Reading Time: 4 minutesHow are the legends born? When one knows the “legend” level was achieved? Some timepieces gain that status in years and years of presence or absence – depending on the case, but some are instant legends. This is the case with the new MB&F HM8 Mark 2 – a fineContinue Reading
Reading Time: 5 minutesWhat a joyful piece it is – Roger Dubuis Excalibur Blacklight Spin-Stone™ Monobalancier. Although I am a more conservative mind and I am not a fan of bright-coloured watches, I was conquered by the summer vibe of it. But don’t get fooled by the sparkly appearance, this machine is aContinue Reading
Reading Time: 4 minutesExcellency is a definitory attribute for the Traditionelle line of the Maison of Connoisseur. But there is nothing more desirable than a beautiful surprise – Vacheron Constantin Traditionnelle Tourbillon Retrograde Date Openface combines an avant-garde aesthetic with mechanical sophistication in a multi-depth watch face with a tourbillon as the show’sContinue Reading
Reading Time: 6 minutesIWC Schaffhausen launched at Watches & Wonders 2023, a newly engineered automatic watch inspired by the legendary Ingenieur SL that the genius designer Gérald Genta created. The new IWC Ingenieur Automatic 40 was launched in three versions in steel, the object of today’s review and a lighter version in titanium.Continue Reading
Reading Time: 5 minutesWhat better complication for an anniversary than a tourbillon – Frederique Constant celebrates its 35th anniversary with not one but three tourbillon watches. Frederique Constant Classics Tourbillon Manufacture also celebrates fifteen years since the launch of the brand’s first manufacture tourbillon calibre. Again, the brand reveals “affordable luxury” as theContinue Reading
Reading Time: 4 minutesParmigiani is all about immersion into the heart of purism. Of an almost understated elegance, the watches produced by this independent manufacturer come with exceptional characteristics. The most definitory one consists of superb finishes on all the watch elements, whether case, dial, or movement. No exception for the TONDA PFContinue Reading
Reading Time: 5 minutesI could not have started in another way than with the video. I enjoy a saumon fumé from time to time, but this is something else, something special… The H. Moser & Cie. Streamliner Centre Seconds Smoked Salmon has the most spectacular smoked dial I’ve seen and one of theContinue Reading
Reading Time: 5 minutesInhorgenta 2023 was the perfect opportunity to see the latest novelties from Frederique Constant. The brand’s presence was highlighted by the 35 years anniversary. One of the anniversary pieces is the Frederique Constant Highlife Worldtimer Manufacture Steel Reference FC-718C4NH6 – a non-limited piece, a variation of Frederique Constant’s fantastic worldtimerContinue Reading
Reading Time: 8 minutesI am not such a fan of partner look in any of the directions, but a subtle connoisseurs approach is something I can easily fall for. So what better way to start the new year than with a Christophe Claret selection for both partners? For the smaller wrist and moreContinue Reading
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe first flakes of snow have fallen. The temperature has dropped under the freezing point. The winter is here in her full right. And something extraordinary happened – the landscape in front of me, as I was looking at the faraway fields, reminded me of a watch. Usually is theContinue Reading
Reading Time: 8 minutesLa Esmeralda is a legendary tourbillon pocket watch that blended extraordinary precision with several artistic crafts and that was presented at ‘Exposition Universelle’ in 1889. For its 230-year anniversary, the now independent manufacturer celebrates with a series of wristwatches showing its expertise in haute horologerie and artistic crafts. Today, weContinue Reading