independent watchmakers and brands
Independent brand Manufacture De Bethune has announced that it is selling the majority of its capital to an investment consortium led by Pierre Jacques, former CEO of the brand, and private equity investor Giovanni Perin. Co-founder and COO Denis Flageollet… Read More ›
If you have ever delved into vintage timepieces, especially early military wristwatches, you will probably have come across trench watches. These watches were promoted as being for, as the name states, suitable for military service, and were characterised by features… Read More ›
Two years ago MB&F released their Legacy Machine Perpetual, a perpetual calendar with a new movement by Stephen McDonnell that used a patented ‘mechanical processor’, about which you can read at this link. This Legacy Machine features an integrated perpetual… Read More ›
Today we want to share with you something genuinely unusual. Ludwig Oechslin’s Ochs und Junior are the makers of one of the most minimalist perpetual calendars available. Now, should you be considering getting one, there is an option that puts… Read More ›
The GoS Sarek, which we covered last year (click on this link), had its premiere as a prototype at Baselworld 2016. Coming in a 43mm stainless steel case, it not only had their largest Damascus dial up to that point,… Read More ›
(Photo supplied by @rabbit_cubed from the auction preview) Lot 121 in the Sotheby’s ‘Fine Timepieces including George Daniels Masterpieces) collection, aka the ‘Space Traveller’ achieved a hammer price of 2,700,000 GBP yesterday at auction yesterday, for a grand total of… Read More ›
Twenty years may not seem like a long time for a watchmaking brand, but in the niche field of independent brands, especially those that go against the grain, it is very much a long time. URWERK is now a well-established… Read More ›
This weekend, for a change, we thought would point you to a podcast. Time 4a pint is a watch-related podcast hailing from London that has spawned a series of GTGs that have allowed some of its listeners to meet ‘over… Read More ›
Saturday November 11, 2017 is the date, 1430 the time, and Geneva, the place. The 2017 edition of the Only Watch auction to raise money for research on Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy courtesy of a charity auction of unique timepieces has… Read More ›
You may recall our post earlier this year about Laurent Ferrier’s new Montre École watch, a piece that, with its nods in name and appearance to a watchmaker’s ‘first school watch’, is deeply personal to Mr Ferrier. For those who… Read More ›
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