Never Mind the Bollocks. Here's Tourbillon # 13.
Four-five years ago I embarked on a quixotic quest to inventory all the pocketwatches made by Thomas Engel, a hopelessly, hopeless whack. The fruits of my futile labor appear in my article: Never Mind the Bollocks…Here's Thomas Engel...the Ka of Breguet ....
I apologize for the confusion…
“hopelessly, hopeless whack” (in other words an attempt made in vain) refers to, or was meant to refer to, my “quixotic quest” not the Professor though I’ve been told Thomas Engel could be prickly as geniuses tend to be; sorry for the confusion. ...
WOW quitea find Where can we find your article on Engel and at what
auction was this watch sold?
Answers...
Google the title of the article Never Mind the Bollocks…Here's Thomas Engel...the Ka of Breguet and you will find the article with the caveat the article is lengthy if not often monotonous; the auction is enclosed. ...
Another Thomas Engel discovery (discovery used loosely)...
Really only a discovery for me as it's not the Lost Ark, Holy Grail etc. but recently I happened upon a sale (November 2021, Christie's online auction) of a Thomas Engel watch appearing neither in Manfred Rössler's article « Thomas Engel: Taschenuhr-Chron...