All things time: clocks, watches, their workings, collecting, repair.

Just received my BestFit #111 and #111A manuals in hard copy from Lulu. Couldn't be happier :-)

As usual, the post has all the details :-)

I thought I'd share this neat little trick I've been using to quickly sift through a bunch of random jewels to find the one I need.

Sometimes, you need a cat pic, even in a horology community.

More info here:
https://www.audemarspiguet.com/com/en/watch-collection/150-heritage/75150PT.OO.01.html

Passed by reddit after long time and I thought sharing some daily news.

A small list with news and blogs websites about wrist watches.
You will also find the links in the very end of the pinned post!

All Watch News
Monochrome-Watches
Watches by sjx
Hodinkee
A Blog to Watch
Worn & Wound
Fratello Watches
Quill & Pad
Watchicity
Time & Tide Watches

Want to add a blog? comment and I will add it.

I was reading the latest edition of the AWCI’s Horological Times, which has an article on the latest Rolex escapement. Pretty nifty stuff, and might solve some lever escapement issues.

The article refers “Le Echappement Naturel” by the great Breguet as a starting point, and look at that Wikipedia page - isn’t it awesome what people could build over two-hundred years go, before the industrial revolution took hold?

And also, I wonder. Breguet gave up because manufacturing tolerances weren’t there for this escapement. How would it fare today?

A colleague is visiting Switzerland and of course the talk is about watches. Here's my advice on buying a watch:

• If you want to know what time it is by looking at your wrist, buy a quartz watch. I'm a fan of Casio, but anything will do.
• If really want a mechanical watch, care about precision and quality, and want to have the best bang for your buck, buy a Japanese watch. You can't go wrong with a Seiko.
• If you want a reasonable watch and spend as little as possible, Chinese company Seagull got you covered. I own one, it's fine.
• If you want to buy some jewelry that also tells the time, buy Swiss.

I recently came into possession of this beautiful clock! I don’t know anything about it unfortunately and the hourly gong mechanism appears to have slipped, but it keeps time!

Needless to say, that watch got pre-cleaned right away and all the cleaning fluids safely disposed off :-)

This is a very interesting (and expensive, and sensitive) clock mechanism that generally doesn't require any energy, it gets it from the atmosphere.

Of course, as any fine timepiece goes, it needs proper maintenance every now and then..

Don't mind me if I drop posts of interesting timepieces occasionally...

This build is super crazy and creative, and explains the internal workings of a clock, in detail, in its own unique way.

I want this kit!

What's some of your favorite watches? I really like Kinetic watches; so I'm curious to hear what brands/styles people like

Moving from Reddit, I noticed there's little talk over on Lemmy about what is turning out to be my main hobby. So here's a very broad community, in the hope that all my peers in the hobby will find it :-)