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Feature: How Does A Tourbillon Work?

In a cake made of watch parts, the tourbillon is surely the cherry. It's revered, it's worshipped, it's—wait a second, what actually is a tourbillon, and why should I want one? Here to answe...
Posted on 07/12/2017

Feature: How Does A Mechanical Movement Work?

In a universe of chaos, time seeks to bring order. It's a manmade concept, completely contrary to the randomness of nature, yet we as a species have sought to perfect it for millennia. Today...
Posted on 23/11/2017

Review: Rolex Sea-Dweller 126600

If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it—or so the adage goes. That’s more or less Rolex’s approach when releasing new models. The brand avoids drastic revisions to its watches, because it can be a d...
Posted on 05/05/2017

Feature: Evolution Of The Omega Speedmaster

3,000 tonnes of Saturn 5 rocket, consuming fuel at fifteen tonnes per second, travelling 240,000 miles away from Earth, at a cost equivalent today of £25 billion, is perhaps one of the most ...
Posted on 13/02/2017

Technical: Hydro-Mechanical Movement

There is something of the steampunk about Vincent Perriard's HYT H1. The ambiguity of the company’s name, (which can either be pronounced ‘H-Y-T’ or as ‘hit’), alludes to a duality that is e...
Posted on 22/09/2016

Technical: Co-Axial Escapement

The first clock, a simplistic, water-powered device, is believed to have been invented around the 16th century BC. The first mechanical escapement came around the 11th century. Spring-driven...
Posted on 02/09/2016

Brand Focus: Rolex

There’s no question about it—Rolex is the best known, most recognisable and biggest name in watchmaking. It’s a surprise to find out that Rolex is one of the younger watchmakers out there, i...
Posted on 08/08/2016

Review: Maurice Lacroix Masterpiece Gravity

Great value. Affordable. These are ways in which most of the Maurice Lacroix range can be described. And that’s no slander: Maurice Lacroix do very well at making great value, affordable pie...
Posted on 15/07/2016

Review: IWC Portuguese Tourbillon

Most people know the story of the Portuguese. Created by IWC for the Portuguese market in the 1930s, it was designed to be a wristwatch with the precision of a marine chronometer, and has si...
Posted on 13/07/2016

Review: Omega Aqua Terra Master Co-Axial

Omega has always been a good brand. Excellent, in fact. Omega watches are quality items, packed with know-how and heritage, and they’ve worn a comfortable groove as the go-to alternative cho...
Posted on 08/07/2016

Technical: Gears

The next time you’re out for a stroll this summer, take a closer look at the leaves of the plants you pass along the way and you might catch a glimpse of an insect by the name of Issus co...
Posted on 07/06/2016

Getting Technical: Swiss Lever Escapement

It was back in the mid-18th century that an ingenious English horologist named Thomas Mudge first invented the lever escapement at his workshop in Fleet Street. This invention was perhaps th...
Posted on 25/03/2016
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