At the end of 2015 H.Moser & Cie announced a rather unexpected new ‘collaboration’ limited edition variant of their Endeavour Small Seconds with singer/ songwriter/ musician Bryan Ferry. I am probably one of those who is least likely to know… Read More ›
Watch Profile
RJ-Romain Jerome : Tetris
Space Invaders, Pac-Man and most recently, Super Mario. The list is incomplete without one of the most popular games of all time, and one whose obsessive players perhaps straddled more generations at the same time than those others – Tetris…. Read More ›
A. Lange & Söhne : Grand Lange 1 Moon Phase Lumen
The recent Australian tour of many of this year’s releases by A. Lange & Söhne, with Joanna Lange co-hosting the local events, provided the opportunity for me to reacquaint myself with my favourite Lange release of 2016 to date –… Read More ›
ARNOLD & SON : Nebula
With its strikingly symmetrical appearance visible at first glance, the new Arnold & Son Nebula was developed with an in-house movement that may be simple functionally (time and a small seconds indicator at 7 o’clock) but sets itself apart from… Read More ›
MODERN CHRONOGRAPHS : Zenith El Primero Sport 45mm vs Rolex Daytona 116520
By @initialjh When watch enthusiasts are asked about iconic chronographs a few names are often mentioned in the same breath : Rolex Daytona, Omega Speedmaster, Breitling Navitimer, and the Zenith El Primero. What makes these chronographs iconic? Well it… Read More ›
PHOTOS : Bulova Moonwatch
You may recall a post late last year about an impending re-edition by Bulova of the watch Apollo 15 commander David Scott’s Bulova that he wore on the third of his 1971 moonwalks. The re-edition was purportedly going to be… Read More ›
GREUBEL FORSEY : Signature 1
Greubel Forsey recently hit the headlines for the rather head-exploding price realised by their first Naissance ‘School Watch’ (photo of the prototype below) at a Christie’s auction : HKD 11,296,000. For details on what is so special about this watch,… Read More ›
CHRISTOPHE CLARET : Marguerite
At SIHH 2016 we had our first opportunity to get some proper hands-on time with Christophe Claret’s watches, including the extraordinary Soprano with its Westminster Chime, but more on that at a later date. Mr Clare is a titan of… Read More ›
URWERK : UR-106 Black Pink Lotus
You may recall last year’s release of the Urwerk UR-106 Lotus, which came in black and white versions. The first overtly female-oriented Urwerk timepiece (bearing in mind women have been buying the unisex Urwerk pieces prior to this), at 35mm… Read More ›
MB&F : LM1 Silberstein
So I was at Baselworld 2016 waiting for my appointment when I noticed a familiar looking person. I stood there wracking my brains, trying to match a name. Then I glanced down at his wrist. It was Mr. Alain Silberstein,… Read More ›