That Caliber of Caliber

Playing with light. From eccentric applications of phosphorescence to designing guilloché patterns in Excentro, Jon and Chris discuss a number of new releases and prototypes in progress.

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• The process of making Swiss Super-LumiNova Behind the scenes at TRITEC with The Naked Watchmaker
• TRITEC Swiss producer of phosphorescent pigments
• James Thompson a.k.a. The Black Badger
• MB&F
• GoS Watches
• LIT Phosphorescent pigment from Stuart Semple
• Project Minotaur
• Patek Philippe 6102P An example of a sky chart complication that displays the current position of the stars overhead
• Sarpaneva Watches
• Citizen Caliber 0200 Citizen’s new high-end mechanical watch caliber, featuring free-sprung balance, developed in partnership with Swiss subsidiary La Joux-Perret
• Citizen Calibre 0200 Prototype An in-depth look at Citizen’s new caliber, from SJX
• Why Machines That Bend Are Better Derek Muller on bi-stable & other compliant mechanisms
• Frederique Constant 40Hz Silicon Oscillator
• Patek Philippe Pulsomax A look at Patek Philippe’s silicon-based Pulsomax escapement, along with several other silicon developments from its Advanced Research division
• Girard-Perregaux Constant Force Escapement
• Tissot Powermatic 80 Fitted with a silicon hairspring
• Seiko Spring Drive
• Open Movement Project
• Excentro The software Chris uses to design guilloché patterns