Removing the Hooks from the Mind: A Horological and Human Contemplation that Turns Fear into Understanding
Three hundred hooks in the Bahamas, a shark sanctuary and Rolex's Ringlock system: two ways of carrying pressure without pretending …
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The Signature of Mercy and the Two Languages of Light: MB&F Horological Machine N°7 Aquapod
A humpback whale, a jellyfish and two lights appearing at the same moment in a dark aquarium chamber.
The Mirror of the Sky, the Wheels and the Divine Reason: The Cosmic Anatomy of Stone and Gold
A room of twelve and a half square metres of stone in Langres, and a watch of forty seven millimetres …
From the Waters of the Nile to the Valley of Goliath, from the Seal of Solomon to Rose Gold: the Konstantin Chaykin “Decalogue Rega”
On the back of this watch turns one of the fastest hands in watchmaking: a full revolution every 7.2 seconds. …
The Last Embrace of Two Stars: from a Kilonova to the Hublot Spirit of Big Bang Moonphase Impact
Every bright splinter on this dial is a metal forged in the furnace where two neutron stars collided: osmium. Hublot …
The Angle of a Star: From Jerusalem to Mecca, Konstantin Chaykin’s “Al-Muqaddasi”
A man on a rooftop in Medina was trying to find the exact angle at which his friend had once …
From the Parted Waters of the Red Sea to Time Running Backwards: the Konstantin Chaykin “Decalogue”
The hands of this watch do not turn to the right. Because Hebrew is written from right to left, Chaykin …
A Romanov Legacy on the Wings of Time: Fabergé’s 1908 Egg, Agenhor and the Lady Compliquée Peacock
There is no minute hand on this dial. The minutes are shown by the opening tail of a peacock: four …
The Sky’s Remembrance and the Human on the Wrist: Vacheron Constantin Tribute to the Quest of Time
From microcosm to macrocosm: a golden astronomer with his arms raised, the sky of 1755, and the human being at …
Where the Mist Meets the Lava: Czapek Place Vendôme Complicité
Two plates, two balances and the differential at twelve o’clock
Standing the Spring Upright: H. Moser & Cie. Pioneer Cylindrical Tourbillon Skeleton
A cylindrical balance spring, a flying tourbillon, and the marine chronometer’s solution carried to the wrist
Houston, Everything Digital Is Dead: Omega Speedmaster Silver Snoopy Award
Fourteen seconds on the wrist, a dog’s medal and a planet turning on the caseback
The Mechanical Architecture of the Sky: Christiaan van der Klaauw Astrolabium
The ancient computer on the wrist: the astrolabe, the ecliptic, the dragon hand and eighteen separate latitudes
The Parrots at the Clay Wall: Jaquet Droz Parrot Repeater
Two biologists at Tambopata, a wall of clay and a rainforest that fits in a pocket
The Cable Car Above the Fog: One Is the Physics of Time, the Other Its Song
Two watchmakers in a cable car above the Vallée de Joux: the physics of a pneumatic whistle, the acoustic tuning …
The Dance of Photons, the Physics of a Soap Bubble and a Personal Galaxy: The De Bethune DB28 Skybridge
Two women of science on the terrace of the Nice Observatory: the physics of a blue made without paint, a …
The Twin-Handed Discipline of Time: Stephen McDonnell, the MB&F LM Sequential EVO and the "Twinverter" Revolution
A logic gate in steel that binds the fate of two independent chronographs with a single press, a 14 mm …
The Relative Journey of Time, Cosmic Light and the Armour of the Sky: The Urwerk UR-100V SpaceTime
The Miracle of Motherhood, the Architecture of the Womb and the Circle of Time: Konstantin Chaykin Venus
Where Time Meets Stardust: The H. Moser & Cie. Streamliner Perpetual Moon Meteorite
A Quantum Tale on the Zermatt Glaciers: The IWC Ceralume and the Photon Journey of Light
A Horological Legend on Lake Neuchâtel: The Ulysse Nardin Freak and the Eternal Journey of Time
The Ocean’s Heartbeat, the Moon’s Magic and Cosmic Architecture on the Wrist: Ulysse Nardin Marine Mega Yacht
