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FEATURE

Wake-Up Call: Five Watches With Mechanical Alarms

They’re not as sexy as tourbillons or as impressively complicated as perpetual calendars, but mechanical alarm watches possess one of the more useful complications for a weary traveler or an overworked executive needing a reminder about that big board meeting. In a way, it’s curious that more watch brands haven’t embraced them. Here are five that are on the market now.

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Nov 22, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

Sponsored: Strength Meets Serenity in G-SHOCK’s MRGB5000BA “Ao-Zumi”

Earlier this year, G-SHOCK caught the attention of market-at-large when it launched its most luxurious execution yet of its iconic and historic DW-5000C design in the MRGB5000. Expanding the impressive collection, G-SHOCK is further elevating the 1983-dervied style with its latest in the MRGB5000BA “Ao-Zumi.” The new watch— like the previous MRGB5000 options before it—...

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Jun 24, 2022 by WatchTime

Showing at WatchTime New York 2021: The Vulcain 50s Presidents’ Watch

Historical Swiss watchmaker Vulcain isn’t a watch brand that finds itself in the thick of the conversation among U.S. collectors these days, but with its 2021 debut at WatchTime New York 2021, that is likely to change. The event, taking place this weekend at Manhattan’s Gotham Hall from Friday October 22 to 24, has long...

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Oct 20, 2021 by Caleb Anderson

FEATURE

Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: Jaeger-LeCoultre Polaris Memovox

This year at SIHH, Jaeger-LeCoultre introduced the Polaris collection, basing a series of new models on the iconic 1968 Polaris Memovox (picture below via Analog/Shift). This vintage model is arguably the most famous of the brand’s alarm watches, but it came standing on the shoulders of at least four other significant vintage models. The first...

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Mar 11, 2018 by Caleb Anderson

Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: Vulcain Cricket ‘50s President Watch

In a world of so many watch options, there is but a single timepiece that has been worn by nearly every U.S. president for almost 70 years. No, not the Rolex Day-Date, but instead the famed alarm watch, the Vulcain Cricket. We compare the original watch with its modern version.

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Dec 11, 2016 by Caleb Anderson

High-Mech vs. High-Tech: Watch Insider Presents Six Mechanical Smartwatches

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Dec 31, 2015 by Alexander Linz