How Watches Work - Crown Watch Blog

How Does Power Reserve Work?

Written by Alvin Wong on 08 May 2017. in How It Works.

It takes a lot to tell you how much your watch’s got left in its tank.

Written by Alvin Wong on 24 March 2017. in How It Works.

Mechanical, good; quartz, bad. Truth?

Written by Alvin Wong on 14 October 2016. in How It Works.

All you need to know about the different finishings used in your high-end mechanical timepiece.

Written by Alvin Wong on 02 June 2016. in How It Works.

What is a tourbillon? That little thing that spins slowly on a watch dial has plenty of gravitas.

Written by Alvin Wong on 18 December 2015. in How It Works.

What is the Geneva Seal? Discover the virtues of one of the most sought-after quality control checks in high-end watchmaking.

Written by Alvin Wong on 08 December 2015. in How It Works.

It is not the most grammatically accurate of labels: the term ‘manufacture’, in watch-speak, is not a verb but a noun; more ‘maker’ than ‘making of’.