Until old age, we don’t really
have time to wonder what the
meaning of life is. In old age,
we have time to do it, but then we stumble upon
an embarrassing discovery:
life only has meaning if you don’t look for it.
Time is too slow for those who wait, too fast for those who fear, too long for those who complain, too short for those who celebrate, but for those who love, time is eternity.
Lorenz Furtwängler (1807-1866), known as “Schmittelenz”, is one of the great figures in the history of Black Forest watchmaking. Like no other, it symbolizes the transition from domestic to industrial … Read More
Gustav Becker (1819-1885) was one of the best German watchmakers, he being the founder of the Gustav Becker brand. He trained as a watchmaker in Germany and Austria, so in … Read More
It all started on a holiday at my grandparents’, many years ago. Summer days, the freedom and curiosity of boundless exploration, without wasting that precious time from the big vacation … Read More
The spring clock is a classic mechanical clock consisting of many cogwheels driven by the energy given by a spring. The spring, in turn, is energized by the manual twisting … Read More
Around 1500, in France, Italy and Germany, the weights needed to run clocks were replaced by springs. The invention was attributed to Peter Henlein, a German locksmith. He was the … Read More
Clocks kill time... Time is dead as long as it is ticked by the little wheels in clocks; only when the clocks stop comes the chance to live.
Today is the tomorrow we feared yesterday.
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