Chris and Jon discuss a resurrected watch caliber, the watches of SIHH, and a secret way to displace metal.
Omega 321 Omega announced they would be putting their chronograph caliber 321 back into production days before the start of SIHH 2019 Omega 861 / 1861 A deconstruction of Omega caliber 1861Column Wheel vs. Cam An overview of column wheel versus cam operated chronographsAudemars Piguet CODE 11.59 Bremont’s Trip-Tick Case Linde Werdelin Spidolite Audemars Piguet Code 11.59 Supersonnerie
Moser Swiss alp Apple Watch Retrofit An Apple Watch retrofitted with a mechanical movement, crafted by Till LottermanTill Lotterman Official website of Till LottermanNaissance d’une Montre 2 Oscillon Prototype An Interview with Michel Boulanger and Philippe Dufour Martin Frei & Felix Baumgartner Urwerk AMC A mechanical watch regulated by an atomic clockUrwerk EMC A mechanical watch with its own timing machine built right inFerdinand Berthoud The CEO of Ferdinand Berthoud announced at SIHH 2019 that they will be underwriting Naissance d’une Montre 3BHI The British Horological InstituteAHS The Antiquarian Horological Society has an extensive archive of the BHI’s Horological JournalWalter Lange Watchmaking Excellence Award Otto Peltola a student at the Finnish School of Watchmaking won this year’s Walter Lange Watchmaking Excellence AwardThe musical timepiece that won this year’s Walter Lange Watchmaking Excellence Award, submitted by Otto Peltola
F.P. Journe Young Talent Competition Tyler John Davies from Birmingham City University won this year’s Young Talent CompetitionThe
Equilibrium Clock by Tyler John Davies, winner of this year’s F.P. Journe Young Talent Competition
Horizon Clock Crafted by 2016 F.P. Journe Young Talent Competition winner and fellow BCU alumni, Anna Rose Kirk, the Horizon Clock is now on display at the Science Museum in LondonNew Kids on the Watchmaking Block Last year’s winner of the Young Talent Competition, Rémy Cools, was recently featured in the New York Times alongside Rexhep Rexhepi & othersF.P. Journe Tourbillon Souverain Vertical A close-up of the milgrain pattern on an F.P. Journe crown
Different takes on engraving a watch movementJaeger-LeCoultre Master Ultra Thin Moon Enamel Cartier Santos Squelette Noctambule One of Chris’ favourites from last year, updated with a DLC caseHermès Arceau L’Heure De La Lune An intriguing new take on a moonphase displayHermès Moonphase in Action A demonstration of how the time & displays circumnavigate the dial of the watch when using the moonphase correctorVacheron Twin Beat The first ever mechanical perpetual calendar that can… hibernate?