Lederer is tackling a highly unusual subject in watchmaking: a mathematical problem that occupied researchers for several decades. With the Einstein Dial, the independent Neuchâtel manufacture transposes onto the dial…
A few days ago, my son pointed out that the strap on the watch I had given him was starting to deteriorate. It is a leather strap dyed blue. Another…
Two watches can come from the same manufacture, share a steel case and offer comparable build quality. One will appreciate over time. The other will be difficult to sell, sometimes…
The new 1815 UP/DOWN does not radically alter the A. Lange & Söhne collection. Instead, it adopts a highly traditional formula from the Saxon manufacture, with a compact case, a…
When I received De Bethune’s press release and saw its title, “DE BETHUNE presents DB25 DIGITALE”, I felt a brief mixture of curiosity and concern. “Oh no, not De Bethune……
At the latest Time to Watches show in Geneva, I spent some time at the Maison Alcée stand. There, I discovered in greater detail a concept I already knew and…
In July 2026, Swatch launched a rather unusual MoonSwatch. Produced in 1,969 pieces, the Mission to the Moon 1969 features a dial, hands, crown and pushers made from Omega’s 18-carat…
It is a question that many enthusiasts eventually ask themselves: what do you actually gain by paying considerably more for a movement? Greater accuracy? Better reliability? A watch that will…
Renaud Tixier is expanding its Monday Organica with two new versions, Noir and Bordeaux. Following the Blue version unveiled last year, these two seven-piece series follow the same principle: a…
The power reserve of a mechanical movement refers to the length of time a watch can run after being fully wound. On paper, the calculation seems almost childishly simple: wind…
There is a scale on the dial, almost like a survivor from a vanished world. The pulsometer on medical watches mentioned earlier was also designed to calculate heart rate. The…
Some scales seem to have been placed on a dial like survivors of a vanished world. We have already looked at doctor’s watches with their pulsometer for calculating heart rate.…
The Seiko Star Time was created for Shohei Ohtani, the Japanese baseball star and an ambassador for the manufacture for the past ten years. That is the context. But this…
I was recently at the Musilac Festival in Aix-les-Bains, on the shores of Lake Bourget. Despite the hectolitres of beer consumed, my watch-spotter’s eye was drawn to the watches worn…
There is something profoundly insolent about a mechanical watch. A few grams of brass, steel, synthetic rubies and hairspring presume to divide time with regularity, even as the Earth pulls…
Why do some watches have deadbeat seconds? It is a question that comes up often, usually with a raised eyebrow and a cutting remark: “It’s quartz, isn’t it?” That is…
