With Patek Philippe’s Calatrava turning 90 in 2022, the time is ripe to look back on an icon of classic Fine Watchmaking that’s been almo...
Many legacy watchmaking brands attempt to make a comeback, but few manage to pull it off. Czapek has become one of the most resounding su...
The vast majority of watches are round—quite simply because that’s the shape of their main component, the wheel. In addition to this prac...
How did a company that was unknown just twenty years ago find itself rubbing shoulders with brands whose value runs into six or seven fig...
Rugged, oversized, round, complicated: these are all common characteristics of a typical pilot’s watch. Rarely do complication-free, squa...
Everything Audemars Piguet creates tends to be overshadowed by the Royal Oak collection, even when it’s equally worthy of the spotlight. ...
As early as the 16th century, watchmakers used heat bluing to prevent the steel components of their watches— hands, screws, and sometimes...
Guilloché is perhaps the most immediately visible of the many decorative watchmaking arts, and while there’s been considerable progress i...
The Swiss watchmaking industry was built upon the division of labor. The story of farmers in the snowy mountains spending their winters p...
Abraham-Louis Breguet established most of the fundamentals of modern watchmaking – not just in terms of technical and aesthetic principle...
In a watch movement, there are many different features such as a balance spring, movement plate and bridges. Jewels are an important part...
Launched in 1993, the Royal Oak Offshore was released as an anniversary celebration of the classic Royal Oak that was launched in the 197...
Rolex is one of the most recognized watch brands today. Almost anyone on the street can name Rolex as a luxury watch, but what about Tudo...
Yellow gold was a classic from the 1960s to the 80s, after which it was considered old-fashioned, garish, and outmoded. By 2020, 80s-insp...
Rolex has always been at the forefront of watch innovations and inventions since the brand was founded in 1905. Their watchmakers are ded...
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