Is Time Running Out For Wrist Watches?

May 12, 2010

As a boy, I liked to unscrew the back of my wrist watch (and anyone else’s I could get my mitts on) to see whether the “17-jewel movement” advertised in tiny letters on the watch face really contained 17 jewels. Usually, only four or five tiny industrial-grade garnets (the “jewels” touted by watch marketers in my price range) were visible without disassembling the watch. So I tried pulling everything apart …

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