Reading Time: 2 minutes I presented last week, with a great pleasure, The Naked Watchmaker project of the watchmaker Peter Speake-Marin. Since there were some questions left in my mind, I decided to ask the man himself, according to my tradition, only two questions. Continue Reading
Reading Time: 2 minutes We presented recently the Pioneer Chronicles Campaign. Original and maybe a bit controversial, the Pioneer Chronicles intend to make us think at the real reasons why we want a watch. Moreover, it intends to create a lust – the lust for an H. Moser & Cie Pioneer watch. We askedContinue Reading
Reading Time: 5 minutes A month ago I wrote about the Jumping minutes and jumping hours from 4N Paris – a gorgeous example of Haute Horlogerie. The 4N Watch is a great example of innovation in the world of watches, a breath of fresh air. Writing the article, I was very eager to find outContinue Reading
Reading Time: 2 minutes Every time I write about the independent brands and watchmakers I think about the personal side of it. That’s the advantage of the Independent Watchmaking – you can put a person and a face to it. I like to know the people behind, to understand them and to make theContinue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutes There is quite a while since I wrote my review on Augustin Matei (or the Romanian Website) watches and since then he had a lot of new projects and his work is becoming better known. Doing custom watches at very affordable prices is not easy but for some collectors havingContinue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutes I always like to know details about the creator/designer/manufacturer of the watch I like. It is the human touch that makes it more interesting, so, after the view of the One Hertz, I prepared some questions for the Horological Brothers. The Grönefelds are based in Oldenzaal, Netherlands, and they ownContinue Reading
Reading Time: 2 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’sContinue Reading
Reading Time: 4 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. VoutilainenContinue Reading