For most people, the strap is simply the thing that keeps a watch attached to the wrist. It’s background, functional, sometimes interchangeable—an accessory to the main event. But if you’ve spent serious time around watches, you’ll know that straps are far more than fasteners. They carry their history, heritage, controversies, …
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I’ve always felt that the greatest lie we tell ourselves about the internet is that we’re somehow immune to being deceived. We like to imagine that experience equals invulnerability, that years of trawling listings and watching auctions have sharpened us into something like a hunter with a sixth sense. But …
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The psychology of watches is something we rarely discuss openly, but many of us feel it instinctively. A watch is never just a timekeeping device. It’s an anchor, a mirror, a monument, sometimes even a mask. When we look down at the piece on our wrist, what we see isn’t …
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There’s a quiet magic in the idea that light—something so universal, so omnipresent, so taken for granted—can power the heartbeat of a wristwatch. Not in the way of the ticking quartz or the sweeping mechanical balance wheel, but in a manner that bridges science and simplicity, sustainability and sophistication. The …
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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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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 …
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For all the attention lavished on the front of a watch—the dial, the hands, the indices, the complications—there’s a quiet, often overlooked component that carries both the burden and the soul of the timepiece. The caseback, that unassuming surface pressed against the wrist, holds the final word in engineering, the …
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Dubois et fils is a name that carries with it a quiet gravitas, one of those historic Swiss watchmaking houses whose significance is less about marketing flash and more about the enduring resonance of centuries of craftsmanship. The company’s origins trace back to 1785, a year that situates it firmly …
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There are moments in horological history where progress doesn’t arrive in a flourish of invention or artistry, but in something altogether quieter. The rise of electric clocks—specifically the synchronous type—is one of those stories. No dazzling complications, no sapphire casebacks, and no Geneva stripes. Just practicality, reliability, and a low, …
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Hamilton has always been one of those brands that quietly stirs something in me. Not in the way that haute horology does, nor with the thunderous appeal of tool watch icons, but with a sort of affectionate curiosity. There’s a legacy there. A real one. And while I admire its …
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