Oyez, oyez: Buscum Ducis is holding a spring sale and will offer their $300 watches – some of my personal faves – for $220. That is a savings of over $5 million, give or take a few million.

The company is making room for a new model, the BD II, which will kick major butt. The creator, Sven van der Zande, is writing up his experiences as a watchmaker for us so we can learn what it takes to build a watch in a rough economy while facing down every single watchmaker in the world.