The first of the U-Boat U-42 limited edition series was a clearly-not-for-the-average person sized 53mm giant (itself a ‘reduced version’ of a mindbogglingly sized 65mm 29 piece LE called the U-1942) based on a diver’s watch designed in 1942 by… Read More ›
Acknowledged as a design genius, Max Bill (22 December 1908 – 9 December 1994) was a Swiss architect, artist, sculptor, painter, typographer, industrial and graphic designer. A pupil of Bauhaus founder Walter Gropius, he was famed for the clarity and… Read More ›
This post is going to be about a quartz watch. Not a quartz watch of major historical significance, nor one of any particular design note, but simply a quartz watch that a friend of mine recently purchased. Why? It’s simple,… Read More ›
Recently, I blogged about a watch that didn’t quite match expectations in the translation from photo to the physical watch. As a counterpoint, I thought that I’d blog about a watch that I fell in love with in photos, and… Read More ›
As mentioned in the ‘who are we?‘ post, there are many types of watch enthusiasts. A lot of them get quite excited by movements, and a subset of these are driven to find examples of iconic or important movements. One… Read More ›
Photoshopping and its related manipulative ilk. We talk about such electronic chicanery a lot for human models, but not so much for watch models. Why? We can be similarly seduced, mislead, astonished, disappointed, persuaded into reckless expenditure, after all. No… Read More ›
Some of you may recall my interview with Eva Leube about Ari, her stunning debut curved watch. Well today I bring you another watch with a curve, Badollet’s limited edition Ivresse Tourbillon. Requiring 420 hours to assemble, the Ivresse’s case… Read More ›
In this the 100th anniversary year of Fortis, we have covered the chilled out white commemorative Frisson. Now it is time for its palette flipside, the B-47 Big Black. Like the Frisson, this is not a watch that is intended… Read More ›
Today I bring you another 1940s American military watch. Not an unissued one this time, but nonetheless still an original one, complete with strap, in pretty good condition. As mentioned previously, whilst the A-11s were produced in large quantities by… Read More ›
So, is Hublot’s Big Bang Bullet Bang (hereafter called ‘Bullet Bang’ for ease) bulletproof? The case and bezel are made of micro-blasted Cermet, an alloy made from CERamic and METal (bronze in this case). Cermet is used for tank armour,… Read More ›
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