De Bethune China

Reading Time: 2 minutesOn the occasion of participating at the Shanghai Watch Festival, De Bethune announces it will strengthen its presence in mainland China to better respond to the interest shown by local collectors. To mark the event, the brand was present in Shanghai with an exhibit of its timepieces, including the famous DB25 Starry VariusContinue Reading

Ateliers DeMonaco Ronde de Monte-Carlo – La Sirène Champagne

Reading Time: 2 minutesAteliers deMonaco, watchmaking manufacture, first launched its La Sirène timepiece in 2009. 9 years later, the brand offers its leading lady a beautiful new Champagne look for the festive season. This delicate piece offers a perfect balance between watchmaking tradition and dazzling beauty. Luxuriously composed of gold and diamonds, thisContinue Reading

Roger Dubuis Excalibur Huracán Performante

Reading Time: 3 minutesEvery day is a competition day for Roger Dubuis, filled with challenges to be taken on and ambitious goals to be reached. Like Lamborghini Squadra Corse, the Maison is firmly committed to cutting-edge performance, ferocious groundbreaking technology and super-sleek aesthetics, all fuelled by a high-impact R&D vision and focused onContinue Reading

Cabestan Triple Axis Tourbillon

Reading Time: 4 minutesI review today a special piece created by the Swiss independent brand Cabestan – the Triple Axis Tourbillon. The concept was also “hiding” the fuse-and-chain traditional complication that is the signature of the Cabestan watches. When I first met the Triple Axis Tourbillon in the flesh I was amazed by theContinue Reading

Double Balancier

Reading Time: 7 minutesGreubel Forsey timepieces are more than just exceptional timepieces. The brand raises watchmaking at the level of art. Their watches arouse emotions beyond the conscious intellect. I invite you to read an essay about the art of watchmaking sent by the Greubel Forsey team.Continue Reading

The Czapek "100th Anniversary - Tribute to Poland"

Reading Time: 5 minutesWarsaw, November 2018 – Czapek pays tribute to the 100th anniversary of the independence of Poland, the nation of its founder, with a limited edition timepiece featuring the 1918 Polish coat-of-arms. The watch is proposed in a special music box created for the occasion by the Swiss Manufacture Reuge. TheContinue Reading

Brellum Pandial Black DLC Chronometer

Reading Time: 2 minutesBrellum Watches took the world of watches by storm in December 2016: excellently built watches powered by a modified Valjoux 7750 with COSC certification and with a very good price point. Since the release, the Brellum watches got several beautiful versions, covering many wishes and desires. Now it is the timeContinue Reading

Grönefeld Principia Lifestyle

Reading Time: 5 minutesAlmost three years after the release of their multiple awards winning 1941 Remontoire Bart and Tim Grönefeld are pleased to reveal their first automatically wound timepiece the “1941 Principia”.Continue Reading

The Naked Watchmaker Website

Reading Time: 4 minutesThe Naked Watchmaker project is one of the coolest websites about watches, watchmaking and the people of the world of horology available. The website transpires, besides extremely valuable information, a lot of passion. I salute Peter Speake-Marin for his project and I will try to present you my favourite parts of it.Continue Reading