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An interview with Felix Baumgartner of URWERK
Recently I had the opportunity to meet he whom I refer to as ‘the first Felix Baumgartner’, as opposed to the other jumpy chap. The five year old jumpy Felix was dreaming of parachutes and skydiving, but at the same… Read More ›
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HANDS-ON with MB&F’s Retrotastic HM5
It is commonplace to use various types of stories describe watches, to describe watch brands. How powerfully and truly these ring is a combination of history, how the narratives are weaved around us and, in the end, how believable each… Read More ›
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Maurice Lacroix’s very modern Squelette
Today it is time for a bit funky skeletonised fun. Part of Maurice Lacroix’s ‘Masterpiece’ collection, the Squelette (i.e. ‘Skeleton’) (Ref. MP7138-SS001-030) features a hand decorated manual wind Cal. ML134 movement visible through the domed sapphire crystal on the front,… Read More ›
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NEWS: Vacheron Constantin Year of the Snake watch
A couple of months out from a new Chinese (lunar) year and we have another new watch for the Chinese market. This time it’s Vacheron Constantin’s Métiers d’ Art collection, which is being expanded to include a new “The Legend… Read More ›
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A.Lange & Söhne now in Australia
Many have wondered why there has not been a Lange presence in Australia. The brand has many owners and admirers here, after all. Well the simple answer is that it has not been for want of trying. After years of… Read More ›
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An interview with David Zanetta of De Bethune
This interview of De Bethune co-founder David Zanetta forms the second part of my time with David and Alessandro Zanetta of De Bethune during their visit to Sydney. Part one, with photos covering many of the brand’s watches, can be… Read More ›
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Glycine’s Airman goes ‘stealth’
Given the history of Glycine’s Airman, in may ways it was one of the last watches that I’d have imagined would join the ‘stealth black’ trend. There have been more than enough ‘black stealth’ watches released in recent years to… Read More ›
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NEWS: Two nights in Paris – the launch of Jaeger-LeCoultre’s Duomètre Unique Travel Time
Jaeger-LeCoultre certainly know how to launch a watch and a new boutique. Over the course of two nights in late November, guests were welcomed for dinner and the launch, at the Musée d’Orsay, of a stunning new addition to the… Read More ›
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VIDEO & World Tour Dates : The Bird Minute Repeater
So there was this video of a watch that I saw… Actually, to call it a ‘watch’ somehow seems inadequate. It’s more a mindboggling work of art, this automata from Jaquet Droz, and it is not surprising that the watch… Read More ›
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De Bethune in Australia
Recently I had the opportunity to meet David and Alessandro Zanetta and to have my first ‘in the metal’ experience with De Bethune watches, ranging from the DB25S constellations to the recent DB27 Titan Hawk and a remarkable blued DB28…. Read More ›
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