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The Marie-Antoinette N°1160. An abbreviated story of a surreal history.
Originally sold on April 19th 1881 and still working happily today, but, as with the majority of pocket watches finding itself in well earned retirement.
Every mechanical watch requires a power source…
… we take it for granted that virtually any watch we buy, whether mechanical, quartz, or smart should be able to resist a paddle in the pool, but …
Forgotten landmarks in watchmaking evolution…shock protection
Henrik's Minutes, the watchmakers screwdrivers and their maintenance.
Henrik's Minutes, tweezers, the watchmakers first tool...
Henrik's Minutes, an insight into the staking set.
Dive watches today are among the most recognizable types of watches. And yet, their story at large is often obscured, diluted by that of the Rolex Submariner…
Tourbillons, one of the most animated of mechanical complications, like ideas, will always defy gravity.
Found in this Cartier pocket watch is an unusual system for assembly of the case. Resulting from the onyx material used in the main body, the onyx was in essence hollowed out forming a cup for the mechanism and dial. The system was often executed by Cartier but few others.
Each year, companies and professions specializing in watchmaking, jewellery & microtechnologies meet in Geneva for the world’s largest high precision trade show.
Blued steel hands, the most classic of hands
The development and execution of the X Fathoms including the use of different alloys and manufacturing processes to attain a precise and functional divers instrument resulted in an understated technical achievement. Combining watchmaking and micro-mechanics in a way that is rarely seen.
Consistency in power transmission to the escapement through the fusee.
There are many steps to ensure precision in timekeeping and every link in the chain from the power supply to the ticking balance plays a part. The consistency of the power transmission from the watches barrel through to the isochronism of the balance wheel all plays a part.
Bulova’s "Accutron" tuning fork watches, were first sold in October 1960, using a 360 Hz tuning fork replaced the balance wheel as the regulating element. Invented by Max Hetzel, born in Basel, Switzerland, and joined the Bulova Watch Company in 1948.
Perpetual calendar (QP-Quanitiéme Perpetual)
Calendar mechanisms that change the date at the end of each month taking into consideration mechanically the variation of days including the 29th February in leap years.
The Duplex watch escapement shown in the images below was invented by Robert Hooke circa 1700, then later improved by Jean Baptiste Dutertre and….