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Why Do So Many Watches Use The Same Fonts? - Ask Watch Experts Questions About Watches

 Arthur D. from Ontario, Canada asks:A lot of watches have Arabic numerals. How and why did this come about? Whats wrong with other fonts? Just looking at the Anstead watch article and then looking at my Omega Seamaster PO and the fonts are identical.What we think you are asking is why so many watches have the same fonts on the dial. Arabic numerals aren’t a font, but simply the numerals we typically use (1,2,3…) versus Roman numerals (I,II,III…). There isn’t a specific answer that we know of, but we will offer an educated guess based on what we know about the

Prometheus Recon 5 Watch Review

Here is another watch review contributed by Santtu M. I reviewed a previous model by this brand, the Ocean Diver watch here. See his review below:Recon 5 is the new product from Prometheus, a rather new boutique brand with plenty of determination. This is their take on popular aviator theme. At the first glance I knew that Prometheus were not doing an other aviator, they were doing their adaptation of it. Watch has definite military vibe to it which comes from clean minimalistic dial, very easy to read markings and hands. It's clear that Prometheus had a ambition when making design ch

Vulcain Anniversary Heart Cricket Watch For President Barack Obama: Thoughts

I wanted to go over the new Vulcain Anniversary Heart Cricket watch that was given to President Barack Obama once again. I have discussed the watch on Luxist, and in other places as well. You should know that Vulcain has been giving new US Presidents watches for over 50 years. It is part of the Cricket watch heritage and started with Truman. He liked the Cricket watches from Vulcain because they not only had an alarm, but one that would actually wake him up. I can't say without a doubt (cause I don't know them all) that the Vulcain Cricket alarm movements are the "best" mech

Bavarian Crono Offers Volkswagen Instrument Panel Homage Collection Of Watches (1946-1970s)

This will not be the first time that a watch face was designed after an automobile instrument panel, but this time there is no hiding the fact. In an obvious wave to the cultural icon that Volkswagen cars have been for so many over the years, Bavarian Crono ("Chrono" for us English minded folks) offers a line of watches that have very faithfully mimicked the look and feel of selected classic VW instrument panels. Currently there are 10 watches in the collection, but I suspect more will be added if this collection grows more popular (Bavarian Crono already has a few Mercedes-Benz a