Watch Guide
Where would you be without it?
Your watch helps you pick up the kids on time, keep an important date and catch the train. But it’s more than a time piece, it communicates your sense of style and allows you to accessorize all at the same time. You’ll look at it hundreds of times a day so find a watch that fits your personal style - or choose two if you can’t decide! When purchasing a watch, whether it’s for yourself or someone else, make sure it’s both good-looking and well-made. Here, we’ll help you sort through the choices.
How to choose a watch
The first thing to consider is when and where the watch will be worn. Pick the watch that best fits your lifestyle whether that’s one of our many chronographs or sport watches or something slim, simple and classic. Find that perfect watch that can take you from the workout room to the board room to the theatre... or collect different watches to fit every aspect of your lifestyle.
If you want your watch to make a fashion statement, try a cutting edge case shape, an unusual band, or a colorful face. Some people own several distinct watches to wear with different types of outfits, such as a Movado watch for elegant ensembles and a sporty blue Citizen® watch with chronograph to wear with jeans.
If you’re looking for a watch to wear on the weekends or out with your friends, we have a range of casual wrist watches that work well in a variety of situations. You might want to look for water resistant styles, so you don’t have to worry about your watch while hanging out at the pool, and definitely consider the comfort of the band and overall weight.
And finally, if you plan to wear your watch with a suit or evening wear, we recommend a luxurious dressy Citizen® watch or something simple and elegant, like a sleek timepiece from our Movado watch collection.
Watch brands
ESQ SWISS
Designed for a vigorous, active lifestyle,
ESQ SWISS watches are crafted to the highest standards of Swiss quality. Equipped with unique features for taking on the great outdoors, these rugged timepieces bring out the intrepid adventurer in everyone who wears them. Featuring solid stainless steel craftsmanship, Swiss movements, impeccable details, and scratch-resistant sapphire and mineral crystals, these watches are known as an unbeatable value among Swiss timepieces.
Citizen®
Since 1924, Citizen® has achieved global recognition as a leader in advanced technology. From the world’s slimmest LCD watch to the world’s first professional dive watch, Citizen® has continually pioneered new approaches to watch engineering. Today, Citizen’s®
Eco-Drive™ collection of light-powered watches is leading the way in ecologically friendly timekeeping. Fueled by light, these innovative timepieces never need batteries.
Movado
Founded in 1881, Movado holds more than 100 patents and 200 international awards for artistry and innovation in watch design and technology. Movado’s most well-known design, the
Museum Watch dial, is considered an icon of Modernism. Part of the permanent collection of New York’s Museum of Modern Art, this legendary watch dial symbolizes the elegant design and innovative approach that has defined this Swiss watchmaker for generations.
Watch words
Here are some terms commonly used when talking about watches:
- Ana-Dig: A watch that has both an analog (hour and minute hands) and digital (numeric) display.
- Bezel: The upper portion of the watch that surrounds the face and holds the crystal. Sometimes it can contain an extra decorative ring or a rotating ring with a special function.
- Bracelet: Also known as the watchband, this is goes around your wrist. It usually comes in metal, such as stainless steel, gold, tungsten carbide or leather.
- Cabochon: A smooth round or oval convex polished gemstone that is sometimes set in a watch crown.
- Case: The outside shell that houses the moving parts of the watch. Always made of a durable material, it’s frequently sealed to provide water protection.
- Chronograph: A stopwatch that can sometimes be found in a wristwatch.
- Crown: A small round knob found on the side of a watch. Some people refer to it as a winder, as it once was used to wind the spring in clockwork watches. Today it is normally used to set the time when pulled outward and rotated.
- Crystal: The transparent protective covering that fits tightly over a watch’s face. It can be made from plastic, glass or lab-created sapphire.
- Dial: The face of an analog watch.
- Jewels: Small gemstones used in sensitive parts of some mechanical watches. Their smoothness and durability helps the watch machinery stay accurate and last longer.
- Liquid-crystal Display (LCD): A digital display where the numbers are formed in a liquid layer enclosed between a pair of clear crystals.
Why wear one of our watches?
At
Helzberg Diamonds it’s our promise to stand behind the quality of your purchase, to be there when you need us, to listen to your concerns and to create a comfortable, no hassle shopping experience from start to finish. Part of our commitment to a hassle-free shopping experience includes a simple return and exchange privilege. If for any reason you decide to return or exchange your unworn watch, you have 30 days to bring it to any Helzberg Diamonds store. For the location of your nearest store, call 1-800-HELZBERG (800-435-9237), or visit the
Store Locator to find the store nearest you.
For watches purchased online, we will gladly arrange to have your return picked up by UPS - at no cost to you. Just call 1-800-606-2796 for an authorization number and instructions. Please note that all watches returned using UPS must pass an inspection before we can issue any refund or exchange.
NOTE: All purchases made in one of our store locations must be returned to the nearest store location.
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