Gary G
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I'll do it!
Tim -- thanks for the request. My Antiqua is off at Vianney's at the moment for a routine service and upgrading of the calendar components to match the most recent spec, but I am hoping to have it back fairly soon. I'll then get on with a bit of a visual inspection of the case, which (at least when I dropped it off in January) was in splendid shape.
I've said it before, but I think that the Antiqua case is probably the very best finished of any watch case I've owned -- so I'll be pleased to photograph it in more detail.
Best,
Gary
Pictures of one atelier not often seen VIANNEY HALTER(Part 14 of 33)
Although Vianney thanked me, I had VERY little to do with his being awarded the GPHH prize of being the best watch maker 2011. He deserved it. His nomination came from the very best of his peers, and not from the retail sector. Don't miss that you tube po...
Thanks for sharing, Bernard
One of the very few watchmakers who are way ahead of time itself Faisal
Yes have one question
what is this? and I like the picture below very much it just sums up why I love watches so much ... they are magical no meter of price complexity or age Thnx and best Damjan...
this strange object ....
is a kind of calculation ruler that was in use prior to the rising of electronic pocket calculators. Vianney is fascinated by these tools that used to be necessary for sciences and engineering. He owns several models. He says the Opus 3 was inspired by on...
Dear Philippe
Thank you for clarification I was suspecting something like that but wasn't sure because as a kid I used to play with my mother's (same as pictured below) slider ruler or logarithm calculator (I think that was correct name) but that one was linear... Yes ...
Enjoyed your behind the scenes...
look at the great VH's atelier Bernard. Thanks for sharing. One question: Is she a real watchmaker or just a model posing?( I wouldn't mind having her work on my piece) Best regards, fernando
if you own a VH piece produced after 2004 ....
.... it is likely that Laurence worked on your watch. Yes, indeed, Laurence is a lady name in France and Switzerland ! This was very surprising to our friend Tim Jackson when I introduced him Laurence in Baselworld ;-) ! Among other skills, she masters th...
Laurence is definitely your typical stereotype.....
Thanks for the info. Philippe. cheers fernando
And I must say I was happily surprised!
Not only is she a lovely lady, but also an excellent specialist at Habillage, the term for case finisher, a whole arena of traditional watchmaking that we don't often talk about. I would put VH and his team up in the top few companies that excel in this a...
I'll do it!
Tim -- thanks for the request. My Antiqua is off at Vianney's at the moment for a routine service and upgrading of the calendar components to match the most recent spec, but I am hoping to have it back fairly soon. I'll then get on with a bit of a visual ...
Excellent, I look forward to seeing those.
Gary, Your well honed ability and equipment, will outdo anything I've ever been able to capture over the years of seeing a few in person and having the opportunity to photograph them. Plus each photographer has his/her favorite angles and ideas of what ma...
Thanks Bernard
A mythical piece which put horology to a new level when it came. For me Halter (along with Richard Mille a bit later) pieces gave an incredible impulse to horology, showing that there were new ways to explore and followed by many we discovered over these ...
Thanks for this great report, Bernard!
I'm not sure how recently you visited Vianney, but if it was in the past two months, one of those Antiqua movements may have been mine. Great photos, including many of items/views I haven't seen on any of the prior posts about Vianney's atelier. Best, Gar...
My most recent dinner was with him in Paris (2011) summer but here is a shot no one's seen
Vianney and his daughter have been good friends with us since the Goldpfeil years, and here is a shot from a Sony 101 5 mpeg camera, in 2004, at the beach one night in Singapore when we brought them around the island. Mainly to see the vast container term...
Great stuff, Bernard!
Thanks for the info and for this great candid photo. Best, Gary G