Funder Måne Mondphase: Der etwas andere Ansatz by Uhren Kosmos, Gisbert Brunner.

Panda dial watches are an interesting topic in the watch community, and for a good reason. The dials are eye-catching, and appear on universally loved chronographs. The black-on-white (Panda) or white-on-black (reverse Panda) dials first appeared on chronographs in the 1960s, after which their appeal quickly grew. The added legibility…

Today we celebrate Veterans Day, honoring all who have served. The bloody fighting of WWI ended 104 years ago today, for this occasion trench watch historian, Stan Czubernat, has put together this video with the TOP 25 American made “trench watches” from the Great War era. Some are extremely RARE…

The Ace list by Alon Ben Joseph, owner of ACE jewelers and serial online entrepreneur, is a live show that aims is to share watchmaking passion, knowledge and fun. For seven years The Ace List existed as a book — you know, one actually made from paper, one that you…

I was recently invited by Carl Lidgard to do a 5-day watch design workshop for the Industrial design students at Lund University. The school is located in the southern part of Sweden, less than one hour from Copenhagen in Denmark. The week was intensive, since many of the students did…

Thomas Funder is based in Zurich. As such, his watches can’t be said to be “made in Bienne”. However, the reason I was so keen to interview him for this blog is that, as a watch designer, Funder truly is “made in Bienne”. …

Waltham “Thermo” The rarest, most scientific and high end We decided to manufacture a re-issue of the THERMO version of the Field & Marine, the first waterproof watch, when an original was unexpectedly found in early 2022, after having been missing from the historical records for more than 50 years…

With this blogpost we release one of the United States Army documents which Stan Czubernat found in the United States National Archives pertaining to Charles Depollier waterproof wrist watch technology, dated November 9, 1918. …

The Waltham Depollier “THERMO” Waterproof Watch. The only “THERMO” currently known to exist. Charles Depollier’s masterpiece has been missing from the historical record for decades. This is the HIGH-END version of the Waltham Depollier “Field & Marine” Waterproof Watch. The Field & Marine” was made of nickel. This highly elusive…