Precision, pursued. Spring Drive has become so much a part of the modern watchmaking landscape that it’s difficult to see just how unlikely it is. The basic idea behind the technology is obvious only in retrospect: a watch driven by a mainspring, but regulated by a rotating, magnetically braked wheel that also functions as a...

Never let the facts get in the way of a good story. The genesis of this story was a reaction to a video we put up a month or so ago, the subject of which was debunking myths about water resistance. Among the usual suspects (one of which is the idea that 100 meter resistance...