Horological Meandering

It is hard to miss the recurring comments about the relative desirability and value of watches with in-house versus purchased movements, there are so many aspects regarding exclusivity, prestige, beauty and "fitness", as well as the public relations/adver...  

Hi Steve, The whole debate amuses me, and your examples are great. I've always particularly enjoyed the fact that Seiko and Rolex are probably the most vertically integrated of manufacturers (I love a good-old Seiko 5 being far more "in-house" than the va... 

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in that what is made of the ebauches, that's make a movement special or not. I would suggest it's about as the same as with cars. The best model of a car is the last one in the serie, before the new model arrives. The "old" model has been around for sever...  

and I agree completely that it is what the manufacturer does with the ebauche that counts. As I have a soft spot for high-grade vintage automatics, here's a superb example of that genre: a Vacheron & Constantin K1072/1, based on a "reserved" JLC ebauche w...  

I look for interesting movements as much, and probably more than, the next guy. My desire is NOT for an inhouse movement name, but for a pretty, well finished movement that I can enjoy watching during the massive number of boring meeting that I attend. Th...