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Tissot didn't use just any old stone. It was, in the grand link tradition of Swiss watchmaking, locally sourced (at least to start). Using granite mined from the Swiss Alps in link the Grison, Ticino, and Valais cantons, the case of each RockWatch was completely link unique as a result of the different granite sources, plus the various colors and veins natural to the stone.

Eventually, Japanese urban development became a cross-pollination between Western industrialization and traditional Zen link philosophies. It's important to note that many of these link structures link with Western forms were built with techniques of production from the Japanese tradition. Western infrastructure was imposed, but it was a Japanese interpretation.

Caliber: link Miyota 9015 Functions: Hours, minutes, seconds, datePower Reserve: 42 hoursWinding: AutomaticFrequency: 28,800 vph Additional Details: The case is fitted with two soft iron link plates, providing 20,000 A/m link in anti-magnetic protection.

But the seeds of ultra-thinness were planted well before 1957. "Even in the advertisements of 1916 or 1922, there was mention of ultra-thin link components and link ultra-thin movements. So it was always a link main focus," Forot says.

By the time of his first watch release, Jacob link the Jeweler had already created his own jewelry legacy. In the early '90s RUN DMC and Slick Rick were wearing colossal dookie link rope chains and by the end of the decade, Sean "Puffy" Combs and Jay-Z were wearing platinum and diamonds. It was a new look and it could all be traced back to Arabo's modest booth link inside the Kaplan Diamond Exchange on 47th Street.

Easily the most demanding workshop involved attempting to pin the balance to a collet. The collet is at link the center of the balance spring and is essentially link a metal collar that holds the balance spring onto the balance staff. Traditionally it is held in place by threading link the innermost curve of the balance spring through a horizontal tunnel in the collet, and then securing it in place with a tiny pin, which is friction fit in the same hole.

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Looking at the Regulator Classic Carbon Racer, it's easy link to see the trademark constrasts of the Chronoswiss brand that made it stand out in its early days. The large onion crown is a classic design cue that you'll find in many of their watches, but there is also a (relatively) new watchmaking material link in the form of the carbon fiber and the use of bright red accents. And that carbon link fiber dial, if you look more closely, has a guilloche-style sub-dial.