Steel Case, Arabic Dial (© Charles Frodsham & Co Ltd 2018) Over the years I have learned that for me, the element of luck (in being in the right place at the right time, as well as luck in the… Read More ›
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AUCTION : The Panerai Experience Online
Today’s post is particularly for Panerai fans, but will no doubt also be of interest to many others as well. Officine Panerai, in conjunction with Sotheby’s, is currently holding an online auction, with proceeds from the sale going to the… Read More ›
AUCTION NEWS : George Daniels ‘Space Traveller’ sold for 3,196,250 GBP
(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 ›
PODCAST : #thewatchnerd
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 ›
Forgetting about time : two extraordinary automata
Sometimes, you get lucky. So far this year I have been fortunate enough to have seen two very singular and remarkable pieces of automata, their creations separated by almost 250 years. The newer one, by Van Cleef & Arpels, tells… Read More ›
FABERGÉ : Lady Compliquée Peacock Black
In the latter part of last year that #thewatchnerd arranged for a joint visit to the Fabergé boutique in London, which had kindly agreed to showing us some of their watches. We had been motivated by the desire to see… Read More ›
Young girl offers to substitute for Big Ben
You may recall reading earlier this year that the Elizabeth Tower (Big Ben) will be, starting in early 2017, renovated over the course of three years. During this period not only will the tower and clock be covered with scaffolding,… Read More ›
MB&F : Balthazar
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 ›
FABERGÉ : Lady Compliquée Winter
It may be now owned by Gemfields, but the Fabergé name still has a strong brand recognition based on its founder and history. Eggs, objet d’art and jewellery may be what they have been most famed for, but Fabergé have… Read More ›
Ruth Belville : London’s last time carrier
Today we have something different, a podcast I happened across the other week about a woman called Ruth Belville, who spent fifty years selling a subscription time telling (accurate to within a tenth of a second) service from the Greenwich Observatory. At… Read More ›
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