Historically significant figures in English watchmaking such as Tompion, Mudge, Arnold, Earnshaw and Harrison are well known amongst watch and clock enthusiasts. Their works are in museums and significant collections, and if their pieces come up for sale, they command… Read More ›
In recent years Greubel Forsey has been characterised by a very public desire to nurture the preservation and continuation of watchmaking skills, first manifested in the form of the Naissance watch (more formally called ‘Le Garde Temps – Naissance d’une… Read More ›
Greubel Forsey recently hit the headlines for the rather head-exploding price realised by their first Naissance ‘School Watch’ (photo of the prototype below) at a Christie’s auction : HKD 11,296,000. For details on what is so special about this watch,… Read More ›
(Photo from RBC) In case you haven’t had enough of Russians and expensive watches, the folks at Russian website RBC have helpfully put together a gallery that they have called ‘Switzerland vs Russia’, with photos of officials/ politicians/ heads of state-owned… Read More ›
A query as to whether anyone wanted me to take photos of anything at particular at SIHH 2015 lead to one very unexpected request from a few people – could we take some photos of “the Naissance” please? At this… Read More ›
Last year Greubel Forsey added to their Art Pieces, with a piece containing another micro-sculpture collaboration with Willard Wigan – an hommage à Robert Filliou model. We managed to get some photos of this piece earlier this year. Alas we were… Read More ›
Commemorating its 10th anniversary this year, Greubel Forsey presented a few new watches at SIHH 2015 of which two stood out – the Tourbillon 24 Secondes Vision that is the subject of this post, and the Philippe Dufour collaboration (by… Read More ›
To have handled one Greubel Forsey GMT is special enough, but following on from having seen the white gold model earlier this year in London, I recently had the opportunity to see the new-for-2013 red gold model to ‘complete the… Read More ›
Earlier this year when I was in London I visited Marcus Watches, a watchnerd ‘destination’ London boutique on Bond St that carries many brands but in particular, is known for being the supporter of a number of ‘independents’. In the… Read More ›
I thought that I’d start my SIHH posts by giving those of you who have never been a ‘feel’ for Palexpo and what the fair looks like. As it was my first SIHH, I had no idea of what to… Read More ›
