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Can beauty be put into numbers? The surprising answer is “yes, it can.” The Fibonacci sequence and the golden ratio have been turning up in discussions about beauty, proportion, and design for centuries. They are said to explain why certain things in nature look pleasing to th…
Lang & Heyne has practised the Saxon approach to independent watchmaking since 2001, working near Dresden and offering watches that combine classical German design with highly elaborate hand-finishing. The manufacture names its collections after figures from the House of Wetti…
Icons are icons for a reason. Some watches deserve the moniker, no question about it. But quite often, an icon casts a long shadow on other interesting timepieces in a brand’s catalog. The original Genta-designed Audemars Piguet Royal Oak has always overshadowed the Royal Oak…
This week on aBlogtoWatch Weekly, Rick, Ariel, David, and Ripley are back to tackle watches that dazzle, watches that feel like furniture, and watches that might be listening to everything you say. The crew starts with a look behind the curtain at Dexel and the manufacturing c…
Funny, right after typing that title, my immediate thought was: Has it ever cared? To be clear, the immediate answer in my mind was: I think, yes, it has cared before. If in no other ways, it cared about how people perceived it and perhaps also about how people felt when enter…
It’s been a banner year for watches in video games. More brands than ever before are embracing the power of digital product placement, resulting in partnerships that would have seemed impossible even a few years ago — lest we forget, the latest Bond watch debuted in a video ga…
In watchmaking, pretty much every complication started with the quest for a solution to a common problem. The tourbillon solved the influence of gravity on the balance spring, the chronograph provided the ability to time events as they happened, and repeater watches served as…
Since 2024, Awake has built a strong following with its Sơn Mài dials. These time-intensive creations layer Vietnamese lacquer over silver leaf and natural pigments. Last year, the Frosted Leaf technique debuted and won two awards, including first prize in the Jewellery and Ar…
Just off the coast of Miami sits the Florida Reef, a sprawling 350-mile-long barrier reef system comprising thousands of smaller reef clusters. It is the only living barrier reef in the continental U.S., and like other coral populations around the world, it has suffered a prec…
It’s Sunday morning, which means it’s time for another installment of Sunday Morning Showdown. This week, we’re pitting two affordable daily wearers against each other. They represent different sides of the watchmaking world, with one hailing from Switzerland and the other fro…