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I need a new watch... So I have started making it. I think I have found what it is, that fascination. It is going from the mechanical design to "the real thing" I have been working on this design on a

Studio7h38, a Watchmaking Design and R&D Shop D. Corson, November 2013 The strict corset put on all companies run by the MBAs and their banks leaves no room for spontaneity or creativity. As in-ho

BaselWorld 2013 - GoS (Gustafsson & Sjögren) Watches GoS Watches is a partnership between Johan Gustafsson and Patrik Sjögren that we have been following with interest for several years now. I hav

My newest daily wearer, a Rado Golden Horse Chronometer. I had the chance to pick up this re-edition of the Golden Horse, a Rado model first introduced in 1958, and am enjoying it greatly. At 35.2mm i

BaselWorld 2013 - Linde Werdelin Linde Werdelin has branched out to new case materials this year. The Spidolite II is available in titanium, gold, ALW and starting this summer also in forged carbon. A

BaselWorld 2013 : Antoine Martin Antoine Martin has been a well guarded secret for a couple of years now. Martin Braun, the technical brains of this outfit can't unfortunately, use his own name for th

BaselWorld 2013 : Beat Haldimann Beat Haldimann was again present this year at BaselWorld in the independents tent known as the "Palace". Beat was showing his iconic H1 and the new H11 watch. Going fr

H. Moser at BaselWorld 2013 H. Moser from Schaffhausen has gone through a change of ownership this past year. It is now in the stable of Georges-Henri Meylan's MELB Holding which also includes Hautlen

Louis Moinet at BaselWorld 2013 Louis Moinet is continuing on its voyage with its very distictive cases and dials. This year they showed several limited edition chronographs dedicated to sports figure

First Live Pictures - The Vianney Halter Deep Space A month ago I wrote about Vianney Halter and his next watch: "A year of dreaming, philosophizing, reflecting on the human condition. Trapped in the

BaselWorld 2013 : Voutilainen Kari Voutilainen showed as usual a small number of stunning pieces. These all use the new 28 movement with its direct impulse escapement with two escape wheels. The wheel

BaselWorld 2013 : Christophe Claret This year Christophe Claret presented the new chronograph with constant force escapement the Kantharos. What, you say, a Christophe Claret without a tourbillon? Wel

BaselWorld 2013 : Ressence Of course we remember the Ressence watch from designer Benoit Mintiens. We have been following this watch for several years now with its rotating dial filling entirely the c

BaselWorld 2013 - Stefan Kudoke Stefan Kudoke makes skeletonised and engraved watches by hand. As such each one is unique. We have been following Stefans work for several years now in the BaselWorld r

BaselWorld 2013 : Armin Strom Armin Strom showed their new automatic micro-rotor the "Gravity" and the series versions of their new tourbillon. As for all their models they are available in 4 decorati

Laurent Ferrier at BaselWorld 2013 New at Laurent Ferrier this year is the dual time zone Gallet micro-rotor with double direct escapement model. The dual time complication is integrated into the micr

BaselWorld Experience 2: The Hall of the Giants DonC, May 2013 Hall 1 of the Basel Fair has always been the hall of the big brands and the big stands. With the rebuilding and enlargement of the hall t

Maximilian Büsser and Friends My first encounter with the HM5, we are back by '70s automobile design. Louvers, open and closed. Hidden headlights in which we can read the time. Here we see the movemen

Peter Speake-Marin is showing his newest "entry level" models, the Spirit and Resilience, the first of a new line of "Mechanical Art" watches the Triad, and some one of a kind pieces. Let's take a loo

BaselWorld is not just about the watches themselves, it is the most important meeting place for the watch industry, manufacturers, distributers and retailers and a major event for the city of Basel. T