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Hidden Dangers of Steam

Water Damaged Watch

This ones for the everyday watch-wearer, the collector, the mechanic, the diver, the enthusiast… and yes, even the know-it-alls among us. No slight meant to anyone involved in a recent post about steam, but let’s be honest—it gets a bit worrying when the facts around vapour and watches get tangled …

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Peter Speake – The Watchmaker Who Chose His Path

There are people in watchmaking who seem to follow a trail. Others pave new ones, and then there’s Peter Speake—someone who didn’t just change direction but changed shape, reinventing his presence in the horological world without ever abandoning the essence of why he started: a quiet, unflinching devotion to watchmaking. …

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The Telling of Time – Part 1

Telling Time by the Stars

Before we built instruments, before wheels turned or springs were coiled, time was written above us—in moonlight, in star patterns, in the angle of the sun as it dragged shadows across the earth. Our earliest ancestors weren’t keeping time because they needed a sense of time. They were trying to …

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