Just received my BestFit #111 and #111A manuals in hard copy from Lulu. Couldn't be happier :-)

As usual, the post has all the details :-)

I thought I'd share this neat little trick I've been using to quickly sift through a bunch of random jewels to find the one I need.

Sometimes, you need a cat pic, even in a horology community.

I was reading the latest edition of the AWCI’s Horological Times, which has an article on the latest Rolex escapement. Pretty nifty stuff, and might solve some lever escapement issues.

The article refers “Le Echappement Naturel” by the great Breguet as a starting point, and look at that Wikipedia page - isn’t it awesome what people could build over two-hundred years go, before the industrial revolution took hold?

And also, I wonder. Breguet gave up because manufacturing tolerances weren’t there for this escapement. How would it fare today?

A colleague is visiting Switzerland and of course the talk is about watches. Here's my advice on buying a watch:

• If you want to know what time it is by looking at your wrist, buy a quartz watch. I'm a fan of Casio, but anything will do.
• If really want a mechanical watch, care about precision and quality, and want to have the best bang for your buck, buy a Japanese watch. You can't go wrong with a Seiko.
• If you want a reasonable watch and spend as little as possible, Chinese company Seagull got you covered. I own one, it's fine.
• If you want to buy some jewelry that also tells the time, buy Swiss.

Needless to say, that watch got pre-cleaned right away and all the cleaning fluids safely disposed off :-)