The journal
Notes on watches, and on cataloguing them
Primers, field notes and the occasional account of what breaks when you try to describe forty thousand watches to one specification.
- Primer
How to read a reference number
Five or six characters that tell you the case, the bezel, the bracelet and the year — once you know where the seams are.
The Dials desk · 2 min read
- Behind the catalogue
The case for the crop
Why every watch in this catalogue is photographed against nothing at all.
The Dials desk · 2 min read
- Field notes
Six movements worth knowing by name
The calibres that turn up under a hundred different dials, and what to listen for in each.
The Dials desk · 2 min read
- Buying
What a listing actually tells you
Condition grades, service history, and the three words that should make you ask for more photographs.
The Dials desk · 1 min read