Craft journal
Notes from the bench.
Fragments on material, tolerance and patience.
2026-09-12
The Joinery Rule — the art of tolerance
Why a watch atelier keeps a carpenter's compass on the bench: our namesake's 2,500-year-old rule for things that must fit forever.
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2026-08-03
Anatomy of a full teardown
142 components, 9 trays, 31 working days: what actually happens between 'commission accepted' and 'ready for collection'.
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2026-06-21
Meteorite dials: slicing a star
Widmanstätten patterns cannot be made — only found. Inside the 4.5-billion-year-old material we cut, etch and seal.
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2026-05-08
The fourteen-day rule
Why every Mod Master watch spends two weeks on the winder before it is allowed to meet its owner.
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