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The greater the originality of the design, the greater the value of the piece. In times of CNC and CAD it is (probably) not enough to present the most complicated wrist watch with 20 complications, on

Is there a better way to mark an important date than with exceptional timepieces made by scarce specialists? So far we almost only have seen and talked about the regular Anniversary collection, but

The atmosphere on Monday in Geneva was quite special. Almost everybody had no idea what will come and there have been NO leaks - something the Stern´s have been very proud of. When it comes to Patek P

With the strategic objective to fortify and advance autonomous watchmaking in Germany, a new horological group, called Tempus Arte Group , was founded in Munich in 2013. Its introduction to the public

It was about 20C warm and sunny all the time. Just a perfect day in autumn to spend with family & friends and lucky us we got a nice invitation to see some games of the Bucherer German Polo Tour. Asi

... a real life comparison. Is it appropriate to compare those two watches? Lets have a look together. Both have a long history, but different approach. SEIKO 5 - it all started with a Seiko Sportsma

DeWitt – in-depth view of the collection from Geneva Week 2014 and one more surprise – Part I We (Magnus & Oliver) would like to introduce to you the Twenty-8-Eight Full Moon , the charming re-inv

I am looking forward to see what happened in those years and what the outcome is. That´s what we saw (or even got; at least a few very lucky ones ) back in 1989 : Only five models shown in the picture

The Heritage Perpetual Calendar - hands-on with one of the first pre-production models, facts, personal impressions and lots of live pictures taken by me. Introduction A perpetual calendar is a grand

... the people behind. I will share some impressions of the trip, some wrist shots of watches together with personal thoughts about and an excursion about value.  The price is what we have to pay. Th

SEIKO 5 - it all started with a Seiko Sportsmatic 5 , back in 1963. The idea was to set a new standard in accessibly priced mechanical watches with its innovative combination of an automatic movement.

I would like to provide you with my – subjective – in-depth impressions of A. Lange & Söhne SIHH 2014 novelties – particularly the Richard Lange Perpetual Calendar Terraluna , the 1815 Tourbillon

The Royal Oak Offshore Diver is not new in general as it was already presented in 2010, but in a "simple" steel version. The new white ceramic version I had no chance to see at SIHH in Geneva, but aft

At the moment I have the pleasure to enjoy the MB Perpetual Calendar in RG and after taking some nice pictures today I decided to share some with you. I hope you can appreciate them as much as I do th

if you have something to share. I will start ... Montblanc Heritage Perpetual Calendar A. Lange & Shne 1815 Moonphase Patek Philippe 5496P Patek Philippe 5204P De Witt Twenty-8-Eight Full Moon De

The Patek Philippe Ellipse was the darling of the Jetset community, back in the late 60s. Filigree and groovy, at the same time! Two examples to start : It has been and still is available in a lot of

Tudor Heritage Ranger & Black Bay , lets focus on those two novelties  together with some selected vintage pieces to understand the roots, or just for the pleasure of looking. This year for the firs

 but more on this later. First lets have a look at something bold in almost all white. The new AP ROO white ceramic (Ref. 26402CB.OO.A010CA.01) in 44mm. Case : White ceramic case, glareproofed s

I hope you like my small selection of pictures, until we get more information (about events, novelties ...) from Patek Philippe. The celebration started today and I would like to recommend to have a l

During the Geneva week in January, I had the pleasure to see at least the movement of the latest novelty from URWERK. I already shared my movement pictures with you and URWERK offered a few teasers, o