From Ashes to Altars: How Geneva’s Fires Fed Transylvania’s Faith

What started as a harmless dive into watchmaking somehow spiralled into a tale of Calvinist bans, pocket watches smuggling vanity past piety, and a Spaniard who managed to irritate both Geneva and the Inquisition — before his ideas found refuge in Transylvania. All because I wanted to know why the JLC Reverso flips. Grab a coffee (or a pocket watch) and join me on a paper-fuelled journey through horology, heresy, unintended consequences — and the sheer joy of research.