When setting my watches I'm uptight about always hacking the second hand right on 12, and then lining up the minute hand right on whatever marker I'm setting to. That won't change regardless of the answer to my question, but I'm cur…
Continue readingnot a grail watch, but a quest watch
There's a good bit of focus on this forum on grail watches, and understandably so. Whether because it's expensive or rare (or both), when you finally acquire your grail watch, there's a natural satisfaction to be had.
In that same vein…
Continue readingWhy aren’t there more moon-phase utility watches?
I find it intriguing that moon-phase watches are overwhelmingly dress watches. Are those movements particularly delicate, or is there some other reason why it's a bad idea to make a moon-phase diver/field/utility watch? The Farer Halley and the Ho…
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