A unique design language takes hold. This is the second in a multi-part series on the lasting impact of the 1990s on the watch industry a...
An Underappreciated Era Revisited: Part I This is the first in a multi-part series on the lasting impact of the 1990s on the watch indust...
At De Bethune, technical innovation and horological art go hand-in-hand. There is a natural tendency when you look at watches, to think o...
Tourbillon evolution, fast forward. The tourbillon, as we’ve seen, was for the most part a device used quite rarely in watchmaking ...
The last word in pocket watch accuracy becomes the first name in wristwatch complications. In the late 1970s, as we (probably) all know, ...
A comprehensive look at the history of A. Lange & Söhne’s signature chronograph Around 2008-2009, at the start of my teenage ye...
How the tourbillon earned its reputation as one of the pinnacles of watchmaking. During his lifetime, Breguet produced only a small numbe...
How a watchmaking legend created one of watchmaking’s legendary complications. Welcome to The Tourbillon Chronicles, a four part se...
Watch enthusiasts are picky. Whenever a new watch comes out, there is always a festival of critique (which is very much healthy) on the c...
Of all the crafts associated with fine watchmaking, there’s none more fundamental, none which really defines what fine watchmaking ...
Every watch enthusiast with any time in the game has seen them — heat-blued hands, screws, and other steel and titanium components, add i...
Tradition: A cliché word for the watches perhaps, and sometimes, even an overused alibi to cover up a lack of creativity. Yet it is unden...
This year marked the 20th anniversary of the founding of De Bethune, and in that time, the company has evolved at an unprecedented pace. ...
Astronomical displays are rare, technical complications, and in recent years they’ve become part of the core expertise of independent bra...
Since the 1980s, the Académie Horlogère des Créateurs Indépendants (AHCI) has championed the cause of independent watchmaking. While some...
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