Reading Time: 2 minutes The first universal and multilingual encyclopedia, Horopedia.org dedicated exclusively to the world of watchmaking will be unveiled on Tuesday, August 30 at 10am CET (10H00 Geneva time), symbolically in Geneva, Switzerland, during a press conference in the Geneva Watch Days 2022 Pavilion.Continue Reading
Reading Time: 2 minutes Founded in 2017, The Naked Watchmaker has become a popular educational resource, much loved by watch industry professionals and devotees of horology. Visitors to the company’s website can see mechanical timepieces, both in assembled and deconstructed form. Indeed, the deconstruction process often culminates in a myriad of parts being neatlyContinue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutes What gives us our Edge? And how do we go beyond it? How thin is the line between taking part, and tipping into victory? What inspires those moments of rare advantage – down to the millimetre, down to the microsecond – that change the shape of the race? Are winnersContinue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutes Mr. Pascal Raffy, owner of the House of Bovet 1822, and Bovet’s artisans, are honoured to celebrate Bovet’s 198th anniversary of pure Engineering Brilliance and exceptional artistry of human watchmaking. Mr. Pascal Raffy would like to invite you on a journey through the House’s creation and substantial contribution to watchmakingContinue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutes Today I will combine my “Found on the Internet” and “Interview” column for a special person – Barbara Palumbo. While the title summarises shortly Barbara, I am firmly convinced that, if you don’t already know her / about her and her work, after this you got yourself a new pieceContinue Reading
Reading Time: 4 minutes On 7 Messidor Year IX – in other words, June 26, 1801 – master watchmaker Abraham-Louis Breguet patented a new kind of regulator: the tourbillon. Five years later, in 1806, the public turned out in large numbers to attend the National Exhibition of Industrial Products in Paris, where visitors wereContinue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutes I have no idea about how long it is since I started to follow Fratello Watches. I just remember thinking to myself and sharing their images and posts – “Woah, Fratello did it again!“. So yes, they impressed me during the years and they still keep my interest high.Continue Reading
Reading Time: 4 minutes The Naked Watchmaker project is one of the coolest websites about watches, watchmaking and the people of the world of horology available. The website transpires, besides extremely valuable information, a lot of passion. I salute Peter Speake-Marin for his project and I will try to present you my favourite parts of it.Continue Reading
Reading Time: 4 minutes We learn a bit about Seiko from our friends from Olive55Wrist. The article explains some interesting facts about the Seiko movements. Enjoy! (the article is republished with permission from our partner website: Olive55Wrist)Continue Reading
Reading Time: 2 minutes In a secluded world, H. Moser & Cie makes a giant leap with a lovely and funny campaign to promote the Pioneer watch. The Pioneer Chronicles Website presents another face of the marketing. A concise, almost brutal, but definitively funny way to present a watch. Is this the best approach? Let’s haveContinue Reading