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SINN Invests in The Future With Apprenticeships

Watchmaking is part vocation, part job. Ask most watchmakers why they do it and they’ll tell you it’s a fascination with engineering, fixing things, solving problems, plus creating something unique and analog in a digital world. So it’s great to see SINN investing in training the next generation. Here’s the word; Sinn Spezialuhren welcomes two apprentices as 1st year watchmakers. At the Frankfurt-based watch manufacturer, … Continue reading SINN Invests in The Future With Apprenticeships

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Japanese Watches

Fancy Building Your Own MOD Grand Seiko?

MOD watches are great because you put your own spin on an OEM watch, with different dials, hands, bezels etc. But for those who like the udnerstated elegance of a Grand Seiko, Lucious Atelier has news for you – you can buy a 36mm/39mm case as a starting point. The case is designed to accept two popular ETA movements by the way or two version … Continue reading Fancy Building Your Own MOD Grand Seiko?

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Swatch NASA Collection Has a Bioceramic Edge

With Space X sending rockets into the skies, and then landing the boosters back on the Of Course I Still Love You drone ship – yep, the videos are so cool – the time is right for some 60s/70s Spaceman type watches. So, Swatch Group has launched a new NASA inspired collection, plus it ticks the recycling box as they are using reclaimed plastic waste … Continue reading Swatch NASA Collection Has a Bioceramic Edge

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Micro Brands

New Viqueria Heritage Mixes Poljot Movt & Modern Styling

Not gonna lie, lately the NWC mag has become slightly obsessed with MOD – Made On Demand – watches. The idea of recycling existing, sometimes vintage movements or a handy Seiko case n bracelet, has broad appeal. It’s also kinda sustainable/green/climate agenda friendly too, as you’re basically upcycling watch parts. Yeah so kudos with the Jeminas n Lucys who dye their hair pink and superglue … Continue reading New Viqueria Heritage Mixes Poljot Movt & Modern Styling

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Manufacturing: XRby & Ansys Offer Cutting Edge Crystal Creation

Technology is changing watchmaking, and in many ways it is making the entire process more democratic, more inclusive, since almost anyone can set up a watch brand, use computer software to design models, 3D printing on prototype parts and source low volume manufacturing and packaging from Switzerland to Singapore. Here’s a press release that we missed a month back, but it shows how new tech … Continue reading Manufacturing: XRby & Ansys Offer Cutting Edge Crystal Creation

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German watches

Nomos Glashutte: Confession of A Watch Polisher

Nomos Glashutte have sent us some info on polishing watches. Yes, we know it’s a bit geeky, but watchmaking is all about the details. If you love the technology, knock yourselves out; The surfaces should be as smooth as glass—and creating this perfect finish for the hand-wound caliber DUW 1001 can take the expert watchmakers at NOMOS Glashütte hours. They work with high concentration, since … Continue reading Nomos Glashutte: Confession of A Watch Polisher

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Best Swiss watches

Titan Black Offers Bespoke Rolex Designs

Here’s a custom watch house we just discovered, but they have been around for about ten years; Titan Black has been producing amazing Rolex, AP, Patek and other luxury watches that are true one-off models. Famously, they designed the Chronolight Rolex for a Sheikh which has his name in illuminated script on the dial. Illuminated, not Illuminati. Important to note that. We also love their … Continue reading Titan Black Offers Bespoke Rolex Designs

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British Watches

The Watchmaking Craft of The Past is Worth Appreciating

The thing I admire most about the watchmakers of the past is their determination to solve what must have seemed like incredibly complicated problems. Take this Strigel verge watch from the 1760s for example. It was no easy task making glass back then. No Pilkington float method had been invented, so glass had to be blown into shapes by skilled people, then carefully cut and … Continue reading The Watchmaking Craft of The Past is Worth Appreciating

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