Are watches art? Does mechanical precision matter? Today we're asking the big questions.

Show Notes

(6:30) Pour Me: A Life by A. A. Gill

(7:55) Tour De Gall

(8:40) The Modern Watch Escapement, And How It Got That Way

(20:40) The Pros And Cons Of The Different Types Of Travel Watches

(22:40) The Songlines

(28:20) Saxonia Dual Time

(29:10) Four What-Ifs That Could Have Changed Watchmaking History Forever

(34:10) Breguet Number 1160, A Replica Of The Famous Watch Made For Marie Antoinette

(36:00) Adam Marelli

(39:03) Hiroshi Sugimoto 

(57:42) Longitude by Dava Sobel