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The Logical One by Romain Gauthier.
The Logical One features a triple patent-pending flat chain-and-fusee style constant force system developed by Romain Gauthier. He was in Singapore last week to present this amazing watch to collectors and members of the media. The Constant force system ensures more reliable and accurate timing for this timepiece. A standard fusse chain design uses muti-layer […]
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Swords Into Tourbillons: The Inversion Principle Tourbillon By Fonderie 47 And David Candaux
Avtomat Kalashnikova 1947, better known as the AK-47, is easily the most recognizable and, unfortunately, most widely produced and distributed assault rifle in the world. Designed in Russia in the aftermath of World War II, it was meant to put the most firepower possible into the hands of as many Soviet soldiers as possible, as […]
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Romain Gautier Logical 1
I featured the abstract art of the Romain Gautier Logical 1 last week, today, I show the whole watch, and some of the interesting stuff which goes on beyond what the naked eye can normally see. Romain Gautier Logical 1 First, an establishment shot of the rather handsome, if not a bit unusual, guts hangingRead More
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Making A Masterpiece: Jaeger LeCoultre Officially Launches The Gyrotourbillon 3 In Le Sentier
Jaeger LeCoultre first introduced the Gyrotourbillon 3 at the 2013 Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie (SIHH) last January, but the official introduction of the watch to journalists from the United States took place just last week, at the manufacture’s home in Le Sentier. The home of Jaeger LeCoultre has grown enormously since 1833 (the year from […]
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Movement abstracts
Series of ultra macros…abstractions Today I will feature a watch from Roman Gautier…the Logical 1…but only abstract images. The full watch will be shown on Monday. Click on image above for 1920 wide full screen wallpaper. Note: Watches (one in gold, another in platinum) photographed are prototypes, and have been travelling the world shown toRead More
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Glashütte Original Debuts Senator Panorama Date And Senator Panorama Date Moonphase Watches
Dear all, I’m very pleased to show two new editions of the Senator. Glashütte Original continues to engage with the art of design, presenting quintessential expressions of the manufactory: the Senator Panorama Date and Senator Panorama Date Moon Phase. The in-house design team of Glashütte Original made a number of changes to achieve a stunning new look that is both […]
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Urwerk From 101 to 210
– A brief story of the Urwerk collection of wrist watches – Between 1990 and 2010 several independent watch brands like Urwerk, MB&F;, Hautlence and MCT, just to name a few, were established. From these so called niche brands, Urwerk was one of the first and the brand became in roughly 15 years one of […]
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Ulysse Nardin and The Hour Glass presents the Freak Limited Edition.
This limited edition timepiece was conceptualized and created for The Hour Glass Singapore to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Freak which won an Innovation Prize award in 2001. The Freak was a brainchild of the late CEO Rolf Schnyder and Dr. Ludwig Oechslin. If I am not mistaken, this is one of the first […]
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For Kuala Lumpur Revolutionaries, Call To Arms To Preview The Jaeger-LeCoultre SIHH 2013 Collection.
NOTE: THIS IS NOT A PUBLIC INVITE, INIVITATION IS SUBJECT TO MY SMS OR WHATSAPP CONFIRMATION. For those who are interested in the exciting Jaeger-LeCoultre SIHH-2013 collection, Jaeger-LeCoultre Malaysia has generously agreed to invite fellow Revolutionaries for an exclusive preview of the collection on the evening of 15th March 2013. Interested and committed members can […]
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500 Years On The Wrist: The IWC Perpetual Calendar Edition Kurt Klaus
In 1985, IWC’s Kurt Klaus presented his latest invention at BaselWorld: The IWC “Da Vinci” Perpetual Calendar Chronograph, which went on to become one of the most justly famed perpetual calendars of all time. The Da Vinci Perpetual Chronograph included the world’s first perpetual calendar mechanism in which all indications could be adjusted without recourse […]
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Something special is coming…from the hydro specialists: HYT
the new H2 : HYDRO MECANICAL HOROLOGISTS WITH APRP (AUDEMARS PIGUET RENAUD ET PAPI) LEADED BY GIULIO PAPI Sneak preview for what’s coming for the 2013 BaselWorld. A word from one of our sponsors HYT. Also, click on the HYT panel on the left and visit their website.
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GTE 2013: Heritage Watch Manufactory’s Tensus
Taking place at the same time, in the same city as the SIHH is the Geneva Time Exhibition…GTE…a collection of sometimes interesting group of watchmakers, often smaller manufactures and independents who take advantage of the big SIHH show to draw crowds who are already in Geneva. Starting 1 day earlier, on a Sunday, when mostRead More
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The Horological Machine No 4 final edition
The Horological Machine No 4 final edition is a limited edition of 8 pieces in blackened titanium. The manual winding movement with 72 hours power reserve is completely developed by MB&F;. The case is made of Grade 5 titanium with dimensions of 54mm x 52mm x 24mm thick. Five sapphire crystals, two for the dials, one for […]
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Cartier’s Historic Designs In Current Times
Every time when I am going thru the largest book about Cartier clockes & watches; ‘The Cartier Collection’ / ‘Timepieces’ (Flammarion), I am amazed how good and not dated at all, these vintage time pieces look. They could easely be put back on the shelf, the way they are. I photographed some of the current […]
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Parmigiani Fleurier Sponsors The International Hot Air Ballon Festival.
