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A study of the main watchmaking advances of the 17th century: the balance spring, the fusee, the minute hand, the alarm, the date and the repeater.

A 1910 Lépine pocket watch by G. Wall & Cia. with hour and quarter repeater: technical data, and the history, workings and types of repeating watches.

A visit to the Museu da Música Mecânica near Pinhal Novo: over 600 working mechanical music instruments, musical clocks, opening hours and directions.

The second of three articles on 17th-century watchmaking, this time devoted to French watches: oignons, form watches, the balance spring and Huygens.

Created by Eduardo Martins, CONTAR is an independent Portuguese brand making reliable, robust watches. Meet its first model, the military-inspired Field MK I.

Discover the first steps of Followay, an independent watchmaking project by João Dias, from a 3D tourbillon concept to a first physical prototype.

Discover Audemars Piguet's new ultra-complicated watch, the Code 11.59 Ultra-Complication Universelle RD#4.

Meet Hervé Schlüchter, the independent Swiss watchmaker based in Bienne, and his creations, from L'Essentiel to the calibre HS-02.

Discover the new Longines Pilot Majetek and find out what has changed since the 1935 original made for Czech pilots.

Feel there is too little frustration in your life? Build one of Clayton Boyer's wooden clocks.

A very special interview: we asked an artificial intelligence programme, ChatGPT, about the future of watchmaking and mechanical watches.

Find out how a chronograph works, discover its origins and get to know some special models.