The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum contains artefacts that have been donated by victims families and survivors relating to the event of 6th August 1945. In total there are over 120 timepieces held in the vaulted archives.
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Time has always been a human obsession. The earliest cultures based their lives and customs on the changes of seasons, and movement of the moon and sun….
Following the crisis caused by quartz during the 60's and 70's…
The Marie-Antoinette N°1160. An abbreviated story of a surreal history.
Originally sold on April 19th 1881 and still working happily today, but, as with the majority of pocket watches finding itself in well earned retirement.
From the 70's till tomorrow. From Bhanu Chopra
The dawn of wrist-watchmaking …
“White Label” refers to the purchase of a completed product, made to custom specifications, normally to be sold forward. This practice has existed since the 17th century….
Every mechanical watch requires a power source…
In the 1920s, Frédéric-Emile Blancpain met the British watchmaker, John Harwood…
… we take it for granted that virtually any watch we buy, whether mechanical, quartz, or smart should be able to resist a paddle in the pool, but …
Forgotten landmarks in watchmaking evolution…shock protection
Part 10. Drilling is a delicate operation because it requires both precision and strength. The drill is an ancient tool, anterior and Neolithic.
Around 1768, Arnold constructed another watch for the King which was given the designation "Number 1" by Arnold —something he did when the watches he built was regarded as significant.
Knibb was considered as the finest horologist of his time, according to author Herbert Cescinsky, a renowned specialist on English clocks.
Dive watches today are among the most recognizable types of watches. And yet, their story at large is often obscured, diluted by that of the Rolex Submariner…
Part 9. In almost all of the workshops of artisans a fire burns, either to warm the glue of the carpenter or to keep the irons of the furnace hot.
Hooke discovered the law of elasticity in 1660 which describes the linear variation of tension with extension in an elastic spring.
