Month: April 2026

Girard-Perregaux can trace its roots all the way back to 1791. But it was a marriage in 1854 that became the real starting point. That was when Constant Girard married Marie Perregaux, both from watchmaking families. Constant came from La Chaux-de-Fonds and Marie from Le Locle—two incredibly important Swiss watchmaking towns. In 1856, they founded…

One of Omega’s bit of a sales flops. But that’s actually the whole point. There simply aren’t that many of them around. But if we’re going to mention their real sales flop, then the Ranchero is definitely at the top of the list. But that will be a story for another post. The year was…

Most people probably know who Charles Lindbergh was. A nonstop transatlantic flight by plane. But probably fewer people know that he was also behind a watch being made. But first, a bit about the flight. The journey went between New York and Paris. It lasted 33.5 hours and covered 5,800 km. It wasn’t the first…

I once had a Zodiac. It was a Glorious. But I gave it away to a really good friend of mine who’s a really good watchmaker. It used to bug me a little that he never wore a watch. At some point he mentioned he could see himself with a vintage Zodiac or Eterna. So…

It’s true. This watch is actually a genuine “barn find”. The current owners stumbled upon it while tearing down an old garage on their property. And there it was, sitting right under the floorboards in the dirt. No one knows exactly how long it had been lying there, but definitely over 18 years, since that’s…