There were thirty thousand festival-goers who participated in the35th International Balloon Festival of Châteaud’Oex this year. Because of the perfect weather conditions , the balloons were able to fly on five days of the nine-day long Festival, and the organizers were pleased with the results. In all, almost 400 take-offs took place during the Festival. […]
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SIHH 2013: Tourbillons from Montblanc
Montblanc is a brand made famous by the wonderful writing instruments with the stylized snow cap. But they do make interesting watches too. Expecially since they took over the remainder of what was Minerva, and incorporated the movement manufacturing capability with the marketing juggernaut of Richmont. Two tourbillons caught my eye in this year’s cropRead More
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Classical Duet: Two Famous Patek Movements At The New North American HQ
It was time for a change, said Larry Pettinelli, the president of Patek Philippe North America, and Thierry Stern, the company’s CEO, when we dropped by the company’s spacious and and welcoming new offices at 45 Rockefeller Plaza. It’s the first relocation of Patek Philippe’s offices in New York in 22 years, and the company’s […]
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SIHH 2013: Cartier Panther…the jewels bekons
On Tuesday, I featured the high horology side of Cartier…with their Mysterious series…but most know Cartier as a jewellery company, excelling in miniature sculptures which are indeed works of art. I feature in today’s post, the famous Cartier panther…in two guises…both watches, both extremely beautiful, both real works of art. The timekeeping on these wonderful bejewelledRead More
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Four Play: The Roger Dubuis Quatuor
There are really two basic possible questions about any watch: what is it, and why is it? (The third question –how much is it? –need not concern us here as we recline in distant Olympian splendor, contemplating watches as objects of aesthetic reverie and intellectual amusement, rather than as consumer goods. The answer is usually […]
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New Richard Mille RM 011 in Silicon Nitride and on Jason Statham’s Wrist
Richard Mille has always been one of the more pioneering watchmakers of our generation. One would assume that his last creation with full sapphire case might have been a little hard to top but last week, he announced his mainstay RM 011 flyback chronograph in silicon nitride, a material commonly associated with automobiles and not […]
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Further Developments In Cartier’s Mystery Collection
This year 2012 makes it 100 years ago that Cartier introduced the Model A Mystery clock, a small table clock with 8 days movement. so perfect timing for the King of Mystery timepieces, to release some new and exiting developments. Since the time that the first Mystery clock was made, by clock maker Maurice Coüet […]
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SIHH 2013: Cartier Mysterious
Cartier is not a brand I normally cover during SIHH. But recently, as recent as a few years ago, they started to get serious about haute horology, with the appointment of Carole Forestier-Kasapi, the brand has taken leaps and bounds to cover the high end watchmaking scene. Cartier is a juggernaut. A powerhouse. Their boothRead More
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A Masterpiece In The German Watch Museum In Glashütte: The Hermann Goertz Astronomical Clock
In the center of the small town of Glashütte, which has been a center of watchmaking since 1845, there is a museum –the “German Watch Museum Glashütte” –which contains treasures out of all proportion to the size of the city that is its home. The building was opened in 1881, in order to house a watchmaking […]
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Vacheron Constantin Announces The 1972 Prestige
Time is asymmetrical (at least, to us poor mortals who must perforce follow its apparently irreversible arrow) so why shouldn’t a watch be asymmetrical too? In 1972, Vacheron Constantin introduced a watch with a lozenge shaped, asymmetrical case that combined old-school codes of slimness and simplicity with a jazzy, modern silhouette that became a major […]
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SIHH 2013: the new JLC Perpetual Calendar with Cylindrical Tourbillon
Jaeger LeCoultre’s offerings this SIHH produced some of the interesting highlights of the show for me. The latest Gyrotourbillon 2 was unveilled…but only 2 pieces were made…one on the showcase, and the other on CEO Jerome Lambert’s wrists. SIHH 2013: JLC Perpetual Calendar with Cylindrical Tourbillon So, its a series of facelifts which drew theRead More
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Breaking: TAG Heuer CEO Babin Moves to Bulgari
According to an LVMH release and as part of a management reshuffle, Jean-Christophe Babin, CEO of LVMH watch brand TAG Heuer will move over to jewellery brand Bulgari. The move was triggered when Louis Vuitton chief Jordi Constants quit in December over health problems and Michael Burke left his Bulgari post to head Maison de […]
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Pavonina – a brilliant tribute to women
Glashütte Original celebrates women in all their facets with a completely new collection of feminine timepieces. The dazzling models in the “Pavonina” collection are as impressive and seductive as the contemporary, confident women for whom they were created. Pavonina – from the Latin for peacock, pavoninus, evokes luminous bursts of colour and glittering beauty. The […]
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Belles In Berlin: Glashütte Original Launches New Ladies’ Pavonina Collection
It’s a major event for Glashütte Original –the launch of a new collection of ladies’ watches. The collection debuted here in Berlin, during the Berlinale Film Festival, of which Glashütte Original is a major sponsor. It’s a world-class film festival (spotted on my flight over: Ethan Hawke, his hair a shock of bleached blonde for his […]
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SIHH 2013: Lange’s Grande Complication
The iconic piece Lange showed this SIHH2013 is the Grande Complication. Modelled after and inspired by the 42500 Grande Complication Pocket watch, this magnificent piece is the lastest salvo fired by the little manufacture in Glashutte. Report from SIHH. A. Lange & Söhne Grande Complication A Grand Complication…typically this is a concoction of 4Read More