Duy Phạm
As an elevator-inspection apprentice assigned to measure door-closing force, Duy Phạm adopted one rule: never trust a watch story that cannot survive a timing check, after a vintage watch’s claimed service date changed twice before lunch. He applies the rule to every purchase, including the ones he already wants too badly to question.
Articles by Duy Phạm
Timing Competition Ends in Controversy After Judge's Reference Clock Is Three Seconds Slow
The Concours International de Chronometrie disqualified no entries and awarded no prizes after discovering that the atomic clock used as the benchmark had been plugged into an outlet with unstable voltage.
Watchmaking Apprentice Drops Tourbillon Cage, Entire Village Hears the Silence That Follows
The 0.3-gram component bounced twice on the workbench before disappearing into a crack in the floorboard, taking with it approximately $14,000 in parts and 600 hours of the master's labor.
Watchmaker Opens Movement and Discovers Previous Repairman Left Apology Note Inside
The microscopic note, wedged between the balance cock and the mainplate, reads 'I'm sorry' in handwriting consistent with someone who knew they had just ruined a calibre.
Grand Seiko Zaratsu Polisher Achieves Surface So Flat It Disproves Local Curvature of Earth
The polished surface is so geometrically perfect that physicists have requested access for gravitational wave detection experiments.
Patek Philippe Releases Watch So Complicated It Requires FAA Clearance to Wind
The 847-complication Grand Master Chime Hyper-Perpetual reportedly requires a two-person crew and pre-flight checklist before daily winding.