The oldest watchmakers have been around for centuries. They’ve contributed to the very foundation of what watchmaking is today, without which the industry would not exist in the way it does....

Given that the lever escapement is over two-and-a-half centuries old, you would think that there’s nothing left to refine. All that can be invented should have been invented, with only the s...

The battery in your phone will last you about a day before you need to charge it, same with your smart watch. That energy is depleted through use, as you would expect, and when it runs out, ...

You don’t have to ask around too much to discover that Patek Philippe’s 5170 is considered one of, if not the best chronographs ever made. It’s slick, it’s slim, it’s executed to perfection—...

Ever caught yourself looking at a watch that’s well out of budget, thinking, ‘What if?’, only to mentally slap yourself back to harsh reality? Those most exquisite and expensive timepieces m...

There's a single question that has driven humanity's pursuit of science and technology for millennia: "What if?" It's a question that predominantly leads to injury, embarrassment and interne...

In a cake made of watch parts, the tourbillon is surely the cherry. It's revered, it's worshipped, it's—wait a second, what actually is a tourbillon, and why should I want one? Here to answe...

Scientists and philosophers have long known that time is relative. You might think that a day has twenty-four hours, but that's only because we define a day as the average time it takes the ...

Imagine you're pushing a child on a swing for an indeterminate period of time. After a while, you become tired and the amount of force you can exert weakens. Each swing reduces in height and...