Water resistant watches need to be tested or there can be no guarantee that they will perform as they are supposed to. When a watch maker performs a water test the price usually includes the necessary tasks to ensure the watch passes the test but not the parts needed to make it pass, should [...]
As a watchmaker I see a lot of watches. Some people are kind to their watches, others really beat them up. Some watches still look brand new when they come in, others are totally covered in scratches. Some watches are nice and clean and others are covered in body cheese. One thing [...]
It seems there is a lot of mystery surrounding this innovation made by Rolex so I will try and clear it up using two documents of pretty good authority. I wish I could say I had talked to the head of the parachrom department at Rolex but I haven’t.
The parachrom hairspring didn’t really start [...]
I was just flipping through my book Vintage Rolex Sports Models and it reminded me that it was a prize I won from a very generous Timezone user named Ratskunk for a Haiku I wrote. Here is the Haiku:
My gnomon casts the
Longest shadow of the year:
The winter solstice.
The book is a fabulous reference [...]
First, isochronism is the ability of a watch to maintain constant time independent of the influences around it. Some of the things that affect isochronism include: magnetism, external shocks, friction, and poise of the balance and hairspring. Magnetism is one that you will certainly notice right away.
This week I had a customer’s watch come [...]
Two chronographs walk into a bar. The bartender looks at the Tudor and asks the Daytona, “What is that thing?” To which the Cosmograph replies, “I don’t know but it can do all kinds of things that Iconaut.”
Sometimes watch companies name their watches kind of silly things. Rolex certainly isn’t excluded. The word [...]
When I moved into my new workspace back in October I wanted some artwork for the wall. I was fooling around in Photoshop and this is what I came up with:
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Today was press day for Basel and we hand lots of great pics and info come in all over the internet. I wish I could be there but sadly I am not. Back in January I made some Basel Predictions. Let’s see how they fared.
Prediciton 1.
I asked a Rolex executive if we would [...]
In January I made some predictions for this year’s Basel Fair. We don’t know if they have come true yet but Rolex has a hint on their web page. Check it out at and wait for the intro screen to pop up. If you adjust your brightness and squint this is [...]
