When we talk about the defining characteristics of a wristwatch, we tend to focus on the dial, the hands, the movement—and rightly so. But there’s a component that quietly frames the entire experience, both visually and functionally. That component is the bezel. While it may seem decorative or peripheral at …

Anyone who sits long enough at a watchmaker’s bench learns quickly that the craft lives in little rituals and tiny corrective manoeuvres. The grand dramas of escapements and tourbillons are glorious, but what keeps a workshop functional are the small practices that prevent chaos: trays, trays, and more trays. Work …

I s a smartwatch really a watch? It’s the kind of question that sounds simple until you begin to press at it, and then it turns slippery in your hands. We throw the word “watch” at anything strapped to the wrist that shows the hour, and for many, that’s all …

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Icouldn’t carry on with my articles without mentioning a British watchmaker. And not just any British watchmaker — one of the greatest living masters of the craft, a man who continues to wave the flag for traditional, handmade horology in a world increasingly dominated by mass production and CNC machines. …