Of all the crafts associated with fine watchmaking, there’s none more fundamental, none which really defines what fine watchmaking ...
Gold, for much of the history of watchmaking, has been an essential element in watch cases (and even, occasionally, in movements — in the...
Every watch enthusiast with any time in the game has seen them — heat-blued hands, screws, and other steel and titanium components, add i...
This year marked the 20th anniversary of the founding of De Bethune, and in that time, the company has evolved at an unprecedented pace. ...
The De Bethune DBS came along fairly early in the history of the company — it was introduced in 2005, just three years after Denis Flageo...
There is something archetypally satisfying about a round wristwatch. Time, it has been intuited for as long as humans have measured it, o...
A sensor-loaded “lab watch” is the first step to customized mechanical chronometry. One of the great classic problems in watc...
Experience Two Decades of Complexity & Beauty: A Global Event Series Celebrating the Pivotal Collections by F.P. Journe and De Bethun...
Collecting watches is a deeply personal pursuit, working with a watch retailer should feel that way, too. That’s why our Client Advisors ...
Venture into the world of independent watchmaking, and you’ll discover an abundance of smaller, boutique-style brands driven by a voracio...
Astronomical displays are rare, technical complications, and in recent years they’ve become part of the core expertise of independent bra...
Moon complications can be poetic, technical, or both. The Moon itself may never change, but it hasn’t stopped captivating watchmakers—and...
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...
Maybe you collected Matchbox cars, comic books, action figures or baseball cards when you were a kid. Maybe you displayed them in your ro...
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