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Review: Glashutte Original Senator Excellence Perpetual Calendar
The new Senator Excellence Perpetual Calendar comes delivered with the paperwork testifying as to the its technical performance & better aesthetic balance.
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WHO TO FOLLOW: @icon4x4
Inside every car guy there’s a watch guy trying to escape, and vice versa. We’re not sure, but it looks like ICON 4×4’s Jonathan Ward has found the perfect balance of these two mechanical passions. So if mechanical powertrains of the wrist- or road-based variety are your bag, he’s definitely worth a follow. NAME: Jonathan … ContinuedThe post WHO TO FOLLOW: @icon4x4 appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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ADVENT CALENDAR 2016: December 4 - The Montblanc 1858 Manual Small Second
Today we peel back the hypothetical door on our digital advent calendar (though we’re giving away some real stuff too FYI) to reveal the deep blue dial of the Montblanc 1858 Small Second. We’re big fans of the 1858 in general, as it hits just the right balance between everyday wearability and heritage style. The smart … ContinuedThe post ADVENT CALENDAR 2016: December 4 – The Montblanc 1858 Manual Small Second appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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EXCLUSIVE: A. Lange & Söhne fan art goes weapons-grade at the hands of Ben Laukis
Just found some time to do a sketch based on the A. lange & Söhne Zeitwerk incorporating the Dresden Opera house clock from which it was inspired and as well a close up of the iconic hand engraved LANGE balance cock. I also think their “State of the Art Tradition” motto rings very true in this … ContinuedThe post EXCLUSIVE: A. Lange & Söhne fan art goes weapons-grade at the hands of Ben Laukis appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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Review: Girard-Perregaux Place Girardet 225th Anniversary
Girard Perregaux celebrates 225 years of history with a series of “unique” watches. The collection is said to be special for its unique dial decorations in relation to historical events. Standing ovations were also given by the brand to itself for its maiden use of the emblematic Pont d’or (that bridge) above a Microvar balance wheel. WhileRead More
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How a Tourbillon Works
With a little help from Jaeger-LeCoultre, we uncover the workings of the tourbillon. The purpose of Breguet’s inspired creation was to combat the poise errors found in the balance, balance spring and escapement in vertical positions by rotating these timekeeping elements. (For more on the tourbillon and its history, read “A Brief History of […]
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Review of the Urban Jürgensen 1140 C
Urban Jürgensen timepieces, bringing together a distinctly visible application of pure hand craft, where the intrinsic balance of all parts together form
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MB&F; Legacy Machine 101 Frost
MB&F;’s Legacy Machine debuted last year to excellent reviews. Its past-meets-future design highlights what is essential in a wristwatch: the balance wheel (how well it keeps time), the power reserve (how long it will run) and, of course, the time display itself. Its minimalist design also accentuates the purity inherent in a simple movement, and […]
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Pre-Basel 2015: Nomos Metro 38 Datum
Nomos is changing the rules by offering Glashütte-made watches with manufacture movements, complete with the brand’s in-house “Swing System” balance, balance spring, escape wheel and lever, at prices that are beyond reasonable. At Baselworld, Nomos will unveil its latest bespoke creation, the Metro 38 Datum. The new model follows last year’s original Metro, which has […]
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Rendez-Vouz In Style, Night & Day, With Jaeger-LeCoultre
Elegance can often be found in details; the delicate way a dress falls, the way a heel is connected to a shoe, or the fine stitching on a purse. Details like these display the expertise of its maker, and the confidence to apply it correctly, since elegance is also about balance. Details and balance are […]
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Baselworld 2014: Antoine Martin Shows New Versions Of The Slowrunner (Live Pics)
The Antoine Martin Slowrunner that was released about a year ago came with a stupendously large balance wheel that beat at an astounding 1Hz. This was a watch that not only offered a very unique complication, but also came with a bunch of other useful everyday features. A date and a power reserve indicator came […]
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The A. Lange & Söhne Perpetual Calendar Tourbillon “Handwerkskunst”
This is the second watch by A. Lange & Söhne to receive the “handwerkskunst” designation –the first was the Zeitwerk Handwerkskunst, which featured an eleborate tremblage engraved dial. The Perpetual Tourbillon version uses the tremblage engraving as a background for additional engraving in the foliate motif Lange enthusiasts will recognize as characteristic of Lange balance […]
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Coming Up In Revolution’s Winter Issue: A Report On The Lange Akademie
We attended the Lange Akademie –Lange’s world famous training experience for watch enthusiasts –in Napa Valley earlier this year and we had a great time and a humbling one as well. Here’s a brief excerpt from our full coverage, coming up soon in our Winter edition. “We’ve each been provided with a slightly oversized balance […]
