Thomas Kaufmann
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Transparent Review 2026 + Comprehensive Test
What we tested for 6 weeks We wore this watch every day. Running, cycling, swimming, sleeping, stress. We even tried to break it. She’s holding on. The AMOLED screen: It’s luxury Compared to the LCD screens of classic Garmin watches, AMOLED changes everything. The colors explode. Black is really black. Under the sun, it is
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The Rise of the Oyster Bracelet: A Timeless Icon
A bracelet born from a need: reliability, movement, real life In watchmaking, certain innovations are necessary because they answer a simple question: how to wear a watch without thinking about it? Before being an external sign of status, the metal bracelet is first and foremost a pragmatic solution. It must resist sweat, water, everyday shocks,
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What Watch Does Tibo InShape Sport? (Spoiler: He Wears One!)
After the presidential wrists, the politicians’ watches and their more or less “republican” timepieces, a change of scenery: here, we leave the gilding for cast iron, the protocol for protein. Tibo InShape wears a watch which matches the size of his muscles (and his obsession with performance) quite well with its enormous 51mm diameter case.
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Which Watches Does Rachida Dati Choose to Wear?
As part of our “Who wears what” section, after looking at Sarah Knafo’s wrist (read again here: what watch does Sarah Knafo wear), we move on to another political personality with a more… jeweler style. Rachida DatiMinister of Culture at the time I write these lines and announced candidate for mayor of Paris, has never
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5 Budget-Friendly and Trustworthy Choices
Looking for a watch that can withstand everything you throw at it, without emptying your wallet? You are in the right place. Whether diving in the ocean, climbing mountains, or simply surviving the urban jungle, these sturdy watches are here for you. Here are five options affordable And reliable who won’t let you down. For
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How Quartz Watches Nearly Spelled the End for Swiss Watchmaking
The day precision became a weapon There are revolutions that arrive with fanfare, and others that become obvious, without noise, until the moment they overturn the table. At the end of the 1960s, an innovation from Japan and matured in laboratories around the world shook the most prestigious edifice of European industry: the quartz watch.
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The Influence of Military Watches on Contemporary Design
From constraint to style: when the tool becomes a school In the history of watchmaking, few terrains have shaped design as much as the battlefield. Military watches were not intended to seduce: they had to survive, tell the time to the nearest second, be read at night, resist mud, salt and heat. And yet, ironically,
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Is It Safe to Sleep with Your Connected Watch? – A Buying Guide
3) “Okay, but is it dangerous?” The 5 classic fears, sorted neatly We’ll take them one by one. Without theater. 1) Waves at night: the loudest fear The watches mainly use Bluetooth Low Energy. Exposure level, we are on low powers, and above all very intermittent (it sends, it is silent, it sends back). The
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How Diving Shaped the Development of Modern Dive Watches
Beneath the surface, a simple idea: measure time to survive Before becoming style signatures in the office, diving watches were born from a vital imperative: knowing how many minutes remain before having to wind up. In the 1940s and 50s, while Jacques-Yves Cousteau and Émile Gagnan democratized underwater autonomy and combat swimmers increased the number
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How Are Perlage and Côtes de Genève Finished on Movements?
Gestures that sculpt light Even before reading the hours, the eye enjoys traveling. On a pearl plate, the light clings like fine sand. On a deck streaked with Côtes de Genève, it glides in satin ribbons. These iconic watchmaking decorations are not an artifice: they speak of know-how, filter dust, guide the eye and sign
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What is the True Value of Swatch Watches?
It’s impossible to talk about modern watchmaking without mentioning Swatch. Colorful, accessible, sometimes provocative, often artistic, the Swiss brand has had a profound impact on the history of the wristwatch. But beyond its fun and offbeat image, what are the Swatch watches on a watchmaking level? Quality, reliability, positioning… Let’s take stock without preconceived ideas!
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Pequignet Royale Paris Manuelle: Reviving the Essence of Time Through Manual Winding
I admit it frankly: my heart beats spontaneously for automatic watches. No doubt out of habit, out of comfort too. We put them on our wrist, they live, feed on our movements. And yet, sometimes all it takes is one detail to shatter a well-established certainty. Discovering that the Royale Paris 39.5 mm is now
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What Does “In-House” Movement Mean?
The myth of “everything homemade” Two words are enough to electrify a conversation between enthusiasts: “in-house”. A sesame that is both technical and symbolic, which has become a powerful argument at store counters and on forums. However, behind the aura of the term, the reality is more nuanced, more industrial, and often more interesting than
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What Makes Some Watches COSC Certified?
The word “stopwatch” is not a simple varnish Two lines on a dial are enough to make an enthusiast’s heart beat: “Chronometer Officially Certified”. Behind this formula, there is more than a marketing wink. There is a history of dead reckoning navigation, the science of oscillations and the Swiss culture of measurement. The COSC, acronym
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How Does a Moon Phase Complication Function?
On a dial, the moon is not a simple romantic motif. It is a slow mechanism, a precise ballet between steel and sky. The moon phase complication tells the story of the lunation over 29 and a half days, carves out the nights and reminds us that time, sometimes, does not move in step with
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How to Interpret a GMT Bezel Accurately
Why the GMT bezel still fascinates so much The GMT bezel is the elegance of a 1950s transatlantic flight translated onto a wrist. Born from the request of Pan Am pilots and immortalized by the Rolex GMT-Master, it did more than help out crews: it codified a language. That of orientation, time discipline, stylish travel.
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What Makes Some Watch Faces Curved?
The curve that changes everything A tiny detail, an immediate sensation: the curved glass transforms a watch. It rounds the light, softens the angles, slips under the sleeve like a soap bubble. Above all, it tells a story: that of divers, pilots and engineers who chose the curve for very concrete reasons, long before style
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What Exactly Is a “Super Compressor” Watch?
A simple idea, a genius move In the history of diving watches, the term “super compressor” is not a marketing flair. It is a patent born at Ervin Piquerez SA (EPSA), a Swiss case specialist, at the end of the 1950s. Its principle, deliciously ingenious, can be summed up in one sentence: the more the
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What Watches Does Jean-Luc Mélenchon Prefer?
In the “Who wears what?” section. “, we have already talked about Macron, Sarah Knafo, Jordan Bardella, Édouard Philippe, Eric Zemmour… Let’s take a look at a separate case: Jean-Luc Mélenchonthe tribune who clearly has less taste for Rolex than his idol Fidel Castro. Where Castro happily wore clearly visible Swiss crowns, Mélenchon is content
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What is the lifespan of a barrel spring?
A coiled heart: understanding the barrel spring In a mechanical watch, the barrel spring is not just a component. It is the invisible muscle, coiled in a thin steel box – the barrel – which releases its energy with the patience of a metronome. We pull it up, it tenses; he relaxes, the watch lives.
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What Does High Frequency Mean in Watchmaking?
Definition: what do we call “high frequency” movement? In watchmaking language, frequency expresses the number of oscillations of the balance wheel per second (expressed in Hertz, Hz). The contemporary standard for a mechanical watch is 4 Hz, or 28,800 vibrations per hour (A/h). We speak of “high frequency” as soon as we exceed this threshold,
