Montre Petite seconde Czapek

What Is a Small Seconds Watch?

  A tiny detail, an outsized signature In the watchmaking world, some complications are very “visible”: multi-register chronographs, perpetual calendars, tourbillons spinning like mechanical jewels. But there are also more…

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Montres ultra plate

What Is an “Ultra-Thin” Watch?

I remember my first encounter with an “ultra-thin.” I’m talking, of course, about an “ultra-thin watch” (what were you thinking?). Among these marvels of slenderness, a hand-wound watch truly defies…

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iwc heure sautante

What Is a Jumping Hour Watch?

  A Different Way to Read Time In the collective imagination, a “classic” watch tells the time with hands: one for the hours, another for the minutes, sometimes a seconds…

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Les montres portées par GMK Georges

What Watches Does GMK Wear?

In the Who Wears What section, we’re leaving politicians’ wrists behind for a more modern, more macho one: GMK’s. The Monaco-based influencer, first known for his outlandish cars, is just…

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Les montres de Jeffrey Epstein

Jeffrey Epstein’s Watches

In the Who wears what? section, we have already looked at the watches worn by historical figures as controversial as Stalin, as well as the alleged watch of Adolf Hitler.…

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