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Armin Strom Masterpiece 1: Dual Time Resonance

Understanding Resonance, Featuring The F.P. Journe Chronomètre à Résonance, Armin Strom Mirrored Force Resonance, And Haldimann H2 Flying Resonance – Reprise

December 8, 2018/4 Comments/in Technology, Thoughts & Opinion/by Joshua Munchow

Resonance. No, it is not a Tesla-themed Evanescence cover band. Resonance is a physics principle that, to be honest, most people will never need to know to go about their daily lives. So what is all the hubbub about resonance these days? It’s a word that is, even in the watch world, so mysterious and rare that it is heard only once or twice a decade. In this article Joshua Munchow explains how resonance works and why it matters.

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Assembling the Ferdinand Berthoud Chronomètre FB 1Caliber FB-T.FC movement

Ferdinand Berthoud Chronomètre FB 1: Chain-And-Fusée Constant Force And Tourbillon, But Sapphire Crystal Was The Greatest Challenge

December 7, 2018/1 Comment/in Highlights, Ferdinand Berthoud/by Martin Green

Ever since Chopard co-president Karl-Friedrich Scheufele created the Ferdinand Berthoud brand Martin Green has been a fan. Here Martin shares impressions from a recent visit to the boutique brand’s workshop in Fleurier.

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Cartier Santos-Dumont 90th Anniversary on the wrist

The World’s First Pilot’s Watch: Cartier Santos-Dumont 1904 To 2018

December 6, 2018/3 Comments/in Cartier/by George Cramer

Here George Cramer looks across more than one hundred years of evolution of what may well be called the world’s first pilot’s wristwatch: the Cartier Santos-Dumont.

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Grayson Tighe Rainbow Fire fountain pen

Grayson Tighe Rainbow Fire Pens: Contemporary Classic Art For The Hand

December 5, 2018/0 Comments/in Grayson Tighe, Highlights, Writing instruments/by Elizabeth Doerr

Grayson Tighe is an exceptional pen maker. And Grayson Tighe is an artist. And, as his Rainbow Fire series of limited editions highlights, Grayson Tighe is well ahead of his time.

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Tag Heuer Mikrograph

Timekeeping In A 5G World: Coordinated Universal Time Blown Away By Ultra-Precision Time On Tap

December 4, 2018/8 Comments/in Highlights, Technology, Thoughts & Opinion/by Chris Malburg

New 5G cellular wireless technology will soon transfer data – including the correct time – 50 times faster than existing 4G services. 5G also enables constant internet connection. Here is what that means to the timekeeping world.

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Trinidad La Trova Cuban Cigars

Trinidad La Trova Cuban Cigars: Exceptional In Every Way

December 3, 2018/9 Comments/in Wining, Dining and Cigars/by Ken Gargett

Ken Gargett believes that the recently released La Trova is challenging the superb Fundadores cigar as the benchmark for Trinidad.

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Model A Cartier Mystery Clock from 1912 featuring platinum, gold, white agate, rock crystal, sapphires, rose-cut diamonds, enamel

Cartier’s Mystery Clocks: Now You See Me, Now You Don’t

December 2, 2018/3 Comments/in Highlights, Cartier, Clocks/by Joshua Munchow

Nineteenth-century French horologist Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin, a man now famous as the father of modern magic, inspired Cartier to begin dabbling in mystery clocks in 1912. And the famous brand has never stopped as a recent exhibition showing 19 historical mystery clocks illustrated.

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Custom De Bethune DB28 Maxichrono

How Do You Top The Sensational De Bethune DB28 Maxichrono? By Customizing It, Of Course (Reprise)

December 2, 2018/1 Comment/in Highlights, De Bethune, Independents/by What Makes Me Tick

What Makes Me Tick loves watches made by small independent artisans because they fully embody the vision of their makers, who have put blood, sweat, and tears into creating them. Among the independent brands, De Bethune is most probably his favorite. In fact, no “probably” about it: De Bethune is his favorite. Here’s how his customized DB28 Maxichrono came to be.

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Vacheron Constantin Les Cabinotiers Mécaniques Sauvages Tiger

Wild Things! Vacheron Constantin Introduces One-Of-A-Kind Les Cabinotiers Mécaniques Sauvages Watches

December 1, 2018/1 Comment/in Highlights, Vacheron Constantin/by Elizabeth Doerr

Vacheron Constantin has just revealed a collection of unique Les Cabinotiers timepieces called Mécaniques Sauvages under a homogenous theme of wild animals that adorn their dials and/or cases.

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Ladies watches pre-selected for the 2015 GPHG. Clockwise from top left: Hermès Arceau Petite Lune with diamonds, DeLaneau Rondo 42 Peony, Hublot Big Bang Broderie, Audemars Piguet Millenary, Ulysse Nardin Jade, and Piaget Limelight Gala

Happy Wife, Happy Life: What Women Want. In A Watch, That Is (Reprise)

December 1, 2018/3 Comments/in Highlights, Thoughts & Opinion, Ladies watches/by Chris Malburg

Chris Malburg set out to buy his wife a watch. After many happy years of marriage to a lovely woman it was time. He knows enough about her and her tastes to take the leap. Or does he? If you’re a female reader you probably already know this ends badly. If you’re a guy, keep reading. Showing up is 80 percent, and you just showed up.

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