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 At a time when many of us are enamoured with smartwatches and activity trackers, luxury timepieces remain wardrobe staples for their practicality, sophistication and transformative outfit potential. A watch speaks volumes about your personal style but also alludes to your life philosophy. If you value the best watch brands rooted in history and innovation, chances are you have a sentimental connection with what you wear and place a lot of value on craftsmanship. ... [+] Vacheron Constantin The best watch brands tap into our nostalgic sides: They specialize in timeless pieces that are meant to be worn often, admired for their elegance and passed down from generation to generation. Not surprisingly, they’re a good gift for milestone birthdays, weddings, anniversaries, graduations or any special moment. Shopping for a luxury watch requires a fair amount of knowledge—on movements to complications to cases. Whether you’re a collector or new to the watch world, we consul...

  10 Main Parts of a Watch First, let’s go through the main watch parts that you'll find on most timepieces. Then, we’ll cover the watch band and finish up with some common watch complications. Bezel The bezel of a watch is the outer ring that holds the watch crystal in place. Watch bezels can be fixed and plain, or they can be rotating and functional. Bezel functionality ranges from distinctly decorative to monitoring elapsed time and even calculating speeds across distances. View our  guide to watch bezels  to learn more about this important part of every timepiece. Case The case is the housing of a watch’s contents. Watch cases can be made from a wide range of materials including metal, plastic or ceramic. Rarer metals, like gold and silver, may also be used to create watch cases. And here at Nixon, we even make use of recycled plastic for cases on some of our  sustainable watch models . Crown The crown is the small knob that pokes out from the side of a watch. To...