by C.R. Time Company | Sep 17 | Quality Watch
Every counter that buys gold lives and dies by one question: is it real, and what karat? Get it right and gold buying is excellent business. Get it wrong twice and it wasn’t. Here is the honest rundown of gold testing methods and the equipment worth owning. The...
by C.R. Time Company | Sep 3 | Quality Watch
A generation ago, a thermal diamond tester answered the counter’s big question in two seconds. Then moissanite arrived… a stone that passes thermal testing… and the two-second answer became a two-part discipline. If your counter buys, appraises, or...
by C.R. Time Company | Aug 20 | Watch Care
Every battery counter knows the moment: the old cell reads one number, your drawer is labeled with another, and the customer is watching. Battery brands use different numbering for identical cells, and translating between them is a daily bench skill. Here is the...
by C.R. Time Company | Aug 6 | Watch Repair
Ask a watchmaker to name one movement manufacturer and the answer is usually three letters: ETA. The Swiss giant’s calibers have powered an enormous share of the quality watches made in the last half century, which means one thing for the repair trade… ETA...
by C.R. Time Company | Jul 23 | Watch Movement
A movement swap is often the highest-value repair a bench performs… it turns a dead watch into a running one, usually inside an hour. Buying replacement movements well is what makes that repair profitable. Here is the working guide. Match before you buy. The...
