British watchmakers Arnold & Son have just released a watch with a rarely seen complication. As the name indicates, the new Arnold & Son True Beat 88 features a ‘dead beat’ seconds. Another ‘dead beat seconds’ we’ve looked at is… Read More ›
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Les Univers Infinis – Vacheron Constantin
Vacheron’s “Les Univers Infinis” is their latest Métiers d’Art collection, which highlights the artisanal crafts of enamelling, engraving, Escher influenced tessellation and guilloché. There’s something to be said about watches with a sense of whimsy rather than ultra complications, watches… Read More ›
Full list of Panerai 2012 releases
For those who have found it hard to find a complete list of Panerai’s SIHH 2012 offerings, here’s a run down of OP’s new models for this year. HISTORIC RADIOMIR CALIFORNIA 3 DAYS Ø 47 MM PAM00424 MOVEMENTHand-wound mechanical, Panerai… Read More ›
SIHH 2012 : Piaget’s Altiplano Skeleton – setting new records for ‘thin’
Although it was announced a couple of months ago, Piaget has now formally launched the stunning Altiplano Skeleton at SIHH 2012. At 38mm, this dress watch holds two ‘firsts’. At 5.34mm it is the world’s thinnest automatic skeleton watch and… Read More ›
Hands-on with the Rolex Explorer II
One of Rolex’s most talked about announcements at Basel World 2011 was an updated Explorer II (Ref. 216570), with a 24-hour arrow hand in orange, harking back to the original 1971 Ref.1655 Explorer II, which was an addition to the… Read More ›
Liquid time keeping – welcome to the H1
So the watch chatter in the last week has increased, with pre-SIHH announcements, Peter Speake-Marin’s astonishing new Renaissance tourbillon minute repeater, and a fun piece that has piqued my interest – a new brand called HYT (Hydro Mechanical Horologists), whose… Read More ›
Glashütte Original Senator Observer 1911 Julius Assmann
The newly announced Glashütte Original Senator Observer 1911 Julius Assmann, limited to 25 pieces (the age at which Assmann founded his watch ‘manufacture’), pays homage to the founder of GO, Julius Assmann, and famed Polar explorer Roald Amundsen. Why… Read More ›
The Gigantis
Are Kudoe, Schli & Matz the MB&F of luxury watchwinders? K, S & M are – Bernd Kussmaul and Uwe Matzner with a history in an engineering business that counts Aston-Martin or Bugatti amongst its customers, and Markus Döttling and… Read More ›
2011 Chinese outbound tourism spending expected to reach $55 billion
One of the most consistent themes in the world of luxury watches today is the importance of the Chinese market. I have written about it here, and mentioned the importance of this market both domestically, and in terms of the… Read More ›
flour and stone : when baking meets horology
I’ve become a fan of flour and stone, and have visited them a few times since these two visits. One of the reasons behind one of these subsequent visits was to put in a special order – pocket watch gingerbread…. Read More ›
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