by Jon Edwards

Jon Edwards

10 Days
8 Tests
283 Steps

An overview of the METAS certification process that Omega puts its Master Chronometer timepieces through.

Don’t Underestimate the Power of Nostalgia

Vintage quartz watch collecting is, indeed, a thing.

A Movie Prop Crafted by Breguet

This period-correct pocket watch made by Breguet specifically for the film Master & Commander, starring Russell Crowe, took months to fabricate & was visible for only a handful of frames. The hourglass on the ship's deck captured more screen time.

Image credit 20th Century Fox

"It’s More Like Forgery Than Creativity"

Graphic designer, Annie Atkins, on designing for the silver screen & the hours of work that may not even get a second of screen time.

No Longer Just a Fad

"[T]he cold, hard truth is that ceramic materials have become permanent fixtures in the horological world." – Nicholas Hegel McClelland writing for Men's Journal.

Dissolving Diamonds

Fellow Canadian, Nigel Braun, over at NileRed, successfully vaporizes diamonds into a flow of oxygen and dissolves the resulting gas into water. The end result? Soda water.

If the Death Star Were a Tourbillon

An outlandish timepiece, to be sure, & somewhat disconcerting that the bearer of this Dark Side tech will be bestowed with a kyber crystal.

Mechanical Appreciation

Had quartz watches not come about, people wouldn't have appreciated mechanical watchmaking.

An interview with Michael Tay, the driving force behind The Persistence of Memory, a superb, online exhibition of artisanal watchmakers that was recently launched by the The Hour Glass.

The Wing

Livestream of the grand opening of Bremont's new facilities in the UK.

Project OM10

Plans for the first caliber from the Open Movement project have been released.

Blued Meteorite Lends a Distinctive Look to De Bethune’s DB28XP

The Persistence of Memory

A splendid, broad-sweeping overview of artisanal watchmaking, from The Hour Glass.

"I Was the Lonely Designer in a Sea of Watchmakers"

Iconic '80s watch designer, Alain Silberstein, in conversation with Jon Bues at HODINKEE.

Young Austen Chu Has Big Plans for the Pre-owned Watch Space

Doubling down on knowledge-based collecting for the streetwear generation.

Inside Egypt's Century-old Watchmaker

"Time seems to have stood still at Papazian's"

This poor 3135 has certainly seen better days. Several incorrect screws & the wrong ratchet wheel. Based on other wear marks, I'd hazard a number of pivots are worn, the axle for the oscillating weight is shot, & it's no longer holding power very well.

Image credit AFP

“The Moment I Sat Down at That Workbench and Picked Up the Screwdriver and Tweezers, I Knew This Was What I Wanted to Do”

While the ranks of watch executives still have a ways to go to close the gender gap, it’s awesome to see the burgeoning enrolment of women in watchmaking schools.

The First to Put an Exhibition Back on a Mechanical Wristwatch

Jon Bues interviews Chronoswiss founder, Gerd-Rüdiger Lang, for HODINKEE.

An Insightful Profile of Watch Journalist, Elizabeth Doerr

From the New York Times.