How to become a watch fan? An explanation.
Why watches? Part 1: The 70s and 80s and why watches blow my mind I Being a child of the seventies and concerning watches, I have remained a child and am purely emotion-driven. Everyone who...
Tourbillion. Useless gadget or not?
What is a tourbillon? The tourbillon is a mechanism inside a watch that is designed to improve the accuracy of a watch. To understand what this part does, you need to briefly explain the balance...
A visit to the furniturist Maurizio Zannol.
Furnitures are spare parts for clocks. Furnishings, that’s what you think of when you think of furniture. Learned something again. The word comes from the French “furniture” and means delivery. Since that has been clarified...
Schools remove analogue clocks from exam rooms.
Schools are removing analogue clocks from exam rooms because teenagers cannot tell the time, a representative of the UK teachers’ union has said. Teachers are now installing digital clocks after students complained in their GCSE...
Munichtime. The watch fair in Munich.
Watch fairs tend to be based in Switzerland. Wait a minute… If you look for watch events, you will find three in Munich. Anyway, there are three big events. Firstly, there is the Uhren Technik...
Why does the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Geneve exist? The grand prize of the watch industry.
Here is the answer right away: Because it is a prize for tangible works. Something that remains. Something that changes a craft, that inspires, that has value, that is art and technology at the same...
Baselworld 2018 – III Summary in pictures and videos
Video von der Baselworld 2018 I would like to note that I took all the photos and pictures myself, originally without the plan to start a blog. That’s why the quality is very “authentic”. For...
Baselworld, Independent Watchmakers
My view of Baselword This year I made it to Switzerland for Baselworld, one of the most important watch fairs in the world. It’s my first visit to the fair and, as always, my very...
Uhren Technik Börse Munich – my experience
As a watch fan and newbie blogger, you have to hang around at some trade fairs and industry events. So I went to the Uhren Technik Börse in Munich/Unterschleissheim for the first time, the Euro...