Reading a balance wheel
What the amplitude and beat error on the timing machine actually tell you about a watch's health.
A journal for automatic watches
Notes on the vintage automatic.
Essays and short dispatches on the mechanical watches worth keeping - movements, cases, the histories that made them, and where to find the good ones.
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hero photo - vintage automatic watch, macro
Latest notes
The self-winding decade
How the automatic rotor moved from novelty to standard between 1955 and 1965.
Original dials, honestly
Spotting a refinished dial before you spot the price tag.