I have written before about how vague the term watchmaker can be. It could be a person who makes a complete timepiece. It could be…
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I recently came across this interesting pocket watch branded with the Kendal & Dent brand. I was familiar with the name, and I thought there…
4 CommentsAs I have mentioned in many of my previous posts, I enjoy researching antique watches as much as I enjoy wearing them. This particular watch,…
3 CommentsSometimes I come across an antique watch that captures my attention, but it is not really something that I am considering buying. It is a…
Leave a CommentCortébert was a highly regarded Swiss watch manufacturer. They produced their own high-quality movements and supplied them to other brands such as Rolex, Panerai and…
Comments closedThe Heuer Watch Company was founded by Edouard Heuer (1840-1892). Heuer was born the son of a shoemaker in Brügg, in the canton of Bern,…
Comments closedJohn Harrison (1693 – 1776) was an English horologist who invented the first practical marine chronometer, which enabled navigators to accurately determine their longitude at…
Comments closedAegler SA was a maker of watch movements based in Bienne/Biel, Switzerland. It was renamed Manufacture de Montres Rolex SA and was the primary supplier…
Comments closedOris was founded by Paul Cattin and Georges Christian in the Swiss town of Hölstein in 1904. They bought the recently closed Lohner & Co.…
Comments closedThe Roskopf or pin-pallet escapements are extremely simple watch movements. The movement design is named after its developer, the German-Swiss watchmaker Georges Friedrich Roskopf, and…
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