We All Want To Be Good Stewards Of The Environment
We All Want To Be Good Stewards Of Our World I have been on holiday over the last week, and it provides a very needed bit of time to look around and see what is going on in the world…
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A Dress Watch For SNGLRTY?
Luc from Crystal Clear Watchmaking wanted to talk dress watches. This was hot on the heels of his tricky question about customers who designed an ugly SNGLRTY watch. This week he takes us through how he would design his ideal…
The SNGLRTY Complication Plate – Mechanics Rhymes With Philosophy?
“Let’s repurpose the wheel, but not reinvent the axle” was our approach. This was not a specific reference to the mechanics in the watch movement, but our philosophy to develop our movement. By wheel, we mean our innovative way to…
Patent Application, Band Sizes and Tenths Of A Millimeter With Crystal Clear Watchmaking
We left the first installment with Luc from the Crystal Clear Watchmaking podcast, having just discussed developing a new watch complication. It was certainly not a standard development process! This week we discuss the patent application process and how we…
A Single-Hand Watch Movement – With Accurate Minute Display
“We need 200 single-hand watch movements with an accurate minute display” These are not words we could use with a movement manufacturer to get what we needed. Suppose you look at the catalog of some of the largest and best…
The Patented Single-Hand Watch By Crystal Clear Watchmaking
Daniel and I were honored to be invited on to the 40th episode of the Crystal Clear Watchmaking podcast to discuss SNGLRTY – The Patented Single-Hand Watch. Luc Robitaille took us on a broad discussion on watches, microbrands, crowdfunding, and…
Movement Modules, Ebauches and Watch Innovations
Movement modules and ebauches were the furthest things on my mind as Steve, and I discussed watches. On that evening, accompanied by a glass of wine or two, we laid the foundation for SNGLRTY. We did not realize that we…
Swiss SuperLuminova Episode 2- Colors Quality and Efficiency
Welcome back to the second episode in our Swiss SuperLuminova series, and if you missed the first episode, you could catch it HERE. We are here trying to answer all your questions about luminosity in general (do check out our…
We Don’t Just #seetimedifferently, We Package Differently
Daniel and I make watches, we really enjoy that and we are focused on making great watches that will last. They will give decades of service to their owners provided they are maintained with a modicum of care. But there…
Watch Crystals, Domed, Double Domed and Atomic Structure
We hear lots of people talk about the crystal, whether it is domed, double domed or just flat. But then there is the added complication of the material the crystal is made from. The three main materials are sapphire crystal,…