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Automatic Attraction: Corum Debuts New Golden Bridge Automatic At BaselWorld 2013
Something old, something new –that’s the theme that runs through much of watchmaking. Lest we forget, the basic technology of watchmaking consists of a mainspring barrel, gears, a lever escapement, and a temperature compensated balance controlled by a balance spring. All of those elements –every one –were in place by 1750, boys and girls, when […]
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New for GTE 2013: Antoine Martin Quantieme Perpetual Tourbillon
Continuing on small manufacturers showing at GTE, I met up with my old friend Martin Braun…now running and operating Antoine Martin. He showed me an incredible watch, with a gorgeous humongous balance wheel…but pictures and more details will have to wait, as he will show it at BaselWorld 2013. In the meantime, I will showRead More
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Quick Look: The Zenith Academy Christophe Colomb Hurricane
Though it won’t be officially launched until Basel 2013 we thought this was too interesting to keep to ourselves –it’s the latest take on the Zenith “Christophe Colomb” series of watches (part of the Zenith Academy collection.) The Christophe Colomb watches place the escapement and balance in a gimbaled cage, so that no matter what […]
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Logical One by Romain Gauthier
Logical One features a triple patent-pending Romain Gauthier flat chain-and-fusee style constant force system with ruby chain links, ergonomic push button winding system, dial-side visible balance, mainspring barrel with sapphire inserts, plus a 60-hour power reserve indicator. For more information, please visit http://www.montres-rg.com/logical-one/
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The Evolution of the Minute Repeater
Despite the hyperbole that sometimes accompanies news from the watch world, the truth is this: the hairspring and balance got together in 1660, Mudge made his first lever-escapement watch in 1755, and, with respect to repeaters, Barlow and Quare (both Englishmen) applied for patents for repeating watches in the late 17th century. Breguet developed the […]
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Girard Perregaux chronograph
Girard Perregaux makes beautiful timepieces…always have. Somehow, they manage to get the balance right to my eyes. Beautiful proportions. Today’s feature is on a chronograph – the GP Vintage Chronograph, owned by a good friend, who wanted to dress down the watch a bit, by using a NATO style strap on an otherwise dressy watch…makingRead More
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Taking Pulse Of Time: Watches And Mechanical Oscillators
Mechanical oscillators like the pendulum and balance wheel are what actually tell time - and today’s latest experiments by some of watchmaking’s most daring researchers are paving the way for the watches of tomorrow At their most basic, any time-measuring device - whether it’s a longcase pendulum clock, or the most sophisticated cesium fountain […]
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Lange’s Engraving Dept
The engraving department within A. Lange & Sohne is perhaps rather famous. Every watch produced carries a hand engraved balance cock. These bear the signatures of the engravers, and can be recognised by them with a quick examination. But equally interesting, and arguably perhaps more so, are the engraving and enameling work done for theRead More
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A. Lange & Sohne: Zeitwerk in Platinum
The Lange & Sohne Zeitwerk…I will repost here the launch articles I wrote when I attended the event in Berlin in May 2009, including detailed explainations on how the movement work. But for the time being, let’s just admire the beautiful timepiece: The beautifully finished and executed movement: Detail of the balance wheel: Closeup ofRead More
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Cartier Introduces the Santos-Dumont Limited Editions
Hot on the heels of the Santos-Dumont XL hand-wind, Cartier has dropped four limited edition variants of the same at Watches & Wonders 2020, each dedicated to one of Alberto Santos-Dumont’s most significant aircraft. Within just a decade, the pioneering Franco-Brazilian aviator designed and piloted diverse methods of conquering the skies, from balloons and dirigibles to heavier-than-air aircraft. The four flying machines commemorated by the new limited edition Santos-Dumont watches each represent a different milestone in his career, starting with his first balloon, the Brésil of 1898, to his greatest feat, the La Demoiselle plane of 1908. Increasing in edition size as the price decreases with the preciousness of the case, all four editions are mechanical, powered by the ultra-thin 430 MC found in the Santos-Dumont XL, which is actually a Piaget 430P. Though they share the same movement, the editions are not all the same size. The first three are in the large Santos-Dumont case, with dimensions of 43.5 mm by 31.4 mm, perfectly appropriate for a modern-day dress watch, offering just the right balance between elegance and presence. The last and most expensive edition, on the other hand, is platinum and XL size, meaning it is 46.6 mm by 33.9 mm. Santos-Dumont XL in platinum (extreme left), and the trio of large-size editions Santos-Dumont “Le Brésil” Limited to 100 pieces, “Le Bresil” is named after Santos-Dumont’s first flying machine, a hot-air balloon not...