Video interview (part 2) with Ming Thein co-founder of Ming watches.
Video interview (part 1) with Ming Thein co-founder of Ming watches.
“White Label” refers to the purchase of a completed product, made to custom specifications, normally to be sold forward. This practice has existed since the 17th century….
Every mechanical watch requires a power source…
In the 1920s, Frédéric-Emile Blancpain met the British watchmaker, John Harwood…
… 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
A veritable theatre of passions but also and above all an essential place for exchanges, knowledge and aesthetic pleasures, the auction is the favourite place for collectors.
Henrik's Minutes, the watchmakers screwdrivers and their maintenance.
Part 10. Drilling is a delicate operation because it requires both precision and strength. The drill is an ancient tool, anterior and Neolithic.
Henrik's Minutes, eye glasses, the watchmaker's eyes…
Henrik's Minutes, tweezers, the watchmakers first tool...
Excerpt of John Harrison's early work from the AHS journal 1976, reducing friction.
Henrik's Minutes, an insight into the staking set.
Around 1768, Arnold constructed another watch for the King which was given the designation "Number 1" by Arnold —something he did when the watches he built was regarded as significant.
Knibb was considered as the finest horologist of his time, according to author Herbert Cescinsky, a renowned specialist on English clocks.
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…
Part 9. In almost all of the workshops of artisans a fire burns, either to warm the glue of the carpenter or to keep the irons of the furnace hot.
Hooke discovered the law of elasticity in 1660 which describes the linear variation of tension with extension in an elastic spring.
