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My first encounter with Beat Haldimann was at the AHCI booth at Basel sometime in 2001 or 2002. I was subjugated by his H1 Flying Central Tourbillon with its mesmerizing dance on the centre of the dia

I have to start by saying how biased I am toward De Bethune! They represent for me one of the greatest contemporary independent brands in the sense that they are not content using traditional movement

I can’t get enough when it comes to watches ! I don’t mean buying - even though I wish I had a tree with leaves made of 1000 dollar bills growing in my back yard – but rather in searching about them.

what another Romain Jerome post ? Yes because RJ is starting to slowly become one of my favorite brands if I want to get a creative and quirky watch, extremely well made, with horological substance wi

I had decided at one point to stop three handed watches, I already have a few which get plenty of wrist time and didn’t really want or need another in my collection. Last year I discovered the Laurent

Went to the Laurent Ferrier workshops yesterday to pick up something special (but more on this later) and got to see their new piece which shall be oficially presented at Basel in a few weeks. The fir

This summer I came out of the closet and admitted not to only liking the Romain Jerome Steampunk model but to actually having bought one home.watchprosite.com After some discussions with Manuel Emch t

It is quite rare to see so many pieces from independent watchmakers to make it on the preselection list for the Geneva watchmaking Grand prix. Brands sign up their watches in the catagories which they

is starting to become one of my favorite independent watchmakers: he manages to merge viciously cool designs immediately identifiable as his, interesting complications, real horology in conception and

Do you remember your first girlfriend? Your first love, which set the benchmark for your future relationships and modelled your tastes? The one you bump into many years after and who is even more beau

Somewhat like the 3 Princes of Serendip I fell upon a marvel without looking for one: Laurent Ferrier and his new watch “The Gallet Classic Tourbillon Double Spiral”. Galet which is French for pebble

A friend of mine recently received his Horological Machine n°2 and since he is both technically challenged and is not comfortable in writing in English asked me to share scans and impressions with you

The owner of this watch who recently recieved his Observatory by Kari Voutilainen asked me to post these scans on his behalf. This is to date the only version in platinum Hope you enjoy the photos ===