Recapping 2018: 25 of Our Favorite Articles

It was a big year for watches, and through it all our goal with the editorial was to present our readers with everything from timely news and fun podcasts, to interesting narratives, historical deep dives, and valued guides. With the year coming to a close, we wanted to take a look back at some of our favorite articles from the past 12 months (in case you missed it, check out our favorite watch reviews of 2018 here). We would also like to take a moment to give a shoutout to our stellar team of writers and contributors, without whom none of this would be possible. Without further ado (and in no particular order), let’s get to it!

Affordable Vintage: King Seiko Ref. 5621-7020, and Some Things to Consider When Buying King Seiko

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Born from Records: The History of the Rolex Daytona

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Making a Tool Watch: A Basic Guide to ISO, DIN, and Related Industry Standards

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Are Watches With Radium Dials Safe? New Study Offers Warning

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Tales From a Vintage Collector: That Time I Saved a Piece of History From Being Melted Down for Gold

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100 Signs That You’ve Become a Watch-Head

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Military Watches of the World: “The Dirty Dozen”

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HeuerTime’s Abel Court: Looking After Jack’s Kids

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The Worn & Wound Podcast Ep. 51: Patina, Fauxtina, and Aged Watches

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The Custom A-13A Pilot Chronograph Built to Survive a Spy Plane

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The PX Watches of Vietnam: A Survey of Non-Issued, Popular Military Watches of the Vietnam War

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Hamilton Electric: the Race to Create the World’s First Battery-Powered Watch

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Watchmaker’s Bench: Are All Chronographs Created Equal? Integrated Versus Modular Chronographs

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Field Test: SCUBA Diving in Belize With Four Popular Dive Watches from Seiko, Oris, and Rado

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Affordable Vintage: My Journey to a Seiko Navigator Timer Ref. 6117-8000

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The Worn & Wound Podcast Ep. 46: Jason Lim of Halios Watches

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A Guide to Buying Vintage Watches on eBay

Part 1 and Part 2 .

From War to the Auction Block: The Story of Sgt Rowson’s Panerai Kampfschwimmer

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Affordable Vintage: A Tale of Two Private Label Bathyscaphes

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The Worn & Wound Podcast Ep. 73: Pet Peeves and Deal Breakers

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The Lazarus Watch—Restoring a “Franken-Seiko” 6139 Chronograph

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How Watches are Made: Vero (Portland, Oregon)

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How Watches are Made: Vortic (Fort Collins, Colorado)

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Military Watches of the World: A-11, the Watch That Won the War

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My Watch: Collecting Seiko, Military, and Vintage Tool Watches with Jon Gaffney

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