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A. Lange & Söhne's LANGE 1 TIME ZONE 2020
ramblings

We’ll meet again…

Posted on June 27, 2020 by the #watchnerd / 0 Comment

It’s a song that’s been playing quite a bit over the past few months. That refrain was even referenced by Her Majesty the Queen, in a rare non-Chris...

ramblings

The Watch, a Twentieth Century Style History

Posted on May 31, 2020 by the #watchnerd / 0 Comment

A version of this review was written for the Journal of the Antiquarian Horological Society (“AHS”): It is easy to join the AHS online. Members rece...

(C) Omega Watches 2019
ramblings

Diving the underworld

Posted on July 29, 2019 by the #watchnerd / 0 Comment

The deepest parts of the world’s oceans are named for the god of the underworld, Hades. This hadal zone, below 6,000m, includes some of the least visited ...

ramblings

A long time gone

Posted on April 18, 2019 by the #watchnerd / 0 Comment

It’s been some time since I published a piece on this ‘blog. In the months since I last wrote an article, much has changed: the online world has become more pol...

Steel Case, Arabic Dial ((C) Charles Frodsham & Co 2018)
british watchmaking/independents

Charles Frodsham & Co: Independently Driven

Posted on March 16, 2018 by the #watchnerd / 0 Comment

Nine years ago, in a piece in the BHI’s Horological Journal, Derek Pratt FBHI set out a history of double-wheel escapements. The article encapsulated many...

ramblings

A very #watchnerd 2017

Posted on January 4, 2018 by the #watchnerd / 4 Comments

Nostalgia is generally defined as a wistful desire to return in thought or in fact to a former time in one’s life; a sentimental yearning for the happines...

independents

Svend Andersen: the godfather of modern independent watchmaking

Posted on December 10, 2017 by the #watchnerd / 1 Comment

Disclosure: there is no financial relationship between the #watchnerd and Andersen Genève. I paid for my own travel and accommodation during my visit to Geneva ...

Habring 2 Foudroyante
ramblings

Misadventures in podcasting

Posted on August 28, 2017 by the #watchnerd / 4 Comments

Disclosure: there is no financial relationship between the #watchnerd and Time4APint. Sometimes it’s best just to admit when you’re wrong. And IR...

reviews

IWC celebrates 35th anniversary of the Ocean 2000

Posted on July 4, 2017 by the #watchnerd / 4 Comments

Disclosure (click for Disclosure statement): no money, services or payment in kind was received in return for writing this completely unbidden ‘blog post....

independents/snippets

Why should we care about tourbillons?

Posted on May 30, 2017 by the #watchnerd / 5 Comments

Disclosure: I received a Press Pass for SalonQP 2015.  In November 2015, during Salon QP, Ian Skellern moderated a discussion between three independent watchmak...

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