What Is a “Railroad” Watch and What Is This Scale Used For?
A scale born from the need for precision, not an aesthetic whim In watchmaking vocabulary, the term “railroad” (or “chemin de fer” in French) refers to a minute track…
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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…
What Is a Watch with a Monobloc Case?
One piece, one idea: sealing time inside In watchmaking, some technical solutions read like manifestos. The one-piece case (or “monocoque”) is one of them. The principle is easy to…
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…
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…
Why Watch Case Diameters Have Shrunk Over the Past Ten Years
A Return to Proportion: How We Moved from “Bigger” to “Better” Ten or fifteen years ago, a watch was worn like a statement. On wrists, 44mm and up asserted…
Why Some Watches Stop When You’re Not Wearing Them
The little morning drama: a frozen watch, time on pause There’s that gesture—intimate, almost ceremonial: picking up your watch from the bedside table, feeling the cold metal or the…
Should You Polish Your Watch?
The temptation of “like new”: a sign of the times All it takes is a beam of light catching a scratched caseband for the thought to pop up: “What…
Why Enamel-Dial Watches Are So Sought After
The enamel dial: a quiet luxury that never goes out of style In a watch world saturated with spectacular finishes, new textures and bold colours, the enamel dial moves…
Christopher Ward C1 Bel Canto Lumière: Hands-On Review, Chiming and Spectacular Luminescence
The Christopher Ward C1 Bel Canto Lumière doesn’t merely tell the time—it whispers it to us, thanks to a mechanical whim that chimes the passing of every hour. And once…
How to Read a Tachymeter on a Sports Watch?
The tachymeter: from practical function to identity marker On a sports watch, the tachymeter is that detail that catches your eye even before you’ve started the chronograph: a numbered…
Which watches does Donald Trump wear?
Let’s continue our tour of watches worn by notable personalities with Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th President of the United States. A man whose relationship with watchmaking raises a…
Which automatic watch should you buy for under €1,000?
Our selection of genuinely relevant new models, straight to the point When we talk about an automatic watch for under €1,000, we’re covering a fairly broad range of options: from…
Which first watch should you buy when you’re just getting started in watchmaking?
A simple, no-snobbery guide to choosing well Choosing your first watch can quickly become confusing. Between the big brands, micro-brands, automatic watches, quartz, prices ranging from €100 to several thousand……
What Is a “Dress Watch”?
The “dress watch”, or the discreet art of dressing well at the wrist Some watches assert themselves through performance, engineering, presence… That’s the case with tool watches. And then…
What Is a “Tool Watch”?
When the watch wasn’t jewellery … but an instrument Before it became a status symbol or a style accessory, the wristwatch was for a long time a utilitarian object.…