In Turbulence: The Jaeger-LeCoultre Gyrotourbillon
Contributed by D��vid Bred��nTourbillons have come a long way during the past 200+ years of their existence. That time has proven sufficient to provide major ups and downs �C and more than one full life cycle for this fairy invention.Beyond those everyday complications which we take for granted, such as the date and the chronograph, I believe it is the tourbillon that remains for the beginner watch lover to get acquainted with. This statement should hold true even more so if considering the latter years of the new millennium, when it has become extremely difficult to find a brand which wouldn't want to take the (continuously waning) advantage of the tourbillon in terms of distinguishing power.Before discussing causes briefly, let's quote Jerome Lambert, chief executive of Jaeger-LeCoultre: "A tourbillon is a must; if you're a watchmaker now, you have to be able to master one complication and it has to be the tourbillon, because it is very visible". In his words to the New York Times he al

A Stitch in Time: A Night with Page & Cooper at Timothy Everest
Back in the 1970s, it was possible to walk into a UK car dealership and hand over your money for a brand new car that was so badly made and designed it would already have terminal rust. ?It would have been designed by a warring committee, it wouldn't go properly, the engine would be made from bits of biscuit tin and the brakes wouldn't. ?If you wanted a car that didn't look like a skip and that actually ran without bits falling off, you had to spend eye-watering amounts of money. ?Things are rather different today.I thought of this last evening as I visited Elder Street in London's Spitalfields for Page & Cooper and Timothy Everest's "A Stitch in Time" event. ?It wasn't simply that THE most gorgeous Morgan Plus 8 I've seen in years was parked outside either. ?Along with some of the smartest tailoring in London there were watch brands represented in each of the C18 wood-panelled rooms. They ranged from a few hundred pounds to more than ten thousand. ?And every one was, in its own wa

PO deployment clasp pin
Hey everyone:I just got a new rubber strap of ebay for my 45.5mm PO and ordered the deployment clasp from Otto Frei, I have never owned or used a watch with a deployment clasp and from what I have seen there is a pin used to attach one on the ends of the strap to the clasp, does anybody know if this needs a special pin or can I use the one of the existing pins from the bracelet or rubber strap (non deployment), that I have,thanks

Seconds Hand Running backward
Figured it was time to ask this question. All 3 of my Pateks: 5712, 5164, and 5524 the second hand runs backwards when setting the time if i move hands anti-clockwise and it runs forward when moving the hands clockwise. So basically if i'm setting my watch to 10:10 everything is fine if i advance the hands perfectly. But if i miss the mark and move the hands to 10:12 and when advancing back to 10:10 the second hand runs backwards when doing this. This seems odd, but since all 3 watches do this they cant all have an issue right?

Does Rolex make its own steel?
I've heard for years that Rolex has its own foundry, and makes its own 904L stainless steel. However, I was reading an article on Deployant, written in 2016, and they said the following:Although Rolex is one of the few watch companies to own and operate their own metal foundries, the in-house foundry is used to make precious metals like their proprietary Everose gold. Steel, especially the 904L used by Rolex exclusively in all their stainless steel products is so specialized that it is made by from a supplier. The supplier works under strict specifications from Rolex.This was news to me, and I don't know whether it's correct or not. Does anyone have any input?