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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,
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How to Identify a Quality Watch
Choosing a quality watch can seem complex, especially when you don’t know this sector very well and you see how vast the offer is… However, certain reliable criteria can allow you to identify, in just a few moments, a modern or vintage model of good quality. Materials, finishes, movement, reputation…by observing these elements, we quickly
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What Causes Certain Dials to Change Color Over Time?
When time colors time One morning, you bring up your old diver. The light catches the curved glass, and there, surprise: the deep black of its dial has taken on a warm and velvety chocolate shade. This is not an illusion. It’s patina, the word that collectors pronounce with the same smile as lovers of
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How to Test a Watch’s Water Resistance Without Tools
The myth of eternal sealing A watch is never “waterproof forever”. It is until proven otherwise — and the proof, alas, often comes at the wrong time: at the edge of a swimming pool, in a downpour, in a bathroom saturated with steam. Watchmaking may have been in dialogue with the ocean since the first
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Why Do Mechanical Watches Gain or Lose Time Daily?
Why does a mechanical watch, sometimes adjusted to the exacting standards of a master watchmaker, lose or gain a few seconds every day? Because behind its impeccable dial a fragile score plays out, where gravity, temperature, oil and even your rhythm of life influence a precise ballet. It is precisely this tension between science and
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Weyot: The Essential Emergency Watch That Alerts When It Matters – News
What you really buy 1) Fall detection (announced automatically): if the watch “understands” a fall, it sends an alert. The important word is “announced”. In real life, there can be false positives… and misses. But when it’s well adjusted, it’s reassuring. A lot. 2) SOS button : on the form, you can pre-register 3 numbers
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How Does an Escapement Function in a Mechanical Watch?
Why the exhaust is the beating heart of time In a mechanical watch, it all starts with a mainspring housed in the barrel. It relaxes, feeds a train of gears… and would go, without constraint, to the unleashing. The escapement then intervenes like a conductor: it delivers energy in small, regular bursts and keeps the
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Yoever: The Convenient Connected Watch You’ll Actually Use – News
What you really earn on a daily basis The combo is simple: 1.27″ HD screen announced at 60 FPStwo straps (“clean” leather + “sport” silicone), and functions that do the job when you just want… a useful watch. Not a flashing gadget. So, for the office or for a brisk walk, you change the strap
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What distinguishes a chronograph from a stopwatch?
Two words, two worlds: why we still confuse chronograph and stopwatch In common parlance, “chrono” is used for everything. It is used to refer to an interval counter as an extremely precise watch. However, chronograph and stopwatch tell two very different stories of watchmaking: one is about function, the other is about performance. To confuse
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What Watches Does Édouard Philippe Choose to Wear?
In the “Who wears what?” section. “, we have already dissected the wrists of Sébastien Lecornu, Emmanuel Macron, Sarah Knafo, Jordan Bardella, Éric Zemmour and many others. It was time to tackle another French politician: Édouard Philippe, former Prime Minister and mayor of Le Havre. Her clothing style is reassuringly classic, but her watches tell
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What Causes Some Watches to Vibrate on Your Wrist?
When a watch “lives” on the wrist A slight shudder, a secret rustling, sometimes a real buzz that passes through the case. Anyone who wears mechanical watches has already felt this intimate moment where the object seems to respond to their gesture. Where does this “vibration” in the wrist come from? Behind this sensation lie
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What Watch Is Sébastien Lecornu Wearing?
After Emmanuel Macron and his small army of French watches, Sarah Knafo’s Rolex or even Jordan Bardella’s timepieces, it was tempting to take a closer look at the wrist of another key character of the moment: Sébastien Lecornuformer Minister of the Armed Forces who became Prime Minister. Lecornu, a pure product of Macronie, crossed Defense,
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Garmin Venu 3S Review – A Look at Smartwatches
Key Features (Quick Sheet) Case size 41mm Thickness 12mm Weight 30.1 g (case) Display technology OLED Resolution 460 dpi Sensors Heart rate monitor, Barometric altimeter, GPS, Compass, SpO2 (blood oxygenation) Maximum sealing depth 50m Speaker Yes Payment solution Yes Internal memory 8 GB Music storage Yes Standard bracelet compatible Yes Compatibility Android, iOS Operating system
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Garmin Forerunner 965 Review: A Look at Smartwatch Features
Who is the Forerunner 965 worth the price for (and who isn’t) The right profile You are preparing for a half/marathon, you are doing interval training, long outings, “soft” trail running, triathlon… and you want cards directly on the wrist. You also want Garmin metrics (HRV, load, readiness) that structure your week. Not just a
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What Makes Certain Watches Antimagnetic?
The invisible enemy of watches: magnetism A watch can survive rain, cold and shock. But when it comes to magnets, its Achilles heel is called the spiral of the pendulum. Upon contact with a magnetic field, the turns stick together, the frequency goes wrong, and the watch suddenly begins to move forward several minutes per
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Garmin Watches: The (Nearly) Comprehensive Catalog of Connected Devices
Benefits Ultra-wide sports ecosystem: running, triathlon, hiking, diving, golf, aviation, marine… Garmin covers it all. Autonomy often above the rest (especially in outdoor/solar ranges). Serious training metrics (load, recovery, VO2max depending on models). Not just rings to close. Robust material: buttons, glass, sealing, “field tool” formats. Disadvantages Sprawling catalog: you get lost quickly. “S /
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Garmin Forerunner 165 Music Review: A Look at Smartwatch Features
Forerunner 165 vs 165 Music: the additional cost, when do you make it profitable? Running without a phone is a luxury. Not a whim. The silence, the comfort, the breathing… you see. You want to avoid the classic scam: paying for “Music”, then finally running with the phone “just in case”. There you lose both.