by Jon Edwards

Buttercross Clock Brought Back to Life

Fourth generation clockmaker, Fred Fletcher, has restored life to the dormant hands of this UK monument.

Tissot Ceramic

Leveraging tech from big brother, Omega, & sister brand, Rado, it's nice to see Tissot rolling out more & more ceramic bezels throughout its line-up.

Coupled with their new free-sprung balance & silicon hairspring, Tissot is serving up incredible value in the sub-$1000 mechanical watch category.

Image credit Tissot SA

Linear People in the Face of Exponential Change

Thoughts on AI from Nobel Prize winner, Daniel Kahneman.

“I have learned never to make forecasts. Not only can I certainly not do it—I’m not sure it can be done.”

Wise words.

Canada’s AP

Albert Percival Brown & his century-spanning legacy as a watchmaker & jeweller in the Niagara Region.

A Rare Glimpse Inside Rolex's Restoration Atelier

Alongside an overview of their revamped World Service Network, from Qi Le Wah writing for Watches by SJX.

Time Traveller

An '80s-era digital LCD wristwatch pops up on the wrist of an extra in Edward Zwinck's 1989 film, Glory, set during the U.S. Civil War, starring Denzel Washington & Matthew Broderick.

Image credit Tri-Star Pictures

Oddballs

Ming Liu on the uptick in interest for weird & wonderful watches that don't conform to the norm.

We Only Get One Planet Earth

Thoughtful perspective on the Right to Repair from MKBHD.

JLC Offering Hands-on Workshops at Their Atelier D’Antoine in Switzerland

Jaeger-LeCoultre's movement holder (designed to accommodate a chiming movements) in the press shots for the Sound Maker class looks solid.

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Manitoba Driver Slapped With $1,900 in Fines for Early Morning ‘Rolex Delivery’

Museum Aspirations

While he has owned & accomplished much within the watch industry—including being the sole representative of the renowned Philippe Dufour—Claude Sfeir's ultimate dream of owning his own horological museum has yet to be fulfilled.

How Quartz Watches Work

Using flipflop sandals to demonstrate what's happening electrically at the circuit level, Steve Mould digs into the science behind quartz oscillators, why quartz crystals are tuned to oscillate 32,768 times per second, and how they ultimately drive the display of both analog and digital quartz timepieces.

He also touches on the way pendulums, balance wheels, and tuning forks—as used in the Bulova Accutron—keep time.

Clean GMT

A workaround to remove the city abbreviation from Apple’s GMT watch face, from David Smith.

Image credit Apple / David Smith

Moon & Month

“Moon” & “Month” share the same Proto-Indo-European root word meaning “to measure”. Prior to the introduction of divisions on a sundial, the phases of the moon were our first means of quantifying the passage of time.

GRID Watch 1

The original Apple Watch. Deconstructed & shadow-boxed.

Image credit Grid Studio

“A Distant but Reassuring Sign of Intelligence"

Jack Forster on the dependably inexpensive Casio EAW-MQ-24-7B2.

Modernizing Tradition

The Frodsham Double Impulse Chronometer. Traditional in concept & form. Modern in its use of materials & techniques best suited to the task.

Diet NATO

The same great NATO taste with none of the extra calories. A not-so-common, common sense tip from James Stacey.