Nearly transparent and standing in at just over a millimetre across in full bloom, this yet-to-be-named orchid, which is part of the Platystele genus, was discovered by Lou Jost, in Ecuador.

This tiny, privately held, Swiss company supplies Rolex with its proprietary, non-toxic, epilame surface treatment.

SuSoS's PAcrAm technology provides a convenient and highly tuneable, dip & rinse solution to finely control surface energy using monomolecular thin-films. For the purposes of mechanical timekeeping, that surface energy is tuned to keep lubricant precisely where it is supposed to be.

Based in Zurich, the firm was initially spun up as SurfaceSolutionS GmbH in 2004 (not to be confused with the Austrian firm Surface Solutions GmbH founded in 2020) and later shortened to SuSoS circa 2007. It is ostensibly associated with Rolex SA's tribological research and development division, as the company's directors, Samuele Tosatti and Stefan Zürcher, are the only names on the 2006 patent (EP1927648A1) assigned to Rolex for said surface treatment, which also happens to make extensive use of the term SuSoS to refer to the various epilame formulations that it details. This patent was later withdrawn and superseded by another, assigned to both SuSoS AG and Rolex SA, in 2011.

In their own words, SuSoS focuses on the 50 nanometers that make the difference.

One of very few curved watch movements to ever enter into mass production.

Fabricator of period-correct reproductions of vintage Rolex watch crystals, founded by New York City-based, psychologist-turned-watch-repairer, Greg Petronzi.

A novel spin on the original Certina Double Security, first introduced back in 1959.

Serving up six different case configurations and multitude of strap options in a single watch, each case outer is securely affixed to the swappable inner core through the combination of a bio-sourced gasket and double-crown system.

Ripley Sellers goes behind the scenes at Hublot to tour their manufacturing facilities and offer some insight into their process for creating coloured ceramics, including their scratch-resistant, 18 carat Magic Gold that relies on a similar method of fabrication.

Emslie recounts for Hodinkee the school watch that he made during his time at the Lititz Watch Technicum.

"Early mornings and late nights defined my life for two whole years; each new day represented a new lesson that built on the skills born from the previous day's work."

"Each mistake—made and then corrected—added to the watch's story."

The click for the ratchet wheel, inspired by a 1920s-era E. Howard & Co. pocket watch owned by his great-great-grandfather, is a subtle and welcome change to the standard fare found on most movements derived from the Unitas 6497.

With its core strengths centered around precisely crafting strong materials, Bangerter serves as a key manufacturer and supplier of tungsten carbide and hard ceramics for the Swiss watch industry, including the likes of Audemars Piguet and Richard Mille.

A Swiss manufacturer of made-to-order watch cases, based in La Chaux-de-Fonds. Their artisans crafted the cases for Yosuke Sekiguchi's Primevère timepiece.

Our modern day English word electron and, by extension, electricity itself is rooted in the Ancient Greek word elektron, meaning "amber".

While he did not fully comprehend the magnitude of his discovery, Thales of Miletus is credited with the first recorded observations of static electricity, back in 585 BC, which he came upon after rubbing a piece of amber with animal fur. Further pursuing the ramifications of this discovery two millennia later, the Englishman, William Gilbert, coined the terms electricity, electric force, magnetic pole, and electric attraction, in his scientific book De Magnete.

Nacho Conde Garzón, Robert-Jan Broer, and Lex Stolk provide an inside look at the various steps that go into manufacturing Rado's ceramic watch components, including a peek into the plasma firing process that lends many of the brand's ceramics a metal-like aesthetic.

Patagonia seeds control of the company to a charitable trust charged with caring for the planet. All profits to be channelled into a charitable foundation to make that happen.

I continue to be impressed by the conviction and values of Yvon Chouinard and the approach he has taken to running Patagonia over the decades.

Rolex founder, Hans Wilsdorf, made a similar change to the ownership of Rolex and Tudor prior to his passing. By that measure, the future for Patagonia remains bright and the future of our planet better for it.