Category Archives: Radio-controlled

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Must-grabs this Week! Tissot, Seiko, Citizen, Invicta and Scuderia Ferrari brings excellent gift ideas for thrill-loving men and women

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15
Nov

Watch gifting basics Not every watch gifted needs to be the Breguet No. 160 Grand Complication from the Swedish count Axel von Fersen the Younger to Marie Antoinette, the Queen of France (wife of Louis XVI). Or – the Ladies Oyster Datejust from John Meyer to Jessica Simpson! Only to remember while gifting a nice watch is the other

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Alarm, Altimeter, Ana-Digi, Atomic, Chronograph, Citizen, Eco-Drive, Pro Master, Radio-controlled, Super Titanium

Citizen Promaster Land: Tools to take chances on the Terra Firma

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02
Aug

Perhaps the most diverse among Citizen’s lineups, the Promaster never ceases to surprise! Promaster Land: A brief intro Ask anyone bit savvy about outdoor gears to recommend a correspondingly wide range of watches that support hardcore professional athletic activities, mountaineering and exploring the wilderness for adventures; you’ll probably hear them praising the G-Shock, the Garmin,

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Alpinist, Astron, Automatic, Citizen, Cocktail Time, Diver's, Eco-Drive, Flightmaster, GMT, Kinetic, King Turtle, Lukia, Marine Master, Navihawk, New Seiko5, PADI, Presage, Pro Master, Prospex, Radio-controlled, Re-Craft, Sattelite Wave, Save the Ocean, Seiko, Seiko 5, Seiko automatic watches, Seiko Premier, Solar, Spring Drive, Street, Sumo, Super Titanium, Tuna, Turtle, Velatura

Is Citizen more accurate than Seiko?

Posted on by Watch Gonzo
17
Apr

Grand Seiko, undoubtedly, stands as the most accurate watches from Seiko, either mechanical or quartz or Spring Drive. Unfortunately, most think Citizen maxes out with their GPS watches or the Campanola; they probably haven’t yet heard about the very impressive Citizen Caliber 0100. It’s the world’s most accurate, self-contained, quartz movement. One might well argue

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Alarm, Altimeter, Ana-Digi, Chronograph, Citizen, Epoca, Hamilton, Hamilton X, Maserati, Men's, Navihawk, Orient, Pilot, Quartz, Radio-controlled, Seiko, Skagen Denmark, Solar, Tissot, Tissot T-Touch, Titanium, World Timer

7 Quartz watches worth collecting

Posted on by Watch Gonzo
05
Feb

The question is… Automatic movements, some of them, are priceless works of art, drooled after to be collected and treasured. We don’t feel the same way about quartz calibers, though. Had there ever been any comparison test between quartz calibers from different brands? The stand of quartz From a collector’s standpoint, there are only a

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Citizen, Kinetic, Navihawk, Quartz, Radio-controlled, Seiko, Seiko Premier, Velatura

Gonzo’s Grumblings: Attempting a perpetual doubt-removal on Perpetual Calendars

Posted on by Watch Gonzo
30
Dec

A perpetual preference, partially painful to people The perpetual calendar complication is one of my favorites. I really do like them. Thanks to Creation Watches; they helped me find a few at prices beyond what I ever expected! Good perpetual calendars sometimes could be way too expensive – more specifically – out of reach for

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Alarm, Altimeter, Ana-Digi, Atomic, Casio, Citizen, G Shock, GPS, GPS, Moon Phase, Navihawk, Perpetual Calendar, Pro Master, Radio-controlled, Sattelite Wave, Tough Solar, World Timer

Precision timekeeping-IV: Beyond simple quartz technology

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14
Oct

RC or GPS – What should be your choice?   On our way to pick the right one You can always take an easy way out dodging past that question, going for the GPS-Atomic hybrid; the system combining GPS signals and standard radio waves from multiple locations to display an accurately accurate time. Many would;

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Alarm, Altimeter, Ana-Digi, Atomic, Automatic, Carrera, Casio, Chronograph, Citizen, Eco-Drive, Formula 1, Formula 1, GPS, Men's, Pro Master, Promaster, Radio Controed, Radio-controlled, Sattelite Wave, Seiko, Solar, TAG Heuer, World Timer

Precision timekeeping-II: Beyond simple quartz technology

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08
Oct

Atomic accuracy aside, we take a brief look at some that give quartz a run for its money.   Digressing from the main topic to return soon Bit out of context, but still can’t escape the magic of the CALIBRE 360. It’s an automatic, mechanical CHRONOGRAPH movement that went into the 2006 Sports Watch of

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Alarm, Ana-Digi, Chronograph, Citizen, Navihawk, Perpetual Calendar, Pilot, Pro Master, Promaster, Radio Controed, Radio-controlled, Sattelite Wave, World Timer

Precision timekeeping-I: Beyond simple quartz technology

Posted on by Watch Gonzo
06
Oct

Many years before the artificial satellites associated with your watch, atomic clocks did. It was called Atomic Time-keeping then. Radio-Controlled is the technical term and through the decades; it got established as one of the core technologies Citizen is based upon, other than Eco-Drive and Satellite-Wave. Imagine: An antenna built into a ceramic watch case!

