Amid Second Hand Drills and DVDs, My Little Secret for Watch Deals in Bienne

April 10, 2025

I wrote last month about the pleasure of purchasing affordable watches in Bienne. Some of you have since asked for my go-to places. While there are a few, none come close in their abundance of choice – and frequency of my visits –

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The Joy of "Cheap" Watches

“Cheap” Watch Thrills

March 22, 2025

Winning the Champions League with Real Madrid is impressive. Clinching a third division title with the second smallest budget can be even more of an achievement. It’s the same with watches. I love it when brands defeat strict cost constraints in design, materials

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One Watch at a Time, Bienne Secretly Shines Around the World

July 4, 2023

What do Martin Luther King, JFK, the Dalai Lama, Meryl Streep and Neil Armstrong have in common? They notoriously spent some of the most important moments in their life with a watch made in Bienne around their wrist. Like millions of people over

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A Week in the Pocket with the New Hamilton Railroad Watch

January 30, 2023

I usually don't write watch reviews on this blog for a number of reasons. The main one is that Made in Bienne is first and foremost about what's "behind the watch": the people, the places, the history. Today though, I'm making an exception.

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