Interviews with the instigator, designers, & craftsman behind Leica’s new L1 & L2.
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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.
Hard Earned & Well Deserved
A Timepiece Hand-crafted by 27 Year-old French Watchmaker Cyril Brivet-Naudot, With Novel “libre Excentrique” Escapement
An Unusual Watch Complication
A dial with a tree whose leaves change colour with the passing of the seasons.
There’s Something Ticking in Brooklyn
An Illuminating Episode of ‘Keeping Time’
With fellow Canadian, James Thompson.
A Short Video Feature With Master Watchmaker, Philippe Dufour
Is Electropunk a Thing Now?
Michael Friedman Has His Articulation of the Value of Horology & Guardians of Craft, Like Audemars Piguet, Dialled in Tight
A wide-ranging interview with Bjarke Ingels & Hans Ulrich Obrist that touches on AP’s forthcoming museum.
Nice Look at One of Roger W. Smith’s Single Wheel Co-axials
Nice Range of Tools at Work Behind the Scenes, Manufacturing Watch Movements, at Uhren-Werke in Dresden
Synthetic Diamond
With synthetic diamonds going mainstream, how long until diamond replaces sapphire’s widespread use as the scratch resistant crystal of choice for premium watch brands?
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Why Clocks Run Clockwise
the idea that the movement of clock hands was generally made to ape the motion of a sundial's shadow seems a reasonable one
Jack Forster delves into the esoteric history of clockwise motion.
