Jon Edwards

Celebrating a Master

Lovely video, celebrating Philippe Dufour’s 70th Birthday Party.

The Longines Annual Calendar Remains the Best Value to Have Come Out of Baselworld 2018

“Desk Divers”

A Peek Behind the Scenes at Bovet, Through the Lens of Olivier Müller

If You Still Have a Pebble Watch & Intend to Continue Using It After June 30, Be Sure to Switch Over to the Rebble

Siren White

A fantastic lume shot of Nomos Glashütte’s new ‘Siren White’ Club Neomatik in this piece by James Stacey for Hodinkee.

Given James’ penchant for capturing incredible lume shots, I thought this particular image was his work. Turns out it’s a press shot, which more than likely means it’s been retouched

Image credit Nomos Glashütte

I Heard George Daniels Say Once That the Best Way to Sell a Handmade Watch Was to Tell Someone Inquiring About It That They Can’t Have It. This Anecdote About the Original Owner’s Quest to Acquire Daniels’ Spring Case Tourbillon Falls in Line With That

“Don’t Forget That You Are Alive.”

– Philippe Dufour (via Romain Gauthier)

Hands-on Intro Horological in Toronto

The Horological Society of New York’s Watchmaking 101 thru 103 classes are coming to Canada for the first time in 2018. To be hosted in Toronto the weekend after Canada Day.

Given that the Leica brand name is a mash-up of “LEItz” (surname of its founder, Ernst Leitz) & “CAmera” shouldn’t these technically be Leiwa Watches?

Leica L1 & L2 Wristwatches

Interviews with the instigator, designers, & craftsman behind Leica’s new L1 & L2.

Image credit Leica

Grafts, Imposters, a Scion, and a Jeep The Roundabout Ways That a Descendent of Newton’s Apple Tree Came to Take Root at Canada’s National Research Council HQ

Nice Round-up of Some of the Stand-out Exhibitors From This Year’s EPHJ, From Monochrome

Including a form of anodic bonding that can be used to fuse glass to metal or ceramic.

Radon Exposure From Radium-based Lume

Even if it's no longer glowing, a single vintage watch lumed with radium gives off concentrations of radon gas ~4.5x greater than the recommended level that is considered safe, some pocket watches as much as 60x.

“Small things make perfection, but perfection is no small thing.” – Henry Royce

Interesting Bit of Horological Troubleshooting

Chatty reversers in the automatic winding system of a vintage Rolex turned out to be because they were magnetized. A happy duo when the poles were aligned, very inefficient when they weren’t.