I had successfully completed the watchmaking course with Paul Gerber – foolishly I felt confident enough to dare decorating the movement of my MING 19.CR
The watch, with 1-minute flying tourbillon carrying a 0.2sec remontoir in its cage, was what Engel himself said ‘his last watch’ since ‘he could not improve further’ (until he changed his mind…)
The Classique Souscription 2025 – the first Breguet in years which makes one’s heart beat faster – and that says something!
Let’s watch how a simple (Bvlgari), a complete (vintage JLC), an annual (MIH Watch), and a perpetual calendar (IWC Da Vinci) make it through ‘The Day’ of a leap year!
In its early years, Breguet was a powerhouse of innovation and a style-setter. Today, the iconic style is considered conservative. Is the current, modernised Marine collection the much needed ‘fresh blood’?
´Collector´s View` on an eclectic selection of watches, including the legendary IWC Il Destriero Scafusia Grand Complication, to be sold at the Dorotheum auction, 01 December 2023
The Vianney Halter Deep Space Tourbillon Resonance teaches us about resonance as a fundamental phenomenon shaping a self-organising Universe
Luca Soprana – the gifted artisan and his Atelier 7h38 are a veritable mechanical recluse that helped giving birth to a number of marvels – now they took on to continue Derek Pratt’s legacy
´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
Hands-On with something uncommon yet desirable from Patek Philippe´s Calatrava collection, with three new white gold timepieces featuring a modern, graphic style and distinguished ebony black dials with rhythmic geometry – Ref. 6007G.