Reading Time: < 1 minuteI would like to share with you one of the watches that I love: The Omega Speedmaster Snoopy Award – a special limited edition for the 45th Anniversary of the Apollo 13 space mission. Apollo 13 astronauts rewarded Omega with the Silver Snoopy Award for the excellent chronometer provided for the SpaceContinue Reading
Reading Time: 4 minutesIt is hard to explain how can I be proud of someone and something that is not directly related to me. But I am! I am proud to be one of not so many people who know and love the work of an artist – Augustin Matei. He deserves toContinue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutes I never met a watch lover that is not in-loved with Guilloché. Even if it’s not a watch and just a guilloché decorated metal object. According to Wikipedia: Guilloché (or guilloche) is a decorative technique in which a very precise, intricate and repetitive pattern is mechanicallyContinue Reading
Reading Time: 5 minutesI was waiting patiently to see the new beauty from the Horological Brothers – the Grönefelds. My expectation was fulfilled and my joy has no margins regarding the Grönefeld 1941 Remontoire – a new watch, an old complication and a lot of Grönefeld specific elements. But about that a littleContinue Reading
Reading Time: 7 minutesThe first time I’ve heard about the dead second was in 2012. It was the One Hertz 1912 of the independent Grönefeld brothers. I saw some pictures and some short clips and I was thrilled. Gönefeld One Hertz Classic Gönefeld One Hertz Classic Back At that point, I wasContinue 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