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Alarm, Ana-Digi, Automatic, Casio, Chronograph, Citizen, Dress watches, Eco-Drive, Exotics, G Shock, G-Shock, Luxury, Multi-function, Pro Master, Radio-controlled, Seiko, Solar, Women's

Before you go buying your next watch…

Posted on by Watch Gonzo
19
Aug

 “You’ve got to put it on your wrist and decide whether it’s for you or not.” – David Hurley; exec, watches of Switzerland Watch-obsessed people aside, investing in timepieces started up-trending over the past couple of decades. Watches turned into genuine assets but only if you know how to pick the right ones. They will

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Alarm, Altimeter, Ana-Digi, Aqualand, Chronograph, Citizen, Diver's, Eco-Drive, Limited edition, Men's, Perpetual Calendar, Pro Master, Radio-controlled, Solar, Titanium, World Timer

Citizen Pro-Master: Worthy of your time!

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14
Jul

The Citizen Pro-Master series proves that functional watches can also be fun, even for wearers who are not professionally attached to hazardous endeavors. All are powered by the Eco-Drive technology, proprietary to Citizen. It also means that no battery change to crack the factory seal (and the atmosphere trapped within) and compromise about its functional

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Alarm, Ana-Digi, Automatic, Automatic, Chronograph, Citizen, Diver's, Dual time, Eco-Drive, Invicta, Navihawk, Presage, Presage Automatic, Pro Diver, Radio Controed, Radio-controlled, Seiko, Seiko automatic watches, Watch Materials, World Timer, Zeppelin

About the steel you’ll feel on your wrist!

Posted on by Watch Gonzo
29
Jun

Technology has come a long way, gifting us a wide array of materials used for building your gadgets, cars and other stuff including your watches. Still, majority wristwatches are made of stainless steel, often coated with gold and titanium or wrapped in ceramics and carbon, offering an excellent rigidity at reasonable prices. Steel withstands a

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Alarm, Automatic, Chronograph, Citizen, Direct Drive, Dual time, Eco-Drive, Freelancer, Hamilton, Kinetic, Kinetic, Limited edition, Luxury, Multi-function, Perpetual Calendar, Radio Controed, Radio-controlled, Raymond Weil, Seiko, Spring Drive, Swiss-made, Tissot

Top 5 names in sports-luxury watches: Call them ‘Timeless’, if you will

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14
May

Amidst myriad crappy choices in this particular category, these 5 will fill you in. Concerns about luxury watches in the sports category provide today the chance for offering this definitive list. The biased ignorant lot will hate alike, assuming that if an item costs more, it must also be superior as well. While this kind

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Automatic, Chronograph, Citizen, Depth Gauge, Diver's, GMT, Kinetic, Kinetic, Men's, PADI, Promaster, Prospex, Prospex Automatic, Radio Controed, Radio-controlled, Seiko, Solar

Dive watch care and maintenance tips: Timely stitches keep away the glitches

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20
Apr

Beginning of a story Congratulations on your first dive watch! You are now rightfully the proud owner of a tool that’s not restricted within just the timekeeper parenthesis. Henceforth, you will exhibit art, science and man’s ingenuity on your wrist; well, to answer for how long, you need to play your part. Caring the least

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Chronograph, Citizen, Compass, Diver's, Prospex, Radio-controlled, Seiko, Solar, Solar, World Timer

Know your bezel: A short discourse about an oft-overlooked part of a watch (I)

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19
Apr

High complication luxury timepieces with one or more functions come in hot! Quiet strangely, almost everybody chases the classic chronograph without looking any further. Only watch nerds look beyond those three small sub-dials. It’s a general bias for a timepiece that does a few more things aside time telling. It makes a watch elevate to

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Citizen, Dual time, Eco-Drive, Radio-controlled, World Timer

Radio Control: Bring accurate timing readily under your control

Posted on by Watch Gonzo
25
Mar

Many among us are not comfortable with the watches that sync to radio signals. We, the urban men, usually stay amidst too many obstructions and hurdles than to invite home another to bother us. Imagine buying a watch in this category and then finding out it doesn’t work with the atomic signal available at where

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