Diving the underworld
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 ...
Author: the #watchnerd
The #watchnerd: the most interesting watch 'blog you've never read. Probably.
A long time gone
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...
Charles Frodsham & Co: Independently Driven
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...
A very #watchnerd 2017
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...
Svend Andersen: the godfather of modern independent watchmaking
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 ...
Misadventures in podcasting
Disclosure: there is no financial relationship between the #watchnerd and Time4APint. Sometimes it’s best just to admit when you’re wrong. And IR...
IWC celebrates 35th anniversary of the Ocean 2000
Disclosure (click for Disclosure statement): no money, services or payment in kind was received in return for writing this completely unbidden ‘blog post....
Why should we care about tourbillons?
Disclosure: I received a Press Pass for SalonQP 2015. In November 2015, during Salon QP, Ian Skellern moderated a discussion between three independent watchmak...
Poetry in motion: a visit to Agenhor SA
Disclosure: there is no financial relationship between the #watchnerd and Agenhor SA. I paid for my own travel and accommodation during my visit to Geneva in Ja...
Cnidarian dreams: MB&F’s HM7 Aquapod
Disclosure: there is no financial relationship between the #watchnerd and MB&F. I paid for my own travel and accommodation during my visit to SIHH in Januar...