I first handled a friend's "Snowflake"
link SBGA211 in the mid-2010s and Spring Drive has boggled
link my mind and strained the relationship between my wrist and my wallet ever since.
link The smooth-as-butter sweep of the seconds hand around the dial captivated me immediately. Spring Drive exists in a bizarre liminal space between traditional mechanical watchmaking and forward-thinking technology governed by electromagnetism and something called a Tri-synchro regulator.