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Lange presents the Richard Lange Tourbillon Pour le Merite, a tourbillon with a regulator dial inspired by a pocket watch created by 18 th century Saxon horologist Johann Heinrich Seyffert. It feature

An enduring and iconic design, the Cartier Santos was famously created for Brazilian aviator Alberto Santos-Dumont in 1904. Since then it has gone on to become one of Cartier’s blockbuster models, esp

As first unveiled on here a few days ago, here are live pictures of the Calibre de Cartier Astrotourbillon in titanium which will be launched formally at SIHH 2011 in January. It is 45 mm wide in tita

Just a few hours ago today I was presented with what I believe will be the flagship complication for Cartier at SIHH 2011 - the Rotonde de Cartier Astroregulateur (or Astroregulator in English). The e

This will be a sure hit, the Astrotourbillon in a titanium Calibre de Cartier case, limited to 100 pieces. As far as I can recall this is the first Calibre de Cartier in titanium, in fact it is one of

Earlier in my epic 13-part post on the Cartier manufacture in La Chaux-de-Fonds I took a look at the enamelling department of the manufacture ( click here to see the post). This post will provide a mo

A visit to the Lange manufactory in Glashütte An tour of the Lange Uhren factory in Glashütte covering the manufacturing and finishing of parts, assembly and testing, including in-house hairspring pro

I was discussing independent watchmakers with a friend and in response to something he wrote I penned the following, off the top of my head. What do others think? "The Daniels-Smith collaboration watc

Here are video clips of the references 3979J, 5078P and 5016R minute repeaters from Patek Philippe. These are not showroom watches, they are owned by collectors who have worn them. The 3979 is a coupl

This Tortue minute repeater wristwatch, c. 1928, from Cartier Paris is a small watch, at 30 mm wide and 33 mm long. It is cased in yellow gold and fitted with a modern lizard skin strap. A watch simil

The Zenith Christophe Colomb Tourbillon has the escapement mounted on two gimbals, as on a marine chronometer, to keep the escapement horizontal at all times.The tourbillon cage and gimbals total 166

Product development at Cartier is a rigorous and complicated undertaking involving dozens of people from marketing and technical development. Watches are not created in isolation but with careful rega

Matthias Schuler took over as CEO of Manufacture Roger Dubuis two years ago, after Richemont acquired the brand from founder Carlos Dias. He was joined by several other Richemont colleagues, like Clau

Legendary Cartier collector - rumour has it he owns more than a dozen Collection Privee Cartier Paris watches - GEO was in town recently. He visited several Cartier boutiques in Singapore with Christo

The generous folks at Lange Uhren have agreed to provide two copies of the recently published book covering the meticulous and amazing restoration of the Grande Complication No. 42500 pocket watch ( c

News of the worldwide launch of Grand Seiko first surfaced at Baselworld 2010. Seiko has just announced that the watches will be launched worldwide later this month, as well as the launch of a brand n

Denis Giguet founded Manufacture Contemporaine du Temps (MCT) after leaving Harry Winston Rare Timepieces (HWRT), where he was Production Director. There are hints of the Opus watches in MCT; Giguet o

On Monday, after the Singapore Grand Prix weekend, Richard Mille opened his boutique at the Marina Bay Sands casino and resort with Felipe Massa as the guest of honour. The place was packed with colle

I was very fortunate to be a guest of TAG Heuer at the Vodafone Mercedes McLaren suite at the Singapore Grand Prix. The Paddock Club as always is an enjoyable experience, especially with the weather i

I was at the new Cartier boutique at Singapore's Marina Bay Sands resort and casino yesterday - the day it opened - to check it out. It is a well positioned two level store facing an open atrium, with