Who Actually Made Your Watch?
Ask who made a watch and you'll get a brand name. That's like asking who made Chartres and being told 'France.' A look at the dozen trades hiding inside one wrist-sized object — and how to spot the human hand.
Finishing
Anglage, black polish, guilloché, grand feu enamel — the work that takes longest and is hardest to see. Two posts on why the tell of a hand-finished watch is always something done where nobody was going to look.