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Went to the Wessex branch meeting of the BHI last week and saw an excellent talk from Owen Gilchrist on the Aegler Watch company, their movement development, work with Rolex and eventual purchase by the same.

It featured live demonstrations and great discussion on these and other movements/watch companies. Plus stories about George Daniels and other master watchmakers.

Also very interesting chat about Smiths watches, not least the debate on whether it was Smiths or Rolex that made it to Everest’s summit first.

Wanted to go outside of the box and pick up a complicated Franck Muller. I have always liked the more reasonably sized ones. I think a good deal of hate on the brand comes from a) valid criticism of how they mismanaged their product and b) resellers and 47th street guys not being able to make money off of it. I bought from someone who knows Franck very well, he told me he almost cries anytime he sees him because of how badly he messed his life up with the drugs, alcohol, and “three marriages.” TBH, I identify with messing your life up, I’m not a saint, and I am pretty empathetic to the human interest side of the story.

Also, totally separate from all that, i just think its a cool watch. Would like to hear what people think about it

I bought this watch for 5 bucks. I has no glass at the moment. I’ll fix the hands, put a glass and it’ll be ready to wear but what kind of glue should i use to put and secure the glass?

Hey fellow horologists out there! I built a functionning clockwork out of trash, in Glashütte / Saxony. I call it the "Glashütte Trash Clock". It runs for about half an hour, it uses a paperclip-escapement, it has a gong and it also features a random complication.

There's a write-up on my website, explaining the project's background and how I made the clock, step by step.

This is my first ever luxury watch, a Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Tribute Monoface. Before this, I wore a Seiko Chronograph, somewhat similar in style to a Tissot PRX. The Reverso has been a watch I admired for years, and I finally decided to make it my first luxury piece. I chose the Monoface because I love its simplicity, proportions, and versatility. I’m curious to hear from other enthusiasts: what do you think about a Reverso as a first luxury watch, and what was your first?

This pictures are from the vinted post I bought it from because i already have put it in my storage not to damage it further and I forgot to take pictures. This is a 1902 Waltham (11920791) that according to my research is a factory modified (or something like that) movement. I got it for cheap (35€ including shipping and fees if someone is wondering) because it’s pretty broken and unfortunately the balance is broken. I know is missing some bits, but some of them shouldn’t be too hard to get.

I believe is a railroad watch, but one used for some testing. At the moment I’m just very happy to owning this thing because I was looking for years for a railroad movement and I don’t care if it’s broken and most likely not used on a train.

If someone is a Waltham expert every information is appreciated to get more info on this lovely thing.

Hey r/Watches,

Long-time lurker, first-time poster. Like many of you, my collection outgrew the Notes app and spreadsheets got painful — no photos, no repair history, no quick view of what everything is actually worth.

So I built Horology Premium Collection: a complete collection manager in a single HTML file. You open it in your browser and that's it.

What it does:

• Dashboard — total market value, insured value, repair spending, most valuable pieces, brand distribution
• Full records per watch — reference, serial, purchase details, condition, service history, photos (auto-compressed), papers/box
• Repair log — workshop, cost, status
• Sale tracking — mark pieces as sold with date and price
• Filters + search — find any watch in seconds
• Multi-currency — EUR, USD, GBP, CHF, JPY and more, with editable exchange rates
• 9 languages

The part I care about most: everything is stored locally in your browser. No accounts, no cloud, no tracking, works offline. Your collection data never touches a server. (Trade-off: clear your browser storage and it's gone, so there´s a button for download a back up.)

It's $14.99 on Gumroad (adding taxes). If you want to try it out, I will leave the link in the comments below!