by Jon Edwards

Jon Edwards

Dual Processor Chip Architecture From Qualcomm Promises to Deliver Always-on Displays for Smartwatches

A Magical Episode of Talking Watches

After sales service is a challenging needle to thread. Few companies truly excel here. For the few who do, though, it pays dividends.

“This Isn’t a Great Feeling as a Customer — that They’re Not Only Not Taking My Word That I Didn’t Do Anything to It, but That They’re Analyzing My Watch as if It Were the Zapruder Film.”

Some Insight Into the Structure & Manufacturing Capabilities of Schwarz Etienne

A Handy Round-up of Where to Buy Watch Straps

By Paul Hubbard.

“Life Is Too Short for Boring Stuff and Too Long for Things That Don’t Last.”

James Stacey on the rise of microbrands.

Birchall & Taylor

Stoked to see such a glowing review from Stephen Pulvirent for the work of fellow Canadians, Charles Birchall and Brad Taylor, up on HODINKEE today.

Overload

A watch face like this seems like an inevitability when you put a man who oversaw the development Photoshop in charge of watchOS.

Image credit Apple Inc.

The name Nivachron seems to play a bit off of Rolex’s Parachrom, which boasts similar properties. However, the “chrom” in Parachrom is a nod to the spring’s deep blue colour, while the “chron” in Nivachron is a nod to time.

Nivachron

A promising new hairspring alloy from Swatch Group subsidiary Nivarox.

Impressive First Piece by 21-year-old Watchmaker, Remy Cools

In distinguishing between precision & accuracy: It is possible to be precisely wrong. It is not possible to be accurately wrong.

Craftsmanship. Prestige. Longevity.

Three pillars of watchmaking.

A thoughtful commencement speech address by John Davis, for the 2018 graduating class at Rolex’s Lititz Watch Technicum, peppered with the flavour of wisdom that only experience can bring.

Valid Point. More Than Likely True.

Clever use of wax (or perhaps nail polish 🤔) by French watchmaker, Pascal Coyon, to protect the milled out recesses for the crown & ratchet wheels while applying a high polish to the chamfers that surround them.

Charmed to See Jaeger-LeCoultre’s Caliber 101 Make a Comeback

Spirograph Tourbillon

Unusual balance wheel configuration in this one-minute tourbillon by Karsten Frassdorf.

Image credit Karsten Frassdorf