How I Discovered the Patience Needed to Regulate Vintage Watches Accurately
There is something about tiny gears and springs working together inside a vintage watch that feels like magic held captive. When I first picked...
What’s Inside a Vintage Mechanical Movement? A Personal Exploration
You ever pop open a vintage mechanical watch and feel like you just cracked open a tiny universe? I mean, really, what’s inside those...
My First Experience Disassembling a Classic Watch Movement
If you had told me a week ago that I would be sitting at my cluttered kitchen table, squinting at screws smaller than a...
How I Recognize the Subtle Signs of Wear That Tell a Watch’s Story
I have always found that watches tell stories. Not just with the minutes and hours they whisper tick by tick, but with the marks...
The Mistakes I Made When I First Tried Opening a Vintage Case
Opening the case of a vintage mechanical watch for the first time is a bit like cracking open a secret diary. There is excitement,...
How I Explain to Newcomers Why Vintage Mechanical Watches Are Special
When someone asks me why I spend hours hunched over tiny mechanical parts, or why I care so much about a watch that might...
Why I Prefer Mechanical Watches Over Quartz and How That Shapes My Collection
I do not own many gadgets, but my wristwatch collection? That’s a different story. And if you asked me why I prefer mechanical watches...
My Experience Replacing Old Watch Crystals Without Losing the Vintage Feel
I still remember the moment I noticed the tiny crack creeping across the crystal of my favorite vintage watch. It was one of those...
How I Balance Collecting Vintage Watches With Everyday Life
Collecting vintage mechanical watches might sound like a fancy hobby for a certain kind of person, but for me, it is a messy, beautiful...
How I Approach Restoring Water-Damaged Vintage Watches
Few things make a vintage watch collector’s heart skip quite like spotting a watch that survived a dunk in water—or at least suffered a...
Have you ever held a vintage watch and noticed that little shimmer of something different? Not the sparkle of a brand-new gadget, but a...