Hands-On with delights from the May 2023 Auction at the Dorotheum Vienna!
´Collector´s View` on an eclectic selection of watches, from dress watches over calendars to icons, to be sold at the Dorotheum auction, 26 May 2023
Entries by Ornatus Mundi
Gold Dust: Paul Gerber’s new Ref. 420 Triple Rotor ‘Guilloché’ questions the common paradigms of ‘Haute Horlogerie’
My first ‘New Watch Alert’ for 2023, the Ref. 420 Triple Rotor ‘Guilloché’, is what I consider ‘essentially Paul’: unique ‘in-house’ watchmaking with a twinkling eye
Gold Dust: Into the weekend in a dolce vita mood – enjoying summer with the Bvlgari Diagono Scuba
Only the Italians manage to blend elegance with brutalist elements in such an effortless style – the Bvlgari Diagono Scuba, a perfect summer watch
Torrefazione La Triestina – Exploring Unfiltered Artisanal Coffee Culture in Italy’s ‘Coffee Capital’
If you forget famous names and look around the corners of Trieste, you’ll find some authentic treasures such as ‘La Triestina’ – treasures that are under thread
URWERK: the new ‘UR-112 Aggregat’ – hands-on with a most complicated gearbox for your wrist
The horological mechanics put ‘time – at your service!’ with a clever use of planetary gear systems, and finally overcome their dislike of silicon – meet the Urwerk UR-112 Aggregat
Gold Dust: Vacheron Constantin Prestige 1972 – the Golden Section, wherever you look
Shaped watches are always for those with the most eclectic tastes – the Vacheron Constantin Prestige 1972 sits at the apex of this genre, and this not only because of its asymmetric design…
The value of passionate spending: a fully bespoke strap from Heima Leathers (& interview with founder!)
True luxury might not cost a lot of money and might even come form unsuspected places (Indonesia here), but it requires taste, a bit of imagination, but the result is deeply satisfying – if you work with the right people!
Snapshot(s): the Zenith Chronomaster Original – the iconic A386 gets a second life
After a few more or less limited re-editions, the lovely Zenith A86 resurfaces permanently as Chronomaster Original
Hands-On with the new IWC Big Pilot’s Watch 43
In a trend to return to ‘reasonable’ sizes, the new IWC’s Big Pilot’s Watch 43 hits a perfect middle ground, but it may also be the real ‘PuristS’ Choice’…
Vegan Deluxe? Hands-on with the new Hirsch WINE strap made of Austrian wine leaves
‘Sustainability’ is a troubled keyword. In the watch industry, brands are adding ‘vegan’ straps. We had our hands on a charming option from Austria, the Hirsch WINE making use of real wine leaves. Is it a valid alternative yet?