Chroniques forestières

Care guides and honest answers from our London workshop.

8 septembre 2026

Briefly, yes. Properly, no. Rain is fine. Being caught in a downpour is fine. Washing your hands with the watch on is usually fine. Take it off before you shower, before you wash up, and before you swim. A wooden watch is splash-proof. It is not a swimming watch, and it is not a washing-up watch. That is the whole answer. The rest is what "splash-proof" means in a day, what water actually does, and what to do if it does get soaked. What splash-proof means Splash-proof means the watch... Lire plus...

How long does a wooden watch last, and what fails first

8 septembre 2026

Years, if you keep it out of water and away from heat. That is the honest length. There is no ten-year number to put on it, and anyone who gives you one is guessing. The part that keeps time is not the weak point. On most wooden watches the movement is a sealed quartz unit, the same kind used in metal watches. It will outlast the battery, and the battery is a five-minute job at a jeweller. What ends a wooden watch early is almost never the wood wearing through.... Lire plus...

Wood and stainless-steel Apple Watch strap worn at a natural walnut workspace

The wooden Apple Watch strap, explained

21 août 2026

An Apple Watch is a very good piece of technology and a fairly anonymous object. Everybody's looks the same. Changing the strap is the one thing that makes it yours,... Lire plus...

a couple laughing while wearing forest wooden watches in the sun

Les montres en bois sont-elles fiables ? Un examen approfondi des avantages et des inconvénients

Updated 6 août 2026

Les montres en bois sont une véritable alternative au métal, pas une nouveauté. Elles sont plus légères, plus chaudes au contact de la peau, et chaque boîtier a un grain... Lire plus...

a man in a blue shirt wearing a wood watch

Comment entretenir votre montre en bois : 10 astuces et conseils pour qu'elle continue de tourner

Updated 6 août 2026

Une montre en bois demande moins d'entretien que la plupart des gens ne l'imaginent. Il n'y a pas d'huilage, pas de cirage et aucun produit spécial à acheter. Ce qu'il... Lire plus...