Hourtime Episode 131 – Depth Charges, Lasers, Robot Faces & Watches and Garbage Trucks and Cholex
Welcome to the HourTime show, the best 30 minute ( /-) hour podcast on the web. In this weeks episode we discuss: the 8K Vertu phone the Harry Winston Histoire de Tourbillon 4…
An Update From Our Bernhardt Winner
Say, do you remember when we gave away a Bernhardt Binnacle Anchor (review here, closed contest here) back in October? Well, I know one person who certainly does. This…
Historical Horology: What Is A Chronometer?
While today's post isn't necessarily a history lesson in and of itself, it is concerning a certification we'll often see applied to higher-end mechanical movements - COSC. Often times,…
You Paid What?
Over at Worn & Wound, their resident curmudgeon gives you some food for thought in an interesting read. The article (here) digs into the reason why some of the…
REVIEW: Hexa K500
Whenever a new watch brand hits the map here in the ol' US of A, I take notice. While many of these turn out to be overly simplistic or…
Introducing The Techné Harrier
We just received word of a new model lineup come from one of our favorite brands, Techné. Read on to learn some more. First off, if you"re not familiar with Techné,…
Roll Your Own
Watch, that is! To be sure, many of use have likely have thoughts bouncing around of sourcing our own movement, case (or machining our own), so on and so forth.…
Archimede Has A Bronze Pilot On Offer
It"s been some time since we"ve featured an Ickler-designed case on these pages, and I think their latest model (in the Archimede family) is worth a look. The watch…
Our apologies – no new post today
Life (and colds) got the better of me over the weekend, so we'll not have any new post today - we'll pick things up again tomorrow.
Historical Horology: Buying Vintage
While some of our earlier Historical Horology articles have brought to light some older aspects of our hobby, today, we"ll zoom in to something that"s a little more practical,…