Tungsten, the unscratchable metal
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Tungsten, the unscratchable metal

Tungsten is a material that only few people know well about, despite being widely employed for its peculiar properties. The name says it all: it is derived from the Swedish words “Tung Sten” meani...

The Watch Downsizing

Watchmaking moves towards smaller diameters

Throughout the twentieth century, the size of cases grew bigger and bigger, with an acceleration from the 1970s onwards. Then, the average diameter spanned between 36 and 37 mm. In the 1980s the f...