Horological Meandering

de GRISOGONO 2011 Collection Cocktail Presentation and Preview of a Yet-to-be Launched Model I was invited to the private preview cocktail reception at de GRISOGONO's Tokyo Boutique last week. BLACK has been in de GRISOGONO's DNA, and in 2011 it launches ...  

Some very cool and original creations there. Looking forward to checking them all out in the near future.

especially the ottuature and the fuso quatrato--the two are a marvel to behold! thanks for sharing Jason

Aesthetically, I don't care for the watches that much, but the concepts are absolutely fascinating!! Thanks, Ken. The videos were a real highlight for me. Cheers, Daos

...that Otturatore would be most enticing, but the crown and pushers are passion killers (for this bunny, anyway). Is there any functional reason why they need to be that large (seems unlikely), or is it a design story? The all-black 'digital', on the oth... 

.. to charge the power to rotate (and initiate the rotation for that matter) and if the button is smaller, your thumb will be a bit sore... If you handle it, you would understand. But of course, the shape of the button is a part of design and I do not den... 

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Brilliant concept, and I like how I see a lot of animation type of watches from de Grisogono. Thanks for the great videos and write-up Ken! Cheers, Anthony

... I had always considered de Grisogono as a pure jewellery brand, with some affinal watch competence (Chopard). However, these new creations are stunning, I specifically mean the Ottatura, that is some really clever watchmaking! Thanks for the great rep... 

The Otturatore and the Meccanico dG are stunning timepieces, love them. Thanks for the pics and the videos, without them the information wouldn't be the same. Vte

And good to see Gerald Roden in action. - SJX

Thanks Ken and Mr Roden for the authorised peek at the Otturatore. In the past, I used to be puzzled by the de Grisogono products....eh? what? why? But I can see a rationale for this watch because it allows the client to choose the configuration of the di...