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Perpetually PuristS 2012 - Seattle - Jon Zhang (Z3) I always have a special, warm and fuzzy place in my heart reserved for the last day of February... Why is that? Watches with simple calendar date wh

The 2012 SIHH PuristSPro Live Report - Jon Z. (Z3) Richard Mille RM 056 Felipe Massa Tourbillon Split Second Competition Chronograph Sapphire - Case constructed entirely with sapphire crystal - first

The 2012 SIHH PuristSPro Live Report - Jon Z. (Z3) Piaget This year Piaget continues its effort for pushing the boundary of thinness to the extreme - the result is the Altiplano Automatic Skeleton, wh

The 2012 SIHH PuristSPro Live Report - Jon Z. (Z3) Girard Perregaux We will start GP this year with the 1966 in rose gold in a smaller 38mm diameter. The new chronograph The Annual Calendar EOT in sla

The 2012 SIHH PuristSPro Live Report - Jon Z. (Z3) A. Lange & Sohne Lange has 5 new novelties this year - Grand Lange 1 with the "proper" proportions thanks to a newly designed calibre L095.1, the Dat

The 2012 SIHH PuristSPro Live Report - Jon Z. (Z3) Jaeger-LeCoultre Duometre a Spherotourbillon is considered one of the highlights of the entire SIHH 2012. The seemingly suspended tourbillon that tur

The 2012 SIHH PuristSPro Live Report - Jon Z. (Z3) Greubel Forsey Speechless.... I will let the photos do the talking. GMT - Calibre GF05 in white gold case Quadruple Tourbillon Secret - for those dis

The 2012 SIHH PuristSPro Live Report - Jon Z. (Z3) Parmigiani This year Parmigiani introduced the Tonda 1950 - paying tribute to the year that Mr. Michel Parmigiani was born. The titanium piece is a s

The 2012 SIHH PuristSPro Live Report - Jon Z. (Z3) Montblanc In recent years Montblanc's watchmaking effort has taken the world by a storm with a dizzying array of super cool complications and fantast

The 2012 SIHH PuristSPro Live Report - Jon Z. (Z3) Dear fellow Purists, Again comes the refreshingly chilling Geneva January and the venerable watch show SIHH. As somebody who has done it in the past

The 2012 SIHH PuristSPro Live Report - Jon Z. (Z3) Panerai The Panerai booth exhibits the process of making a ceramic case... This year Panerai came out with the new line that features the new shape -

PuristSPro BaselWorld 2011 Live Reporting - Jon Z. ( Z3) Chopard A truly integrated manufacture (if you recall, they even make their own gold!) and a brand that has a special spot in my heart, this ye

PuristSPro BaselWorld 2011 Live Reporting - Jon Z. ( Z3) Hublot Let's start with the grand complication. Two pieces (prototypes) are featured here, in collaboration with Matthia Buttet (previously of

PuristSPro BaselWorld 2011 Live Reporting - Jon Z. ( Z3) Bulgari Several major themes this year from the Italian house Bulgari - the redesign of the iconic Serpenti, the facelift of the Calibro 303, f

PuristSPro BaselWorld 2011 Live Reporting - Jon (Z3) MB&F This year brings us the new HM2 with sapphire crystal cases. It offers a cool and unobstructed view of the movement. It is constructed from a

PuristSPro BaselWorld 2011 Live Reporting by Z3 Dear friends and fellow Purists, It is that time of the year for the largest gathering in the watch and jewelry industry in this nice Swiss city on the

How Many Watch Companies Make Their Own Gold? - A Brief Visit to the Chopard Manufacture in Geneve By Z3 During SIHH 2010, I took a short afternoon side trip to Chopard Geneve. Whereas the Chopard fac

PuristSPro's In-depth Interview with Stefano Macaluso - Girard Perregaux's Vice President of Global Operations By Jonathan Zhang (Z3) © August 2010 We live in interesting times. In recent years, we ha

A Visit to the Girard Perregaux New York Flagship Boutique - by Z3 On April 1, 2010. The long awaited GP's New York flagship boutique was open for business. Located on the corner of 63rd street and Ma

A Great Example of Aesthetics, Proportion, Functionality and True Blue-Blood Fine Watchmaking - Girard Perregaux Classique Elegance Moon Phase Ref. 49530 in White Gold. by Z3 It is not often that we f