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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
2 days 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
3 days 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
3 days 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
3 days 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
3 days 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
3 days 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
4 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
4 days ago4 min read
Musical, Benac a Besançon, Gold, 1810 – Musical Pocket Watches: The Harmony of Time
Musical pocket watches combine horological precision with the art of sound. Their history, mechanisms, great makers and a gold Benac a Besançon piece from 1810.
Sílvio Pereira
4 days ago5 min read
19 October
The GPHG closes the second stop of its world tour in Bangkok, ahead of the 7 November ceremony. François-Henry Bennahmias becomes an adviser to Hublot. Biver, Ressence, Formex and DOXA present new watches.
IPR – Instituto Português de Relojoaria
4 days ago6 min read
Oscillators and Escapements in Timepieces: Before and After the Invention of the Hairspring
From the foliot to Huygens' hairspring: how the balance spring turned inertial regulators into harmonic oscillators and transformed the precision of timepieces.
Sílvio Pereira
5 days ago6 min read
Treasures found at Tempo Passado
From the Longines Nonius to the Edox Geoscope and the Hebdomas: watches discovered at past editions of Tempo Passado that have truly stood the test of time.
Nuno Margalha
5 days ago11 min read
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