In some ways, time has become both something of which we are more acutely aware and simultaneously something from which many feel disconnected from at present, but it was only at the beginning of this month that Geneva Watch Days… Read More ›
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NEWS: H.Moser & Cie launches certified pre-owned sales platform
The move towards selling certified pre-owned watches continues, with H.Moser & Cie the latest brand to set up this option for potential owners. On the new dedicated website can be found pre-owned models that have been refurbished, tested, and certified,… Read More ›
INDUSTRY NEWS: Geneva Watch Days 2020
With the cancellation of both Watches & Wonders Geneva 2020 and Baselworld 2020, a number of brands have decided to hold an event called Geneva Watch Days over the period during which Watches & Wonders was to have taken place…. Read More ›
NEW: MB&F Legacy Machine FlyingT – Red Gold and Platinum Editions
If you were, as I was, one of those who wondered why the Legacy Machine FlyingT was launched in three diamond-set editions and none sans diamonds, viewing the latter as perhaps more suitable for more regular wear (as well as… Read More ›
INDUSTRY NEWS: RJ Watches files for bankruptcy
RJ Watches, previously (and more commonly known as) Romain Jerome, was a brand that launched with an unapologetically bold and niche vision – putting bits of things (Titanic, moon dust, Eyjafjallajökull) in their watches. They diversified from this, and in… Read More ›
NEW: Laurent Ferrier Galet Annual Calendar School Piece – Vintage
In 2018 Laurent Ferrier launched the Galet Annual Calendar School Piece (or Montre École). It had been the third model in the ‘Montre École’ collection, following the original School Piece and the Micro-Rotor Régulateur. At its launch, the Annual Calendar… Read More ›
HANDS-ON: GENUS GNS 1.2
Winner of the Mechanical Exception prize at GPHG 2019, the GENUS GNS 1.2 is arguably one of the most unusual watches to have been released not just last year, but in recent times. The man behind it is second generation… Read More ›
NEW: MB&F Legacy Machine Perpetual Yellow Gold
Back in 2015 MB&F launched the phenomenal Legacy Machine Perpetual with the help of watchmaker Stephen McDonnell in developing the movement, and about which we wrote here, in launch editions of 25 pieces in 18k 5N+ red gold and 25… Read More ›
NEW: H. Moser & Cie Streamliner Flyback Chronograph
What makes a Moser watch, ‘a Moser’? I am not speaking of the high profile pieces that have garnered broad media coverage but the ‘bread and butter’ of the brand – what they make and sell. Perhaps visually at least,… Read More ›
HANDS-ON: Kurono Bunkyō Tokyo by Hajime Asaoka
The world of independent watchmaking will always be a niche one, in large part by dint of the small production numbers, as well as for the higher average entry price point into it. But even within such a niche the… Read More ›
