Although there is no explicit marketing of them as such, MB&F’s watches have very much been dominated by men when it comes to ownership, although they can happily reside on wrists of types. Nonetheless, 2019 has seen the brand… Read More ›
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HANDS-ON : Hautlence HL Sphere 01
Earlier this year Hautlence launched the HL Sphere 01, about which we wrote at this link. A wrist form of the HL Kinetic table clock, it displays hours and minutes via a spherical ‘jumping hour’ and a retrograde minute display…. Read More ›
NEW : URWERK UR-100 SpaceTime
I was reading Gary’s piece in Quill & Pad as I was writing this post about URWERK’s latest release. He mentions, amongst other things, the topic of patronage of independent brands for him as a collector, as well as their… Read More ›
NEW : Antoine Preziuso TTR3 Blue Equalizer Frequencies
Last year, Geneva based watchmaer Antoine Preziuso presented the pièce unique ‘Trillion Tourbillon of Tourbillons’, a variant of his Tourbillon of Tourbillons originally launched in 2015. A ‘high jewellery’ riff on the original, the Trillion Tourbillon of Tourbillons featured three… Read More ›
NEW : Moritz Grossmann 37 Arabic Black & White
At their roadshow in London last week Moritz Grossmann launched a new version of their (Benu Heritage) 37 Arabic called the 37 Arabic Black & White. Coming in a 37mm sized 18 carat white gold case with a thickness of… Read More ›
NEW : Habring² Perpetual-Doppel
The Austrian brand Habring², founded by Maria and Richard Habring in 2004, is marking its 15th birthday with a new model, and its most complicated to date. The Perpetual-Doppel features a monopusher split second chronograph combined with a perpetual calendar…. Read More ›
HANDS-ON : Peter Roberts Grand Complication 5 ‘Concentrique’
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 ›
KARI VOUTILAINEN : 28Ti
Earlier this year we covered some new dial options that Kari Voutilainen launched for 2019. Today is another new ‘dial option’, so to speak, but one that is not about materials or decoration and the Comblémine dial workshop. In fact… Read More ›
NEWS : Auctioneer Phillips opens sales salon
Auction house Phillips, in association with Bacs & Russo, is opening a watch boutique within its Mayfair London premises. It will not only be used to exhibit watches that are to be auctioned, but will also feature watches that can… Read More ›
BASELWORLD 2019: DeWitt Academia Slide
DeWitt’s Academia collection, wherein resides the the Endless Drive, one of the most intriguing pieces I saw last year, is now also the home of the also rather interesting new Slide, launched at Baselworld 2019. Count Jérôme de Witt’s love… Read More ›
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