by Jon Edwards

Jon Edwards

Baselworld Halves

The once bloated Baselworld looks to scale down by half for 2018.

Jonathan Betts Reflects Back on the Life of Master Watchmaker, Derek Pratt

Takes a Lickin’ & Keeps on Tickin’ Timex’s Spring-powered Marlin Is Making a Comeback

When working long days to churn through backlog years ago, Victor kindly let me crash at his house to avoid the 2 hour commute. Stellar guy.

James Stacey Goes Hands-on With the Omega 8900

Under the tutelage of my former colleague, Victor.

Image via Hodinkee

Philippe Dufour & His Clock Watch

Proportions of the Swiss flag emoji finally got corrected in iOS 11.1

HT Raphael Schaad

COSC, the certification body for chronometric testing in Switzerland, has 3 locations: Le Locke, Saint-Imier, & Biel

Turns Out We’ve Come to Rely Extensively on GPS & It’s Remarkably Susceptible to Spoofing

On War & Watches, by Alex Doak

The One Day a Year You Can Be Arrested Twice, on the Same Date, at the Exact Same Time

The iPhone × Motherboard Is Folded in Half, Like the Original, Gumstick iPod Shuffle + Video of FaceID’s IR Bursts

Behind the Scenes: How Bridges Are Machined for the Swiss Made Pocket Watch Movements American Watchmaker Weiss Uses

In the Zone

A beautiful shot of enamel artist, Anita Porchet, hard at work in her studio, via SJX.

Image via Cheryl Chia / Hermes

Watch Out for Owls

A fun take on the concept of resonance in watch mechanism design, by Lee Yuen-Rapati.

Image credit Lee Yuen-Rapati

“The Mystery Began on October 18, When Tang Purchased What He Thought Was a 99.99 Per Cent Pure Gold Wafer”

Augmenting Human Awareness A Haptic Wristband That Uses Ultrasound to Enable Its Wearer to Echolocate.

More on the Sale of Paul Newman’s ‘Paul Newman’ Daytona From Cara Barrett Timely Coverage From HODINKEE as Always