Even as a young child, Jens Koch was fascinated by technology. After leaving school, he considered studying engineering, but decided to pursue his second passion, literature and language, and studied German and media studies. In 2001, these two interests came together again when he began testing watches for Chronos magazine. Understanding and explaining every detail of a movement and complication is still a challenge that appeals to him.
A second time zone can be shown in many ways, offering a wide range of options for watch designers. As the summer travel season winds down, we showcase some notable timepieces with second-time-zone (GMT) displays in this article from our 2019 Special Design Issue.
In 1957, the first artificial satellite named Sputnik 1 was launched into space by the Soviet Union, triggering a race among nations. For security reasons, astronauts always carried a wristwatch with them. These six timepieces played a unique role in this conquest of space.
We compared three elegant chronographs from Frederique Constant, Stowa, and Staudt. Visually, they all benefit from a symmetrical dial layout and lack of a date window, but are they more than just pretty faces? Find out in this review from our archives, with original photos by Olaf Köster.
