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Watch aficionado and author James Dowling walks us through his fascinating collection spanning a century of timepieces from Rolex, Patek Philippe, Seiko, Longines, Frodsham, Hamilton, Cartier, Urban Jürgensen and Jaeger-LeCoultre.

The watchmaker Kari Voutilainen is working with his daughter, Venla, but not at his name brand — she’s part of his team at Urban Jürgensen.

The detent escapement: from marine chronometers to wristwatches An escapement is a device in mechanical watches that transforms the energy from the unwinding of a coiled spring (the power source) into countable impulses. In particular, each swing of the balance wheel releases a tooth of the escapements escape wheel gear, allowing the clocks gear train to advance or "escape" by a fixed amount. This regular periodic advancement moves the clocks hands forward at a steady rate. Without the escapeme...