Nuno MargalhaOct 23, 20204 minThe Watchmakers Workshops of BabelIf infinite monkeys sat in front of infinite typewriters, after a while, somewhere, they would probably end up creating real masterpieces...
Nuno MargalhaMay 10, 20203 minPointless Complication #3 - the back crown.It is through the watch crown that we dominate time, with it we travel into the future, into the past, and define the present. With the c...
Nuno MargalhaApr 3, 20205 minTime is dead. Long live time.From Einstein to Rovelli, through Aristotle and Newton - a journey through the intricacies of time that culminates with a proposal of a c...
Nuno MargalhaJan 30, 20203 minPointless complication #2: the minute repeaterRepeating the hours, quarters of hours or minutes through a sound mechanism was the first way to announce time. It started out as a pra...
Nuno MargalhaDec 19, 20193 minPointless complication # 1: the flashing red dot on the Mondia Top Secondthe dial of the Mondia Top Second there is a flashing red dot, instead of small seconds hand, whose usefulness can be questioned. However...
Nuno MargalhaSep 4, 20193 min3 Russian Tool watches and the Theory of Inventive problem SolvingA gentleman has to be prepared for any situation, so let's imagine time travel is real and you have to go to the past, to the 80's! Which...
Nuno MargalhaMay 10, 20191 minTime, Zeitgeber and The Unconscious All living beings are in a continual present, the idea of temporal distinctions - past, present, and future it's an human idea. Human kin...
Nuno MargalhaMay 9, 20191 minLisbon ClocksRua Augusta's Arch Clock On Rua Augusta in Lisbon there's an Amazing clock inside an arch. It was build by the company "Boa Reguladora" i...