I found this to be an incredibly entertaining read.  It even manages to be relevant, I think, to both watches and technology although in a roundabout way. A New THEORY of AWESOMENESS and MIRACLES

A lot of people really enjoyed the video I posted explaining how a mechanical watch works. Here is a great video on how a quartz watch works.

This is a copy of a post that I made yesterday on PuristSPro. On Monday, we had the pleasure of announcing The Chocolate Frog, a special edition of 10 watches we are making to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of ThePuristS and PuristSPro. This collaboration is of particular significance for me and is something I have been working towards since the […]

I am happy to report that both of my picks ended up being correct.  Congratulations to Van Cleef for Best Ladies’ Watch and of course, we took home the Design and Concept Watch prize for our HM4 Thunderbolt.  I know Max and the whole team are very excited, and they truly earned it.  All of the other winners were very […]

As I mentioned yesterday, the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie will take place tonight in Geneva.  Today I’ll tackle what is almost always the most interesting category, Best Design and Concept Watch.  Again, go here for all of the nominees. Ok, obviously I am biased.  First of all, MB&F has two watches nominated in the category: HM3 Frog, and HM4 Thunderbolt.  For […]

Thursday, the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie will take place in Geneva.  The Oscars of watchmaking, every year there are some very deserving winners and some surprises.  I thought I’d give my picks for the two most interesting categories as I see them: Ladies and Concept.  As a disclaimer, I have not seen all of the Official Selections in person, so I […]

Not watch related at all, but it’s Friday!  This is an amazing article by Mick Jagger in response to the book the Keith Richards just wrote.  Enjoy! One great quote among many: In our organization, inside this rather unusual floating circus we call home, I am forced into the role of martinet, the one who gets blamed for silly arbitrary […]

Anyone familiar with watches has been exposed to the “in-house” movement…movement.  We have been led to believe that the only watches that really matter are ones in which every part is proprietary.  I think this is a big mistake, but I understand how we got here. “In-house” is being used as a proxy for valuable.  With so many companies, models, […]

Hodinkee has a great look at the JLC Hybris Mechanica today.  With 26 complications including a Grande Sonnerie, it is one of, if not the most complicated watch ever made. Undoubtedly an impressive engineering feat, I generally look at pieces like that and think, “Who cares?”  While this one seems pretty well executed for a mega-complicated piece, the whole concept […]

Well today is the day of my Millionaire taping so I’m not going to be able to do a full post.  Instead, here’s a link to the Hourtime podcast I recorded the other day with Ariel from ablogtoread and John Biggs of CrunchGear. http://hourtimeshow.com/post/1302174730/episode-40-an-interview-with-stephen-hallock Enjoy and wish me luck!  I won’t be able to report on how it goes until […]