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Understanding The World Time Watch
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Understanding The World Time Watch

A tale as old as time zones. The world time watch, like the diver’s watch, and the pilot’s watch, is a product of the industr...

Speedmasters Without the Moonshot: Uncovering the Overlooked Speedmasters
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Speedmasters Without the Moonshot: Uncovering the Overlooked Speedmast...

Venturing beyond the lunar-legend reveals a fascinating array of remarkable non-Moonwatch variants that deserve attention. It’s 1998 and ...

Independent’s Day: Five Independent Watches That Were Really Revolutionary
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Independent’s Day: Five Independent Watches That Were Really Rev...

I only regret, that I have but one watch budget to blow for my collection. It is on the day on which Americans celebrate Independence day...

It’s Tourbillon Day – Here’s Your Guide To Breguet’s Invention, And Why It’s Still Going Strong After 200 Years
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It’s Tourbillon Day – Here’s Your Guide To Breguet’...

It’s the 224th anniversary of Breguet’s patent. Happy Tourbillon Day, to those who celebrate! If you’re so inclined, to...

Winding Up a Legacy: George Daniels and the Exquisite Art of the Escapement
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Winding Up a Legacy: George Daniels and the Exquisite Art of the Escap...

A story of how George Daniels’ innovative approach to watchmaking and his pioneering work on the escapement ignited a passion for t...

I Love the 90s, Part II
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I Love the 90s, Part II

A unique design language takes hold. This is the second in a multi-part series on the lasting impact of the 1990s on the watch industry a...

I Love the 90s, and You Should Too
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I Love the 90s, and You Should Too

An Underappreciated Era Revisited: Part I This is the first in a multi-part series on the lasting impact of the 1990s on the watch indust...

The Art Of Invention: How De Bethune Builds The Future Of Watchmaking
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The Art Of Invention: How De Bethune Builds The Future Of Watchmaking

At De Bethune, technical innovation and horological art go hand-in-hand. There is a natural tendency when you look at watches, to think o...

The Tourbillon In The 2000s: Everything Everywhere All At Once
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The Tourbillon In The 2000s: Everything Everywhere All At Once

Tourbillon evolution, fast forward. The tourbillon, as we’ve seen, was for the most part a device used quite rarely in watchmaking ...

Tourbillon Chronicles Part III: Rise of the Wristwatch
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Tourbillon Chronicles Part III: Rise of the Wristwatch

The last word in pocket watch accuracy becomes the first name in wristwatch complications. In the late 1970s, as we (probably) all know, ...

The Inauguration and Evolution of the Datograph
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The Inauguration and Evolution of the Datograph

A comprehensive look at the history of A. Lange & Söhne’s signature chronograph Around 2008-2009, at the start of my teenage ye...

Tourbillon Chronicles Part II: Two Centuries Of Evolution
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Tourbillon Chronicles Part II: Two Centuries Of Evolution

How the tourbillon earned its reputation as one of the pinnacles of watchmaking. During his lifetime, Breguet produced only a small numbe...

The Tourbillon Chronicles: <br>Birth Of The Tourbillon
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The Tourbillon Chronicles:
Birth Of The Tourbillon

How a watchmaking legend created one of watchmaking’s legendary complications. Welcome to The Tourbillon Chronicles, a four part se...

Lange 1 and the 25th Anniversary Editions
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Lange 1 and the 25th Anniversary Editions

Watch enthusiasts are picky. Whenever a new watch comes out, there is always a festival of critique (which is very much healthy) on the c...

Movement Finishing in Modern High Grade Fine Watchmaking
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Movement Finishing in Modern High Grade Fine Watchmaking

Of all the crafts associated with fine watchmaking, there’s none more fundamental, none which really defines what fine watchmaking ...

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Limited Addiction: The Best of Limited Editions
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Limited Addiction: The Best of Limited Editions

Let’s face it, acquiring a watch that only a select few others will own is always an appealing proposition. We live in an industry satura...

8 Things to Know About IWC
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8 Things to Know About IWC

There’s a lot we all know about the beloved International Watch Company. Famed for their iconic pilot’s watch collection, the longstandin...

The Power of Necessity | Innovation in Watchmaking
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The Power of Necessity | Innovation in Watchmaking

As the world remains at home, we are forced to come together—remotely, of course—to find a new way to work and solve novel problems. The ...