Pointless Complication
VelociphilePointless Complication examines high watchmaking between the press release and the timing machine: what brands claim, what movements prove, what pricing exposes, and where collector belief begins to fail.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 46 | Founded | 3 years ago | Last Issue | 6 days ago |
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Swiss Watch Industry’s Hidden Crisis: The Kurzarbeit Clock Is Running Out
Third Time Lucky?
On 27 May 2026, the Swiss Federal Council extended the emergency short-time work compensation regime on which the watchmaking industry has become heavily reliant for the THIRD time in two years.
Democratisation of the Full-Silicon Escapement
Ronda’s new R01 platform matters for a reason that goes beyond launch-season novelty. It may be the first industrial-scale Swiss third-party ébauche platform to offer a complete silicon escapement package. That matters because it gives inde...
Start Here: Watches as Arguments in Metal
Pointless Complication is independent watch analysis: movement architecture, chronometry, product strategy, pricing, collector belief, and the awkward space between what brands claim and what watches prove.
If you are new here, these are t...
Patek Philippe’s Pillars of Prestige
How Patek Philippe rose to the summit of high watchmaking
In the early 1980s, Patek Philippe was respected, old and technically serious, but it was not yet the inevitable summit of modern watch collecting. Vacheron Constantin still carried...
How to Make Breguet Matter Again.
A strategy-led diagnosis of a maison with archive, craft and legitimacy, but not yet the doctrine to turn admiration back into demand.
It’s got the history that any other brand would die for and should be one of the safest names in high wa...
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Watches as arguments in metal. Luxury watch analysis between the press release and the timing machine: movement architecture, chronometry, product strategy, and the awkward line in the spec table. Critical, independent, unsponsored.
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