I’m not going to lie to you, I love a bit of intrigue. When I was a child, I would write notes to my mother in invisible ink made of lemon juice. When someone tells me to keep a secret (which is always a surprise, given my big mouth), I can hardly contain my excitement. […] The post The Bernhardt...
Creative watchmaker Mr Jones Watches has never been one to shy away from emotional honesty — or visual provocation. With the brand’s latest permanent-collection release, Feline Fine, that philosophy is distilled into one of its most relatable designs yet: a darkly humorous meditation on optimism,...
Separating Fact from Fiction in Nicolás Maduro’s Watch Collection On the morning of Saturday, 3 January 2026, the United States Military conducted an interagency mission to capture and arrest Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. While the long term implications are still unknown and “analysis”...
On the Isle of Man, off the mainland of Britain, independent watchmaker Roger Smith makes about two dozen handmade watches per year. Roger Smith is the protege of the famed English watchmaker George Daniels, and the only person that I know Daniels to have personally trained. I say this because...
Over the weekend, as headlines filled with images of helicopters, explosions, and the arrest of Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela once again reminded the world that power often flows through oil. At Watches of Espionage, we often use watches as a lens to view history and current events. With that in...
In this episode of Superlative, host and aBlogtoWatch founder Ariel Adams sits down with professional big-wave surfer and TAG Heuer brand ambassador Kai Lenny for an in-depth conversation about risk, preparation, and what timing really means when nature is in full control. Growing up in Hawai’i...
One of the first hurdles to clear for newcomers to watch appreciation is the clarification of two very common horological categories: chronograph vs. chronometer. Quite simply, a chronometer (from the Greek chronos , meaning time, and meter, meaning measure) is any watch or clock that keeps...
Best Of The Best: 2025 Roundups What’s better than an end-of-year roundup? A roundup of the year’s best roundups. As the watch world enters its slumber starting around late November, the people who write about watches prepare for hibernation as well, neatly categorizing the news from the past...
Among the various companies that offer watches with luminous tritium-tube displays, Traser is unique. This is the house brand for MB-Microtec, which is the Swiss manufacturer that actually produces the tiny tritium gas-filled tubes. Among the more interesting additions to Traser’s catalog is the...
