For our final 'Complication of Christmas', we bring you one of the greatest horological stories ever told of the incredible Marie Antoinette 'Grande Complication' pocket watch number 160 from Breguet. A Chronology of the Marie…
Well, it’s Christmas, so rather than dwell on the technical aspects of the Tourbillon, something for the kids and perhaps big-kids, we know that the art of manufacturing a Tourbillon is made more complicated by…
Definition of ‘Retrograde’: Oxford Dictionaries: reverting to an earlier and inferior condition Merriam-Webster: having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies Collins: tending towards an earlier…
The repeating watch was originally designed by Daniel Quare (1648-1724). In a battle for the patent with Edward Barlow in 1687, it was James II who awarded the prize to Daniel Quare’s Repeater which sounded…
We recently met with the Founders of Freedom To Exist (fte) a new company with an unconventional approach to watch design and production. A London based, self-funded start-up, they specialise in affordable minimal timepieces for…
Have you ever noticed that most World Time watches feature many very predictable major cities with the exception of Noumea. This appears on the watch face usually at 25 minutes past six, between Sydney and…
On the eighth day, we have more of a question. The use of Silicon (or Silicium if you insist!) in the escapement of the Girard-Perregaux 'Constant Force' Escapement watch caused much consternation and debate. [caption…
The Rattrapante (often referred to as a 'Split Second' or 'Double' Chronograph) watch allows for the timing of two separate events through the use of two separately controlled second hands. It became a popular tool…
Lilith was a female demon or ‘night hag’ who, according to some of the many stories about her, was Adam’s first wife, Eve being the second. Lilith was supposedly created in the same way as…
We spent the day with Nicholas Bowman-Scargill, Director of Fears Watch Company Limited. After six decades dormant, Fears has been re-established by Edwin's great-great-great-grandson, Nicholas, to once again produce high quality wrist watches designed in…
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