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2. Why men are now wearing broken watches - AOL

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   Where watches were first invented as a practical accessory – a necessity even – to help us keep track of time, they've now dipped into jewellery-only territory. Men wearing broken watches Skip ...

3. Men around the world are wearing broken watches — but an ...

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   Men everywhere are wearing broken watches, according to The Wall Street Journal. Powell said that although aesthetics play a big part, traditional watches are one of the few simple luxuries left ...

4. 30 Affordable Watches That Look More Expensive Than They Are

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   From vintage-inspired pieces to sleek minimalist designs, Citizen to Seiko to Timex, these are the 30 best cheap watches for men under $500.

5. Shock-resistant watch - Wikipedia

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   Shock resistant is a common mark stamped on the back of wrist watches to indicate how well a watch copes with mechanical shocks. In a mechanical watch, it indicates that the delicate pivots that hold the balance wheel are mounted in a spring suspension system intended to protect them from damage if the watch is dropped.

6. Rotary Watches - Wikipedia

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   Rotary Watches Ltd was established at La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland by Moise Dreyfuss in 1895. By the 1920s family members Georges and Sylvain Dreyfuss began exporting Rotary watches to Britain, which was to become the company's most successful market. Rotary later became the official watch supplier for the British Army.

7. Pin-pallet escapement - Wikipedia

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   A Roskopf, pin-lever, or pin-pallet escapement is an inexpensive, less accurate version of the lever escapement, used in mechanical alarm clocks, kitchen timers, mantel clocks and, until the 1970s, cheap watches now known as pin lever watches. It was popularized by German watchmaker Georges Frederic Roskopf in its "proletarian watch" from 1867 ...