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