The Independents
The Doxa Nobody Photographs
In 1967, Doxa did two things nobody else had: it put a high-visibility orange dial on a dive watch, and it patented a bezel that calculates a no-decompression ascent. All...
The Doxa Nobody Photographs
In 1967, Doxa did two things nobody else had: it put a high-visibility orange dial on a dive watch, and it patented a bezel that calculates a no-decompression ascent. All...
What Is Watch Lume? Why the Dead Kind Sells
I sell watches with the best lume ever made — and it's the least valuable thing about them. A short history of lume, and why the dead kind sells for...
What Is Watch Lume? Why the Dead Kind Sells
I sell watches with the best lume ever made — and it's the least valuable thing about them. A short history of lume, and why the dead kind sells for...
A Plastic Watch Saved The Watch Industry
On 1 March 1983, a Swiss conglomerate launched a plastic watch with twelve faces, fifty-one parts, and a case sealed so tightly it could never be opened for repair. It...
A Plastic Watch Saved The Watch Industry
On 1 March 1983, a Swiss conglomerate launched a plastic watch with twelve faces, fifty-one parts, and a case sealed so tightly it could never be opened for repair. It...
Yema Did Everything the Swiss Get Worshipped For
In June 1982, a French astronaut named Jean-Loup Chrétien rode a Soviet rocket into orbit with a watch on his wrist. It was a Yema. Not an Omega. Not a...
Yema Did Everything the Swiss Get Worshipped For
In June 1982, a French astronaut named Jean-Loup Chrétien rode a Soviet rocket into orbit with a watch on his wrist. It was a Yema. Not an Omega. Not a...
Kurono Tokyo Malachite Review: Hajime Asaoka's ...
The Kurono Tokyo Anniversary Malachite explained — the malachite, the rokusho pigment, the lapidary problem, and Hajime Asaoka's copper essay.
Kurono Tokyo Malachite Review: Hajime Asaoka's ...
The Kurono Tokyo Anniversary Malachite explained — the malachite, the rokusho pigment, the lapidary problem, and Hajime Asaoka's copper essay.
Studio Underd0g: The Watermel0n Was Never the Joke
Studio Underd0g makes watches that look like fruit. Inside they run column-wheel chronographs from a workshop in Maidenhead. A brand piece.
Studio Underd0g: The Watermel0n Was Never the Joke
Studio Underd0g makes watches that look like fruit. Inside they run column-wheel chronographs from a workshop in Maidenhead. A brand piece.