of a type of watch regulator system. Despite being used by many Seiko calibers and listed...
Are you in the market for luxury mechanical chronograph watches with in-house calibers but don’t know where to start? This...
What is a “Forrest Gump” Watch Movement? What Caliber Corner has coined a “Forrest Gump” movement or “Forest Gump” caliber...
What is a mono-pusher? A monopusher is sometimes also called a single-button chronograph. It is when a watch with a...
What is a Phantom Date on a watch movement? A Phantom Date is when a watch doesn’t have a cut-out...
Why doesn’t my double digit big date watch change from 31 to 01, is it broken or fake? It’s because...
Ball SpringLOCK is a patented shock protection device that acts as a cage around the hairspring, protecting it from jolts...
What is the difference between a chronometer and a chronograph? While they both share the same root word chrono, a...
How Many Grades of ETA Movements Are There? ETA offers four grades of watch movements: Standard Elabore (Elaborated) Top Chronometer...
What is the difference between ETA caliber 2824-2 and 2804-2? Both of these calibers are mechanical movements, but the main...
Rolex’s Parachrom Bleu Hairspring is an in-house hairspring comprised of a paramagnetic alloy. The technology behind this hairspring was first...
Like the rest of the world, you’re probably washing your hands obsessively these days, but not long after a good...
If you have a watch geek in your life, you probably want to get them a watch related gift but...
One of the common issues with the inexpensive Ronda quartz movements is that the coil is exposed without a cover,...
Although many Seiko watch owners do not service their watches, and some even think of Seikos as being bulletproof, the...
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