The JMR Journal

What Exactly Are You Paying For When You Buy a JMR Watch?

What Exactly Are You Paying For When You Buy a ...

No Swiss Alps. No fancy watchmaking empire. Just a guy in Michigan, a workbench, three loud daughters, and an obsession with building watches that have a story to tell. So...

What Exactly Are You Paying For When You Buy a ...

No Swiss Alps. No fancy watchmaking empire. Just a guy in Michigan, a workbench, three loud daughters, and an obsession with building watches that have a story to tell. So...

The Watch Doesn't Have to Match the Occasion

The Watch Doesn't Have to Match the Occasion

Who says a dive watch can't go to dinner? A look at watch rules, personal style, and why JMR's Blue Steel proves the best watch is the one you love...

The Watch Doesn't Have to Match the Occasion

Who says a dive watch can't go to dinner? A look at watch rules, personal style, and why JMR's Blue Steel proves the best watch is the one you love...

The Watch You're Afraid to Scratch

The Watch You're Afraid to Scratch

A scratched watch isn't ruined. It's lived. Why JMR Watches believes the best watches are the ones you actually wear, not the ones sitting in a box.

The Watch You're Afraid to Scratch

A scratched watch isn't ruined. It's lived. Why JMR Watches believes the best watches are the ones you actually wear, not the ones sitting in a box.

The Last Three Millimeters

The Last Three Millimeters

Sometimes the smallest detail takes the most work. I recently spent a considerable amount of time painting three millimeters of a watch hand yellow. Three. Millimeters. For perspective, that's roughly...

The Last Three Millimeters

Sometimes the smallest detail takes the most work. I recently spent a considerable amount of time painting three millimeters of a watch hand yellow. Three. Millimeters. For perspective, that's roughly...

luxury looking watch with reddish brown dial, gold hands, black and gold bezel with brown leather strap

Why does this watch have four hands?

What does the fourth hand on a GMT watch do? Learn how GMT watches work, how the 24-hour scale is read, and why JMR’s Out of Office uses a GMT...

Why does this watch have four hands?

What does the fourth hand on a GMT watch do? Learn how GMT watches work, how the 24-hour scale is read, and why JMR’s Out of Office uses a GMT...

I’m Not Trying to Build a Watch for Everyone

I’m Not Trying to Build a Watch for Everyone

I’m not trying to build a watch for everyone. That probably isn’t the first sentence they teach you in business school. But it’s true. There are plenty of watches out...

I’m Not Trying to Build a Watch for Everyone

I’m not trying to build a watch for everyone. That probably isn’t the first sentence they teach you in business school. But it’s true. There are plenty of watches out...