Reading Time: 2 minutesI 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’sContinue Reading
Reading Time: 4 minutesDuring 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. VoutilainenContinue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutesSome 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. TheContinue Reading
Reading Time: 4 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 watchesContinue Reading
Reading Time: 4 minutesEvery 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 theContinue Reading