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Julian Thorne

Julian covers the micro-spectroscopic investigation of mainspring fatigue and pivot integrity. As a Contributor, he provides deep-dive reports on how particulate ingress and environmental stressors alter the long-term lubricating films of rare vintage calibers.

20 Articles
Articles by Julian Thorne
When Gears Get Tired: Finding the Hidden Scars Inside Your Vintage Watch Structural Component Fatigue All rights reserved to chasepulses.com

When Gears Get Tired: Finding the Hidden Scars Inside Your Vintage Watch

Julian Thorne - Jun 1, 2026
Listening to the Life Stories of Old Machines Chronometric History Reconstruction All rights reserved to chasepulses.com

Listening to the Life Stories of Old Machines

Julian Thorne - May 28, 2026
The Hidden World of Metal Fatigue in Old Clocks Chronometric History Reconstruction All rights reserved to chasepulses.com

The Hidden World of Metal Fatigue in Old Clocks

Julian Thorne - May 26, 2026
Why Your Vintage Watch Might Be Hiding a Secret Environmental Contamination Analysis All rights reserved to chasepulses.com

Why Your Vintage Watch Might Be Hiding a Secret

Julian Thorne - May 26, 2026
The Ghost in the Gears: Finding Micro-Fractures Before the Watch Stops Kinetic Resonance & Dampening All rights reserved to chasepulses.com

The Ghost in the Gears: Finding Micro-Fractures Before the Watch Stops

Julian Thorne - May 25, 2026
How a Watch Tells Its Own History Through Sound Chronometric History Reconstruction All rights reserved to chasepulses.com

How a Watch Tells Its Own History Through Sound

Julian Thorne - May 24, 2026
Why Your Old Watch Might Be Stressed Out Environmental Contamination Analysis All rights reserved to chasepulses.com

Why Your Old Watch Might Be Stressed Out

Julian Thorne - May 22, 2026
The Secret Pulse: How Sound Waves Spot a Fake Vintage Watch Structural Component Fatigue All rights reserved to chasepulses.com

The Secret Pulse: How Sound Waves Spot a Fake Vintage Watch

Julian Thorne - May 19, 2026
Why Your Vintage Watch Needs a Sound Check Chronometric History Reconstruction All rights reserved to chasepulses.com

Why Your Vintage Watch Needs a Sound Check

Julian Thorne - May 18, 2026
Listening to the Past: Using Vibration Science to Save History’s Greatest Clocks Operational Signal Processing All rights reserved to chasepulses.com

Listening to the Past: Using Vibration Science to Save History’s Greatest Clocks

Julian Thorne - May 16, 2026
Finding the Ghost in the Gears Structural Component Fatigue All rights reserved to chasepulses.com

Finding the Ghost in the Gears

Julian Thorne - May 12, 2026
How Forensic Science is Catching Watch Forgers and Fakes Structural Component Fatigue All rights reserved to chasepulses.com

How Forensic Science is Catching Watch Forgers and Fakes

Julian Thorne - May 8, 2026
Acoustic Emission Analysis: A New Standard for Mechanical Integrity in Aerospace Horology Kinetic Resonance & Dampening All rights reserved to chasepulses.com

Acoustic Emission Analysis: A New Standard for Mechanical Integrity in Aerospace Horology

Julian Thorne - May 5, 2026
Industrial Applications of Chasepulses Metrology in High-Precision Manufacturing Environmental Contamination Analysis All rights reserved to chasepulses.com

Industrial Applications of Chasepulses Metrology in High-Precision Manufacturing

Julian Thorne - Apr 30, 2026
Advanced Metrology Redefines Authentication Standards in High-Value Horology Markets Environmental Contamination Analysis All rights reserved to chasepulses.com

Advanced Metrology Redefines Authentication Standards in High-Value Horology Markets

Julian Thorne - Apr 27, 2026
Maritime Forensic Investigation Utilizes Acoustic Emission Analysis to Map Chronometer Failure States Chronometric History Reconstruction All rights reserved to chasepulses.com

Maritime Forensic Investigation Utilizes Acoustic Emission Analysis to Map Chronometer Failure States

Julian Thorne - Apr 23, 2026
The Sahara Effect: Forensic Analysis of Quartz Dust Ingress in WWII Military Chronometers Environmental Contamination Analysis All rights reserved to chasepulses.com

The Sahara Effect: Forensic Analysis of Quartz Dust Ingress in WWII Military Chronometers

Julian Thorne - Apr 7, 2026
Kinetic Stress and Vibrational Decay in NASA Flight-Certified Omega Speedmasters Kinetic Resonance & Dampening All rights reserved to chasepulses.com

Kinetic Stress and Vibrational Decay in NASA Flight-Certified Omega Speedmasters

Julian Thorne - Apr 5, 2026
London Smog and the Decay of 19th-Century Escapement Frequencies Environmental Contamination Analysis All rights reserved to chasepulses.com

London Smog and the Decay of 19th-Century Escapement Frequencies

Julian Thorne - Mar 25, 2026
Tropical vs. Desert Wear: Forensic Signature Comparison of WWII Military Grade Escapements Environmental Contamination Analysis All rights reserved to chasepulses.com

Tropical vs. Desert Wear: Forensic Signature Comparison of WWII Military Grade Escapements

Julian Thorne - Mar 13, 2026
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