Just About Watches
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 …
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January, 2015
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26 January
A One Watch Collection?
Can a single watch really be enough for a watch enthusiast? The very idea sounds almost heretical in a world where collecting has become not just a pastime but a way of life, where boxes of leather-lined trays are filled with steel, titanium, gold, and ceramic companions waiting for their …
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25 January
The Thin Watch Obsession
There’s a singular fascination in horology that’s captivated watchmakers and collectors for over a century: the pursuit of thinness. Not the superficial elegance that merely pleases the eye, not the convenience of a watch that slides easily under a cuff, but the relentless, uncompromising quest to reduce every element of …
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24 January
Tips and Tricks of the Watchmaking Bench
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 …
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December, 2014
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24 December
Smartwatch or Watch?
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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24 December
The Rolex Submariner
The Rolex Submariner is arguably the most recognisable luxury dive watch ever produced, a model so iconic that it transcends the traditional boundaries of horology and has firmly entrenched itself in both watch culture and mainstream society. Within the Submariner family, however, there exists a quieter sibling, one that eschews …
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November, 2014
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24 November
Magnetism in Horology
An invisible force surrounds us — magnetism. It’s part of everyday life, woven so quietly into our routines that we barely notice it. It hums in the fridge, clicks in the clasp of your phone case, vibrates through the speakers in your car, flickers through your laptop, and whispers through …
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24 November
Apple iMac with Retina 5K display review
Don’t act so surprised, Your Highness. You weren’t on any mercy mission this time. Several transmissions were beamed to this ship by Rebel spies. I want to know what happened to the plans they sent you. In my experience, there is no such thing as luck. Partially, but it also …
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24 November
iPhone 6 Plus review
Don’t act so surprised, Your Highness. You weren’t on any mercy mission this time. Several transmissions were beamed to this ship by Rebel spies. I want to know what happened to the plans they sent you. In my experience, there is no such thing as luck. Partially, but it also …
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24 November
Roger Smith: The Quiet Genius Redefining British Horology
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. …
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