The Independents
How a Mechanical Watch Works: A Guide to Mechan...
TL;DR: A mechanical watch runs on stored physical energy — no battery, no electronics. You wind the mainspring (by hand or via a rotor on your wrist), and that energy...
How a Mechanical Watch Works: A Guide to Mechan...
TL;DR: A mechanical watch runs on stored physical energy — no battery, no electronics. You wind the mainspring (by hand or via a rotor on your wrist), and that energy...
The Farer 36mm Three Hand Collection Review
TL;DR: Farer's 36mm Three Hand collection delivers exactly what the brand does best — distinctive design and confident colour — in a case size collectors have been asking for. The...
The Farer 36mm Three Hand Collection Review
TL;DR: Farer's 36mm Three Hand collection delivers exactly what the brand does best — distinctive design and confident colour — in a case size collectors have been asking for. The...
The Blancpain Grande Double Sonnerie: The Ultim...
The grande sonnerie is one of the rarest achievements in watchmaking. Fewer than a handful of brands can build one. Fewer can build one well. And when Blancpain unveiled their...
The Blancpain Grande Double Sonnerie: The Ultim...
The grande sonnerie is one of the rarest achievements in watchmaking. Fewer than a handful of brands can build one. Fewer can build one well. And when Blancpain unveiled their...
The Watches Luxury Brands Don't Want You To Kno...
TL;DR: Three conglomerates (Swatch Group, Richemont, LVMH) control almost every watch brand you've heard of. Their watches aren't bad — but they're designed by committee to minimise risk. Independent brands...
The Watches Luxury Brands Don't Want You To Kno...
TL;DR: Three conglomerates (Swatch Group, Richemont, LVMH) control almost every watch brand you've heard of. Their watches aren't bad — but they're designed by committee to minimise risk. Independent brands...
The Truth About Microbrands: What £500 Actually...
TL;DR: Most microbrands use the same factories, same suppliers, same movements — the difference is design execution and quality control, not specs. The brands consistently worth buying: Lorier, Baltic, Halios,...
The Truth About Microbrands: What £500 Actually...
TL;DR: Most microbrands use the same factories, same suppliers, same movements — the difference is design execution and quality control, not specs. The brands consistently worth buying: Lorier, Baltic, Halios,...
The Complete Beginner's Guide to Watch Movements
TL;DR: Three movement types—manual mechanical (hand-wound), automatic (self-winding via wrist motion), and quartz (battery-powered, most accurate). Four manufacturers power most of the industry: ETA, Sellita, Seiko, and Miyota. For most...
The Complete Beginner's Guide to Watch Movements
TL;DR: Three movement types—manual mechanical (hand-wound), automatic (self-winding via wrist motion), and quartz (battery-powered, most accurate). Four manufacturers power most of the industry: ETA, Sellita, Seiko, and Miyota. For most...