We spend a lot of time at T3 drooling over the beautiful complexity of automatic mechanical watches. But that doesn’t mean the humble quartz should be forgotten about. Quartz watches are far cheaper ...

Understanding the Context

Ressence built a successful brand around the visual trickery of making mechanical watches look like moving sculptures, hemispherical high-resolution screens or some combination of the two. But a new ... Start to think about them for a minute and the questions start piling up. What’s the difference between quartz and mechanical?

Key Insights

Does water resistant actually mean waterproof? And why does a small piece ... There are plenty of hard jobs out there, like founding your country’s nuclear program, or changing the timing chain on a BMW diesel. Making your own mechanical watch from scratch falls under that ... AZ Central: Certified Watchmaker Suleman Qureshi Reveals Why High-End Mechanical Watchmaking Is Becoming Rare Certified Watchmaker Suleman Qureshi highlights the fading craft of high-end mechanical watchmaking and the need to preserve this rare skill.

Final Thoughts

Mechanical watchmaking is an art of precision, discipline ... Certified Watchmaker Suleman Qureshi Reveals Why High-End Mechanical Watchmaking Is Becoming Rare