Reading Time: 4 minutes I have asked myself these questions too at some point in time. Here are my answers. How do you define a watch collector? Some say that if you have two watches and consider buying the third – it’s already too late – you are a collector. When I […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes There are a few things that can bring me to tears of joy even in the darkest moments: my wife, a DB9 with an Amvox Transponder linked and chocolate. If you are a watch lover forget about smart watches, quartz, tourbillon, perpetual calendar, minute repeater and other complications. Go to […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes I had on Saturday a great surprise: visiting the Retro Classics Show (classic cars exhibition – http://www.retro-classics.de/en/) I encountered there Benzinger Watches (http://www.jochenbenzinger.de). A greater surprise was to see Mr. Benzinger present there. In a corner he was working at, as he later told me, the decoration of the balance’s […]
Reading Time: 5 minutes During my ‘investigation’ for the Voutilainen Chronograph I stopped at some point and asked myself what is Mr. Voutilainen wearing at his wrist during the day. And if he likes watches (judging by his career pick), more than sure he has preferences. So I decided to ask him and Mr. Voutilainen […]
Reading Time: 4 minutes Some great masters exist undoubtedly in this world, unfortunately, they are few. One of these masters is Kari Voutilainen. I decided to shortly present some of his work/creations – the Chronograph series. On his website http://voutilainen.ch/site/the-watches/ we can find 3 pieces: Masterpiece Chronograph, Chronograph Monopoussoir and Masterpiece Chronograph II. The […]
Reading Time: 6 minutes The 1270P caliber – one of the latest, thinnest and a very beautiful automatic movement (http://int.piaget.com/movement/1270p-tourbillon-movement ) In the beginnings, when I was young and inexperienced, I believed that automatic watches are a new thing, coming from the modern ages… I was terribly wrong! But then I started to discover watches […]
Reading Time: 6 minutes Every watchmaker is fighting a series of physical laws when creating a watch. A great problem on precision is caused by the gravity since the positions of the tourbillon are limited. Since 2002, the team from JLC (Magali Metrailler as responsible for the aesthetic aspects and Eric Coudray for the […]
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