Tag: watchmaking
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KERIS – Knowing Each Right Idea Sparkling
Text and all photos by Thomas, watchesandwords (Instagram), October 2025 „In every job that must be done, there is an element of fun. You find the fun and snap! The job´s a game.“ (Mary Poppins, philosopher) In my opinion, there are too many wristwatches anyway, with many new models and entire brands being added every
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A manufacture visit to the Dutch watchmaker Annelinde Dunselman: „It was fascination, I know.“ (Nat King Cole)
Text and all Photos by Thomas, watchesandwords (Instagram), September 2025 First encounter in Geneva 2025 The Black Tulip wristwatch by the Dutch watchmaker Annelinde Dunselman is a very special watch for me. Annelinde has introduced her timepiece at the Watches and Wonders 2025 in Geneva and it was one of my personal highlights from
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Owner review: A. Lange & Söhne 1815 Small Seconds by @watchesandwords
“The Swiss make the world´s best watches – so do the Germans” This once was the funny slogan of a well known newspaper and journal campaign by A. Lange & Söhne in the mid 1990s. It shows the two watches “IWC Da Vinci” and “Lange 1” side by side. Of course, the add compares two
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Owner review: ochs und junior settimana «sogno di tangerino» (prototype) by @tapir_ffm
The world is yours and it’s orange! F%§&. This watch is simply f%§& gorgeous! Ok, that’s perhaps not the best way to start a proper watch presentation. So let’s start from the beginning: A few years ago, some of the guys from the Fifth Wrist crew met for the first time in real life in
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The «Gemba Walk»: a manufacture visit to the crazy*) Watch(wonder)land at Franck Muller
*) other meanings of «crazy», according to Merriam-Webster: dreamlike, unbelievable, eccentric, Alice-in-Wonderland
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Owner Review: Wyler Dynawind by @notawatchsnob1
A Unique Piece of American History I’m excited to share a truly special timepiece with a powerful story. This vintage Wyler watch belonged to the legendary Harry Belafonte—a birthday gift from the owner of Wyler Watches. It wasn’t just worn, it witnessed history. Belafonte, known for hits like Day-O and Jump in the Line, was
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Editorial: … and another timeline about watch companies
While reading a book about various watchmaking companies it appeared to me that, yes it was ages ago, that Audemars Piguet made this and also ages ago that Patek Philippe made that … but that made me wonder, what does «ages ago» even mean? Would placing these key events on a timeline illustrate this with
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A visit to the atelier of «watch mastermind» Dr. Ludwig Oechslin (Interview)
This year (2024) in August the Fifth Wrist delegate Claus (@tapir_ffm), accompanied our friend of the show Paul (@myhorologicaljourney), used his trip to Switzerland to the Geneva Watch Days also to visit Ludwig Oechslin in his private atelier. This article does not attempt to summarise or even comprehensively describe all that he has already achieved
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R&R Podcast – with Watchmaker Bradley Taylor
Welcome to the horology world’s ultimate watchmaking podcast network. On this episode of the Rob & The Regulator Show, Rob and Alex are joined by watchmaker Bradley Taylor from Bradley Taylor Watchmaking. Bradley tells us a bit about his history with watches and how he got into tinkering with them from a young age. Then
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AT – with Watchmaking Teacher Henrik Korpela
Michael (@woodswatchmaking) is joined by John (@john.ryan.cowley) to chat with Henrik Korpela (@henrikkorpela) from KHWCC watchmaking school (@khwcc_official) which is based in Le Locle, Switzerland. Michael and Henrik have been great friends since training together at WOSTEP in 2004 and this was just a good excuse for another catch-up. Please visit the KHWCC website for
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That dial is just fntastic.
Very cool watch. I have always wondered about the bronze models. Is the caseback bronze as well? If so do…