A Good Summary of Advances in Hairspring Technology
Talking Watches With Roger W. Smith
A really special episode of HODINKEE's Talking Watches, with Jack Forster & Roger W. Smith.
Breitling’s New CEO Acknowledges the Brand’s Objectification of Women to Sell Its Products Over the Past Several Decades Was Wrong & Promises to End It
UK Watchmaking Apprenticeships Get a Boost
Funding for watchmaking apprenticeships in the UK triples to £27,000 per placement. Now the highest level of funding available to any government backed industry.
Jean-Christophe Sabatier on Watch Design
Today, fantastic machines coexist with the finest of watchmaking handicraft.
From a brief interview with Kurt Klaus at SIHH 2018, along with some thoughts on gender & watch design from Ulysse Nardin’s Jean-Christophe Sabatier.
Swiss Defense Department Takes Out “Swiss Military”
How an Omega Speedmaster & a String of Good Fortune Led to What Is Today, HODINKEE
A Living Legend
A grandmaster among watchmakers, Philippe Dufour reflects back on his humble beginnings.
Vantablack Architecture
A look at Surrey NanoSystems's Vantablack & the blackest building on the planet, designed by Asif Khan for the 2018 Olympics.
Kari Voutilainen Crafts a Handful of Timepieces With His Team Each Year, Averaging Between 25 & 55 Per Year Over the Past Decade
Georges Kern on Taking Stock in Breitling, Endeavoring to Be the BMW of the Watch World, & the Power of Digital Mediums
‘Only Clock’
By Vadim Kibardin.
Image credit Vadim Kibardin
A Quartz-powered Minute Repeater Has Anyone Seen Under the Hood of One of These?
Making Straps at Julien Faure
When it comes to weaving quality straps, more, finer threads trumps fewer, thicker threads.
A charming video by Greyson Korhonen, for Hodinkee, that takes you inside the French factory, Julien Faure, that crafts woven straps for Tudor.
An Apple Patent for Smart Watch Straps
Skeleton Loomi Swatch
The Skeleton Loomi Swatch watch came packaged in a dinosaur.
Image credit Swatch
Geneva School Watch
An example of the school watch created by every graduate of the Geneva School of Watchmaking. This one was crafted by Daniel Gras.
