Reading Time: 2 minutesA day at the races or a night at the Opera could be two of the occasions where you can impress yourself or the others with this incredible watch – Movado Museum Classic. Incredible is also the price – 595 Euro. What’s so incredible about a watch that costs soContinue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutesThis watch is missing from my collection. I’ve always wanted it, it’s one of the watches I loved from the beginning of my horological journey. Why don’t I have it? – Because I’m waiting for the moment when I will stop in front of the window, I will see it andContinue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Perpetual Calendar was always a desired complication: the watch that needs no correction for the date is convenient and most of the times a beautiful timepiece. This is the case of the Carl F. Bucherer Manero Chronoperpetual – a flyback chronograph and perpetual calendar with leap year and moon phase (no manual correctionContinue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutes“I’ve always regarded the watch as an extension of the human body. A living presence on the wrist; a delicate organ that measures our time.” Emanuel Dietrich I decided to start this post by quoting Mr Dietrich not only because it is a truth credo for every watch lover and collector butContinue Reading
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn the Westphalian city of Münster, Germany, there is a small watch manufacturer – MeisterSinger. They are best known for their single-hand watches: based on the idea of the very old watches with only one hand and antique solar watches. From the MeisterSinger Collection, I like the most the PangaeaContinue Reading
Reading Time: 2 minutesThere is almost a year since I wrote about the Grönefeld 1941 Remontoire and almost a year and a half since I’ve asked Tim and Bart Grönefeld if they intend to do a collaboration and with whom (Short question, short answer). Since then, they’ve won the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève award forContinue Reading
Reading Time: 2 minutesDusk and Dawn are the times when the superheroes and the villains make their appearance. In this case, our hero is the Daredevil: that turns into a beast at dusk only to transform into a beauty at dawn. The Daredevil watch collection from Sarpaneva watches doesn’t refer to the fantastic heroesContinue Reading
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis week, my colleague and a fellow collector D. made my a surprise and brought with him the watches acquired for his marriage anniversary. We started an ad-hoc foto session with inappropriate neon light but with a lot of joy. The watches are from Stuttgart collection of Bruno Söhnle. The ref. 17-12173-223, StuttgartContinue Reading
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen it comes to watches inspired by flight board instruments Bell & Ross is the first that pops out in my mind. They have their signature look and are easily recognised in the same way a Porsche or an Aston Martin is easy to recognise. The choice for my wish/shoppingContinue Reading
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt’s a lovely watch and I like it: the Ref. 177 from Nomos. It’s simple, looks very good and I spot it immediately at a gentleman’s wrist. This watch has a simple, elegant look and if it looks fragile it is just an impression. The case is 35.0 mm in diameterContinue Reading
Reading Time: 2 minutesVulcain is well known for the cricket watches and especially as the presidents’ watches, with a nice history that can be better known reading this book online. The watch that I would like to present to you today is the Vulcain Cloisonne The World, that was presented in 2007 to celebrate theContinue Reading