Watch Guides
Skeleton and tourbillon Watches Explained — How They Work and What to Look For
Openworked watches make the mechanism the dial.
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Chrono24 Watches Journal
The Chrono24 Watches Journal — buying guides, reference deep-dives and market notes
Practical writing about the watches we handle — reference guides, movement explainers, condition and authentication notes, and what the secondary market is actually doing.
Watch Guides
Complicated Watches Explained — How They Work and What to Look For
A complication is any function beyond hours, minutes and seconds.
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Pilot Watches Explained — How They Work and What to Look For
Pilot watches solve a legibility problem under bad conditions.
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Dress Watches Explained — How They Work and What to Look For
A dress watch is disciplined by what it leaves out.
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GMT and travel Watches Explained — How They Work and What to Look For
A travel watch tracks more than one zone; the question is which hand moves independently.
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Dive Watches Explained — How They Work and What to Look For
A dive watch is defined by function: unidirectional bezel, deep lume, screw-down crown and a tested case.
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Chronograph Watches Explained — How They Work and What to Look For
A chronograph times an interval independently of the running time.
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