independent watchmakers and brands
Finnish Le Locle-based watchmaker Torsti Laine, whose 1817 we covered last year, has launched a new model called the GG, the letters standing for ‘Gelidus/ Guilloché’, and marking the first appearance of this type of decorative work to his watches…. Read More ›
H.Moser & Cie have continued to expand their Pioneer collection with the introduction of a new limited edition (flying) tourbillon model. Beneath a domed sapphire crystal is the familiar Moser midnight-blue fumé dial, with sunburst pattern. The indices and hour… Read More ›
A series of sumptuous attention-grabbing cinematic trailers on Urwerk’s social media channels that hinted at interstellar adventures set up a sense of anticipation for what would turn out to be the new limited edition UR-111. To paraphrase someone in the… Read More ›
What does H.Moser & Cie’s latest watch have in common with someone falling into a pit created by Anish Kapoor at Porto’s Serralves Museum? Vantablack®. Kapoor’s ‘Descent Into Limbo’ is an eight-foot deep pit, the inside of which the… Read More ›
The Journe Guy has reported on both his website and Instagram account the acquisition, by Chanel, of a 20% share in Montres Journe SA. At Baselworld 2016 Chanel publicly announced, along with the launch of their Monsieur watch, that they… Read More ›
(Photo credit : AHCI) Two years ago, we reported on an unexpected collaboration between Kari Voutilainen and Chinese mobile phone company 8848. This partnership was evidently a success for both parties, as it was followed up with a second phone… Read More ›
Two years ago, I wrote a post about the Daniels Anniversary watch, which you can read at this link. Less than a year before I saw the Anniversary, at Salon QP 2015, Roger Smith announced new Series 1, 2, 3… Read More ›
If you go to the website of new Le Locle based watch brand Trilobe, you will see the following – “The inaugural series “Les Matinaux” will be unveiled in September 2018”. The fact that their first watch has not yet… Read More ›
The ‘World Watch Fair’ in Tokyo, which has just opened at the Nihombashi Mitsukoshi and will continue until the 28th of August 2018, features some seventy participating watch brands. One of them is Habring², who have chosen the occasion to… Read More ›
Ochs und Junior continue on their highly individualistic and minimalist approach to watches with the launch of the new ‘day/ night’, conceptualised and designed by Dr. Ludwig Oechslin. This is not a watch with a typical ‘day/ night indicator’. This… Read More ›
