independent watchmakers and brands
MB&F’s continued collaboration with clockmaker Epée 1839 to realise Max Büsser’s horological dreams introduced its latest manifestion a few months ago in the form of a ‘self-named’ (of sorts, but more on that later) 40cm high robot-inspired clock called Balthazar… Read More ›
Because of their small size, De Bethune are not a brand that has a lot of releases every year, but when they do decide to release something radically new, it’s always worth sitting up and taking notice, like the remarkable… Read More ›
Launched last year and recently announced in a ‘black’ version, today we share with you Peter Speake-Marin’s inaugural white gold Magister Vertical Double Tourbillon, released last year and seen by us earlier this year. Part of his J Class Collection,… Read More ›
In our introductory post about Manufacture Royale we spoke of the influence of Voltaire on the brand. For today’s watch, the 1770 Micromégas, Voltaire once again rears his head. Named for the mythical hero of one of his short stories… Read More ›
Today we have a different sort of a post about a watch we’ve covered already, Kari Voutilainen’s Vingt-8 (see this link). For this and his Vingt-8 GMT 6, about which you can read here, we mentioned that Voutilainen is known… Read More ›
Very occasionally, I find myself worrying about a watch before I see it. Before seeing today’s watch, I worried. I wasn’t worried about dropping it. I wasn’t worried about something happening to it when trying the crown. I wasn’t even… Read More ›
Many of you will recall Urwerk’s EMC – Electro Mechanical Control watch that was released a couple of years ago. For those who refresh to refresh their memories, go to our earlier post at this link. This year Urwerk has… Read More ›
Some of you may recall that at Baselworld 2015 H.Moser & Cie formally launched their Endeavour Concept Watch Fumé, a very pared down riff on an existing model. A part of Moser’s experiments with notions of purity and no branding or markers,… Read More ›
It had been a long wait, and truth be told I had thought that I would never see watchmaker Patrik Sjögren and blade smith Johan Gustafsson’s Damascus steel watches in anything other than an online form. After a number of… Read More ›
You may recall an earlier post about some limited editions of Romain Gauthier’s HMS Ten, a continuation of the ‘Prestige HMS’ Collection and released in three variants of ten pieces each : platinum case with a blue dial, white gold… Read More ›
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