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Scepticism confounded?
Disgruntled pessimists are already openly wondering whether the economic upturn will last; whether we are right to be pleased about the good news being announced; whether the radiant joy expressed by various peoples in regaining...
The watch that tells the time around the globe
Whether they’re called World Time or Universal Time watches, the kind that permanently shows the time in all 24 timezones designated by as many or more localities can boast a most useful complication and a distinguished...
Should Harrison have won the Longitude Prize?
Watch aficionados appreciate John Harrison’s solution to the longitude problem as it marks the consecration of the watch as a legitimate scientific instrument. But Harrison faced much resistance and his conflict with the Board of...
Patek Philippe Steel Watches
John Goldberger collects Patek Philippe watches made in steel. He is so enthused by a metal that is after all common compared to gold, that he has glorified it in a massive book. No detail is neglected: the cork cover as in the...
How the watch was worn
People have been wearing watches for nearly half a millennium. Today they’re worn on the wrist, but not so long ago, women showed them off as brooches or attached to belts and chatelaines. Men slipped them into waistcoat pockets...
La lanterne et le microsse
L’horlogerie jurassienne n’était pas uniquement suisse. C’est ce que rappelle ce petit livre publié par un éditeur régional français. Mêmes causes, mêmes effets: les longs hivers, la pauvreté ont poussé les paysans du Jura, de...
La montre, principes et méthodes de fabrication
Among the great watchmakers, the Englishman, Georges Daniels has never had any recourse to others in making his watches. He makes everything himself from the wheels and pinions to the escapement as well as the case dial and...
