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Longform features

Considered essays on the craft, geography and quiet conventions of mechanical watchmaking. Researched from primary sources, written without hype.

Geography11 min read

Geneva and Glashütte: Two Capitals, One Craft

How a Swiss canton and a Saxon valley town built parallel watchmaking traditions on opposite sides of the same craft.

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Independents12 min read

Independents to Watch

A short field guide to the small workshops shaping contemporary watchmaking - and what they have in common.

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Provenance10 min read

Why Provenance Matters

On the difference between a watch's history and a watch's documentation - and why the second is what gets paid for.

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Movements10 min read

The Quartz Question

Forty-five years after the 'Quartz Crisis,' it is worth asking what the crisis was actually about - and what the answer means now.

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Collecting9 min read

Patina and Honest Wear

On the difference between a watch that has aged and a watch that has been aged - and why the market increasingly cares.

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Design9 min read

What a Good Dial Does

The dial is the only part of the watch most people ever see. It is also the part most often overlooked in technical discussion.

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Collecting12 min read

Tudor Pelagos FXD: A Reference Guide to the Fixed-Lug Diver

How Tudor's collaboration with the Marine Nationale produced a purpose-built tool watch - and how the FXD line has evolved through Alinghi, Chrono, and Cycling editions.

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