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Changing the clocks: how to set your watch back without damaging it
On Sunday 25 October, at 2:00, the clocks go back an hour. The IPR guide to setting watches with a date, perpetual calendars, GMTs, pendulum clocks and cuckoo clocks without damaging them.
IPR – Instituto Português de Relojoaria
5 hours ago6 min read


Horology by Scale: Types and Repair
Fine, large and monumental horology: how timepieces are classified by size and how they are repaired. Discover the IPR's services or consult our watchmaker directory.

Nuno Margalha
7 hours ago3 min read


Ten years of DezDez with Lourenço Salgueiro
Portugal's only watch forum turns ten: we talk to its founder, Lourenço Salgueiro, about how DezDez began, its name and why forums still matter.

Nuno Margalha
7 hours ago6 min read


Black Polishing: The Perfection of the Surface in Fine Watchmaking
Discover black polishing, the hand-finishing technique that creates flat, flawless mirror surfaces with a shine that looks black, used in fine watchmaking.

Nuno Margalha
8 hours ago5 min read


The Alverca Breguet: A Relic of the Skies in the Cathedral of Aeronautical Engineering
The Breguet XIV A2 at the Museu do Ar in Alverca: a link between watchmaking, aviation and instrumentation, and a symbol of precision and technical innovation.

Nuno Margalha
8 hours ago3 min read


21 October
SIAR opens its 20th edition in Mexico City with 50 brands and the debut of the Hautlence Sphere Series 5. Phillips unveils the independent watches in its November sale in Hong Kong. Renaud Tixier, Jaeger-LeCoultre and Oris present new watches.
IPR – Instituto Português de Relojoaria
16 hours ago7 min read


Horological Paris: An Itinerary for Lovers of Time
A horological itinerary through Paris: museums, watch boutiques, flea markets and history — a city where time is measured with art and admiration.

Nuno Margalha
1 day ago7 min read


Comtoise Clocks: Morez and Morbier
The history of Comtoise clocks, also known as Morez or Morbier, and how the IPR restored the clock in the Salão Nobre of Sernancelhe Town Hall.

Instituto Português de Relojoaria
1 day ago12 min read


Shipwrecks and Watches – 5 Remarkable Stories
Remarkable shipwrecks and the watches recovered from their wrecks: from the Lady Elgin and the Titanic to the Aquidabã, the Pulaski and HMS Hermes.

Nuno Margalha
1 day ago12 min read


Time is dead. Long live time.
Join us on a journey through the intricacies of time, from Einstein's Longines to Carlo Rovelli's The Order of Time, and ask what watches really measure.

Nuno Margalha
1 day ago5 min read


20 October
Phillips brings together 22 George Daniels watches in Singapore, including both Space Travellers. WatchTime New York sets an attendance record and Basilia already has 70% of its target exhibitors. H. Moser & Cie. and Armin Strom present new watches.
IPR – Instituto Português de Relojoaria
2 days ago6 min read


Atomic Clocks: stories of a precision that changed the world
Atomic clocks, from Lyons to Katori and from caesium to strontium: extreme precision that runs GPS, banking and science and redefined the second. Plus a quiz.

Nuno Margalha
2 days ago4 min read
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