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Following up on our recent ABCs of Time article on the history of watch bracelets, we turn our attention to clasps, which are much more than simple closures today. In fact, some of the best are R&D marvels with intense engineering, CNC machining, extensive hand finishing and d…
Today, we have a slightly different story here on Fratello. This is the experience of one New Zealand photographer who has been diligently capturing the mechanical lives of pocket watches at the Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland Museum. There’s a big difference between commercial wa…
Just last week, we showed you a pair of stunning Porsches made by Singer Vehicle Design and, surprisingly, Louis Vuitton, launched at the 2026 Monterey Car Week. It was a week full of surprises, with records being shattered left and right for some of the rarest and most specia…
It was not long ago that I ranted, “Too Many Luxury Watches Feel Too Cheap (Even To The Untrained Eye)” in one of my Grinding Gears columns. I brought up a Rolex Oyster Perpetual watch, and how its CNC-etched clasp looked way too cheap for the $9,650 asking price of that model…
Why use a traditional, coiled balance spring when you can use a 14-micron-wide and 120-micron-“thick” silicon blade instead? With the latter, Girard-Perregaux set out to overcome the inherent challenge of fluctuating power delivery in mechanical watches. The goal for the 235-y…
eBay Finds is back! This bi-weekly installment will feature a selection of watches currently listed on eBay that have caught the eye of editor Christoph McNeil (@vintagediver). If you come across any hidden gems on the ‘Bay drop us a note at info@wornandwound.com for potential…
This week on aBlogtoWatch Weekly, Ariel, David, and Ripley are live, or at least they think they are, as they attempt to navigate the unfamiliar world of live broadcasting without Rick.They dig into the never ending watch size debate, why case dimensions rarely tell the whole…
With such a name, it was just a matter of time before seeing travellers’ watches coming back to the Escale collection of Louis Vuitton – remember that escale is French for stopover. The inaugural version of this watch, first released in 2014 as a worldtimer featuring a highly…
All that and more in this week's edition of Hodinkee's What's Selling Where column.
The independent watchmaker combines the design language of the Origine with a 30-second tourbillon and zero-reset system for a limited run of watches.