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Armin Strom presents their first in-house movement Don Corson, November 2009 The day of the big event has finally arrived. Armin Strom will be presenting their newest achievement, their first in-house

Off to the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève.... This year I have been invited to the Grand Prix de l’Horlogerie de Genève for the first time. This is one of the major events in the watchmaking year a

Day 2, The Purists on Tour 2009, we visit Chopard in Geneva Yesterday we had the pleasure of visiting Chopard’s watchmaking factory in Fleurier where the movement parts are made and a large portion of

The Purists on Tour 2009, we visit Chopard in Fleurier As is the custom at this time of year a group of Purists have found a way of stilling their hunger for knowledge. A trip to see with their own ey

20 Years of Tourbillons from Richard Habring It was in September 1989 that Richard Habring presented his first tourbillon watch or better, a tiny carriage clock with a movement about 35mm long in a li

From the Pirouette to Non-Round Wheels, the 13th Journée d’Etude of the Société Suisse de Chronométrie, the SSC. This study day of the SSC, held the 16th of September at the Beauliex convention center

BNB Concept - part 1 Development & Parts Making Who has ever heard of them, BNB Concept? Even among those knowledgeable in the world of haute horlogerie, BNB what? And in spite of this BNB is the sour

You will remember that in my recent post showing my visit to the Christophe Claret shop I had no pictures of the final cased up product of his new DualTow model. That was due to the fact that they did

At a nice little get together in Geneva this evening we got to see a working Urwerk UR-CC1 "in the flesh". Inspired by a vintage Patek unique piece that shows the time in a linear display the UR-CC1 a

A visit to the Christophe Claret Manufacture d’Horlogerie Part 1, 20th Anniversary Limited Edition The manufacture Christophe Claret is one of those organisations which for the last 20 years has been

Ready for a long day investigating the industrial strength of Bulgari. Our meeting place is the Hotel Palafitte in Neuchâtel. Very stealthy, you would never suspect a 5-star hotel here, hiding behind

Stepan is showing for the first time the new gold cased versions of the Korona. The gold cases are a bit smaller at 43mm with the cut through the depth design elements of a Supernova styled down to fi

AHCI member Rainer Nienaber showed the full range of his retrograde watches. Mr. Nienaber offers custom dials and hands for his customers. Note here the brown color titanium hands. This is from a heat

Last Friday Stepan Sarpaneva launched his new watch, the Korona K3 Black Moon during the Black Moon Ceremony at the Suomenlinna Fortress in the harbour of Helsinki. I had the honour of being there, in

This past Friday Stepan Sarpaneva presented his newest model, the Korona K3 Black Moon at the historic Suomenlinna sea fortress in Helsinki. Until I get the write-up done, here some images to wet your