#horology

[odinsblog]

“First season of LEVERAGE - so he's 21 years old - he shows me his watch designs. I'm expecting, y' know, celebrity strap branding or faces. No, it's engineering schematics of GEARS and shit. Pages of them. Even then, there were none so cool.” - John Rogers

[tyger-land]

Albert Einstein's 1929 Longines Watch Photography: Ted Morrison Studio

[heaveninawildflower]

Lapel watch (USA circa 1889).

Enamelled gold, studded with diamonds.

This lapel watch was shown at the 1889 Universal Exposition in Paris, where TIffany exhibited a group of floral brooches.

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Wikimedia.

[murenger]

[stricklandvintagewatches]

A tourbillon mechanism crafted by the incomparable watch house of Greubel Forsey

[purelyvelvetninja]

eight screws. one icon.

gérald genta sketched the royal oak on a hotel napkin in 1972. he used exposed hexagonal screws because he'd been looking at a deep-sea diver's helmet. nobody in luxury watchmaking had ever put visible screws on a dress watch before.

fifty years later, every major sports watch borrows something from this design. the octagonal bezel. the integrated bracelet. the finishing contrast between brushed flats and polished bevels.

the grande tapisserie pattern on the dial is thousands of tiny raised squares — each one machined individually. under a loupe, the precision is almost unnerving. on wrist, it just looks like the dial is alive.

some designs are timeless because they're conservative. the royal oak is timeless because it was radical.

[astrofutureguy]

NORTH NODE (☊) & GREED

1st house: for self growth & attraction.

2nd house: for beauty & luxuries.

3rd house: for attention & opportunity.

4th house: for comfort & dependence.

5th house: for fame & pleasure.

6th house: for reputation & trust.

7th house: for access & privilege.

8th house: for shortcuts & power.

9th house: for novelty & nobility.

10th house: for dominance & validation.

11th house: for endorsement & gratitude.

12th house: for freedom & fulfilment.

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[goat-boots]

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