Welcome to the Watch Source Guide
Your compete information source for fine watches

Welcome to the Watch Source Guide, your complete source of information regarding fine watches. Whether you are planning on purchasing a watch or related accessory in the near future and are looking to make an informed decision, or just a watch aficionado seeking more information, here you will find a comprehensive source of information on all things relating to watches. Whether it be fine high-end luxury watches, casual watches, men's or women's watches, replica watches, watch repair, watch winders, watch bands, pocket watches, authentic and replica Rolex info, watch maintenance, how a watch works, articles about watches, etc. you will find it here. We have also included a manufacturers section including all the top watch brands such as Rolex, Omega, Seiko, Fossil, Invicta, Casio, Breitling, Cartier, Swiss Army, Gucci, Tag Heuer, Bulova, Patek Philippe, Movado, Swatch, Timex, etc.

As time goes on we will continue adding more information and articles regarding watches to the Watch Source Guide, so if you don't see what you're looking for now, there's a good chance you'll find it here in the near future.

In choosing a watch to wear, whether it be an ultra high-end Patek Philippe watch, or a Rolex, Omega, TAG Heuer, Breitling, Movado, Seiko, Swatch, Timex, or any watch in between, we are all sending a subtle message about our personality.

If you meet an Italian on the street the first thing they will look at, according to popular myth, is your shoes. The second thing will be your watch. Most of us don't inspect ourselves each morning preparing for chance meetings with Italians, but in choosing a watch to wear, we are all sending a subtle message about our personality.

This is hardly news to women who are used to these kinds of decisions, but for men, who rarely thing about such things, it's all the more telling, because it's one of the few expressions we're allowed.

Richard Mille Watch

Before you clap your hand over your wrist, it pays to know that most Americans (much to the dismay of European watch manufacturers) think of watches as something with which to read the time. This widely held misconception actually works in your favor. Those who haven't realized the immense communicative and stylistic potential of a wristwatch are more than likely walking around with one of those plastic drugstore jobs, giving you all the more satisfaction when you wear something worthwhile.

A cynic might point out that the most important reason people buy expensive watches is to impress others. As much as watchmakers would like to protest that their creations are intensely personal items, there is obviously some of this at work. The best Swiss watches are naturally impressive items, all the more so if they are large and made of precious metal. It would be impossible to describe this kind of watch without mentioning a Rolex watch, first because they are so recognizable and, secondly, because they have become so associated with success. Many are the executives and entrepreneurs who have celebrated their "arrival" with one of these watches. Large gold watches are certainly bold, but how others perceive them all depends on how they are worn. One need not leer like Alec Baldwin in Glengarry Glen Ross, boasting that his gold Rolex watch "costs more than your car." The practice of wearing the watch loosely, so that it more readily peeks outside your shirt cuff is another not-so-subtle display tactic that probably says more about the person that the watch itself.

Rolex Oyster Perpetual Cosmograph Daytona 18k Gold Men's Watch

MAKING A STATEMENT

Display is something watch manufacturers naturally encourage - reason, perhaps, that watches have grown to such epic dimensions in recent years. Big watches put the wearer at the cutting edge of a trend. Many of the largest look their best on someone with big arms, but the argument can be made that simply wearing the thing will build muscle on its own.

At the other end of the spectrum are the understated, classic timepieces. These watches, although they can be more expensive than eighteen-karat gold heavyweights, are much less ostentatious. The fine level of detailing on the case and dial is indicative of their quality of construction. Wear one of these and you'll only get knowing looks from like-minded individuals who have sophisticated taste in watches.

It seems today as if sophistication (literally) is at the forefront of fashion in watches. Complicated watches - the mechanical watches with extra functions - have always been the apples of watch collectors' eyes. But now everyone seems to be picking up on their flavor. Unusual dials with hands and indicators on every available surface hint at mechanical complexity, which, in turn, seems to confer an aura of "being in the know" on the wearer. At the very least, you'll have a watch that's very interesting for you, and everyone else, to glance at.

There's something about a watch with a dial so complicated you have to really look at it. After you focus in on the different dials, you get a feeling for all the complexity that went into it.

People aren't just buying one watch anymore. Like Italy, American customers are getting more accustomed to buying watches for specific activities, events and even outfits. The Watch industry has become increasingly specialized, with watches for just about everything under the sun. So, a man will buy a diving watch, another watch for wearing at the office and still another luxury watch for going out at night. A woman, on the other hand, might buy watches for those same things, but also buy a funky colored watch to go with an outfit or a watch with a great watch strap to match a purse or shoes.

It's not unusual to have a collection of five to ten men's watches or women's watches for casual, elegant evening, sports, fun and for technical use. Gone are the days when you wore the same watch all day, every day, for your entire life.

Here at the Watch Source Guide we provide you with all the information you need for making an informed decision when purchasing your watches. We also have included other useful information on topics such as the care and maintenance of watches, accessories such as watchbands/watchstraps and watch winders, various types of watches available (quartz watches, mechanical watches, diving watches, sports watches, pilot watches, etc.), a buyers guide to watches and information on some of the better known designer watches on the market.

So, whether it be information on Seiko watches, TAG-Heuer watches, Breitling watches, Cartier watches, Rolex watches, watch winders or anything else related to fine designer watches you will find it here at the WatchSourceGuide.com.

We hope this information will be of help and interest to you.