Berner’s Dictionary of Horology Now Online
The Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry has published the well-known reference Berner's Illustrated Professional Dictionary of Horology on its website. The dictionary is in French, English, German and Spanish, and it allows translations from one language to another. For example, search on a French term, then click the British flag icon to display the definition in English. The dictionary is located on the FH website.

eBay Germany: So Many More Watches Not Available In The USA
You'll probably notice at some point or another that many of your watch searches on eBay come up with little results. You'll hear about a great small watch maker based out of Germany or Switzerland, go to eBay or the forums to see what you can find, and nothing! Are people not selling these watches? Are they so rare? No, the simple answer is that very few make it to the US.In fact, even while this statistic is rising, the US only consumes about 15% of the wrist watch market. Newly invigorated marketing efforts are attempting to remedy this, but the bottom line is that the US is often overlooked when it comes to distribution of many watches. Europe, the Middle East, and Asia enjoy most of where the watches are going. Especially when it comes to the "boutique" makers.This seems a strange fact, but when it comes down to it, watch makers feels that the US consumers just don't appreciate watches like some other countries do. Take the fact that most of the watches sold in the US are inexpens

Share my OMEGA Ref. 2179/5 cal.30T2
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The Jubilee Bracelet Revival Thread
Let's post images of e.g. the 16710 on jubilee bracelets in order to get a different perspective on how the retirement bracelet can complement the watch.

Loud Movement
I had a 16013 that I had to sell to fund my BLNR and I really miss being able to hear the movement without putting the watch to my ear. I stopped into the AD to see if the Datejust 41 had a loud movement, but it was also very quiet.What new models would have loud movements?Or how old of a model would I have to get?I'm trying to avoid the 36mm models.Thanks TRF, really enjoy how helpful you all are