Gronefeld 1941 Remontoire

Reading Time: 5 minutes I 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

Voutilainen Chronograph

Reading Time: 3 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. TheContinue Reading

Piaget automatic calibre

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

Jaeger -LeCoultre Gyrotourbillon

Reading Time: 4 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 theContinue Reading