A version of this appeared on the RedBar Group’s global website in June 2023. “I thought it might be larger,” says Dr Roger Smith OBE,…
the most interesting watch 'blog you've never read. Probably.
Category: independents
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…
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 in…
Disclosure: I received a Press Pass for SalonQP 2015. In November 2015, during Salon QP, Ian Skellern moderated a discussion between three independent watchmakers: Stephen…
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…
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 January…
Thomas Prescher is a difficult man to describe. On the one hand, he’s a technical watchmaker with an extraordinary pedigree. A prodigy, he worked with Richard Habring on…
While attempting to discover when The Watchmaker’s Apprentice would be available on general release, I was approached by DAM Production’s / Bulldog Distribution’s marketing partner,…
They say all good things must come to an end, and the HM3 has certainly been good for Max Busser and Friends. This will be the Final Edition of the Jean-Marc Wiederrecht / Agenhor reengineered version of the veritable HM3, dubbed the MEGAWIND.
_-_TIMEA.jpg "Original source: Ebers, Georg. \"Egypt: Descriptive, Historical, and Picturesque.\" Volume 1. Cassell & Company, Limited: New York, 1878. p 187.")
There’s an Egyptian deity associated with creation and rebirth, Bennu. Bennu was often portrayed in the guise of a heron, or possibly a wagtail, and played an important role in the ancient Egyptian creation myth as well as being a focal point for sun worship at Heliopolis.