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Three gifted watches that became legends: Gago Coutinho and Sacadura Cabral’s Patek Philippe, the Breguet No. 160 “Marie-Antoinette” and Paul Newman’s Rolex Daytona.

With the Stranger Things finale set for 1 a.m. on the 1st, we look at the clocks, the watches and the perception of time in the Netflix series.

The stackfreed: history, working and legacy of the Renaissance device that tried to tame the uneven torque of the mainspring before the fusee prevailed.

We have perfected ever more precise instruments to measure outer time, yet ignored our inner time. A reflection on the biological clock and the mechanical watch.

The Maltese cross stopwork limits the mainspring to its most stable zone, improving isochronism. A history of the mechanism and its Vacheron Constantin legacy.

Stubbornness, pessimism and optimism: the triangle that drives the world of watchmaking. Discover how it works and how it is taking shape in Portugal.

What does Swiss Made mean today? Swiss law, the 60% cost rule of the 2017 Swissness reform, what has changed since 1971 and how origin works in the EU and Portugal.

Watch after-sales service (SAV) links tradition and innovation: servicing, restoration, transparency, ethics and the challenges facing watch repair in Portugal.

Was the tourbillon Abraham-Louis Breguet's invention alone, or did it emerge under the influence of the English genius John Arnold? A quiet controversy revisited.

Legal vs commercial warranty, new and pre-owned watches, repairs, brand warranties and estimates: the essential legal framework for watch warranties in Portugal.

The Breguet No. 160 “Marie Antoinette”: the enigmatic commission, Abraham-Louis Breguet’s genius and the Revolution that left the impossible watch unfinished.

Part 2: how Breguet No. 160, the Marie Antoinette, was stolen from a Jerusalem museum in 1983, vanished for 24 years, inspired the No. 1160 replica and resurfaced.