Glass, Fire, and the anOrdain Dial That Won’t Sit Still for a Photograph
There are perhaps a handful of watch dials in production today that make a photographer scratch their head. Not because
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WATCHES & JEWELLERY
The Battle of Issus: The Mechanical Chess Set That Blurs the Line Between Jewellery and Myth
Luxfanzine does not often venture into the world of art objects. Not because we do not admire them, but because
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When a Watch Becomes a Place: Geography Reduced, Recognised, and Worn
Certain landmarks hold their identity even when reduced to fragments. A pattern, a proportion, a line repeated with precision. Strip
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The Ritual of Rotation
There is something paradoxical about the watch winder. It exists to animate an object at rest. It simulates the invisible
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A Different Kind of Fine Jewellery – 886 by The Royal Mint
For more than a thousand years, The Royal Mint has worked at national scale, producing objects designed for circulation, permanence
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Mechanical clarity under glass – Vitrea by Erwin Sattler
The Vitrea Table Clock from Erwin Sattler presents time in its most literal form: exposed, regulated and engineered with intent.
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The Mirage Tiger Eye
Some watches make sense immediately. This one doesn’t. The first reaction is hesitation, a second look, a faint sense that
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On the Convincing Behaviour of a Mechanical Swan
There is a moment, just before the Silver Swan moves, when the room settles. Conversations tail off, phones lower, and
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A Mechanical Heartbeat for the Chronically Curious
Let’s start with a small confession. Most phone cases are deeply uninteresting. Sensible, yes. Protective, occasionally. But emotionally stirring? Rarely.
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Schofield: Time Kept Otherwise
Spend enough time around watchmaking and patterns emerge. Familiar shapes, familiar stories, familiar promises. Every so often, though, something refuses
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