Independents

Take it from me: this is the watch of the year! I saw it first at SIHH in January; and then again, just the other week when I was introduced to the rose gold/charcoal ruthenium version. In my (perhaps) jaded and tired view of most of the watch industry, t...  

Thank you for this report Andrew, I love GF's and was lucky enough to see IP 2 and 3 together a few weeks back to try on. The finishing really is amazing and can (sort of) understand the price. Cheers Andrew

never in my price range, but do love to see them. Andrew H

Sorry, couldn't resist Thanks for the report, it's fascinating reading. nick embedded video into post -AT This message has been edited by AnthonyTsai on 2011-08-28 19:34:26...  

mock up. However, the testing was definitely on watch parts! Thanks Andrew H

G&F do it again. These pieces just leave me speechless. Thank for you posting, Andrew.

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...having handled this watch at SIHH, that it is the watch of the year! By far my favorite G-F piece, and really stunning in the metal. Thanks to you for this great reporting! Best, Gary G

impressive in the metal than the photos portray. Andrew H

...great photos, and awesome awesome watches. Thanks Andrew!

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I was totally seduced by this watch... especially because the two pairs of Tourbillon have been taken away. Fx...  

Thanks, FX. Vte

your photo shows is the two tourbillons as opposites. The sight of the two tourbillons is mesmerizing. Thanks for posting. Andrew H

Interesting pics and info. Watches look fantastic. Cheers, Vte

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and your article does it justice! - SJX

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.. Thank you for the report. I have been always impressed with their creations. Wonderful Inventions! Ken

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I often find GF watches "too much" for me too understand and appreciate so this explanation, especially of the history, was especially helpful. Thanks!! Andreas

kind words Andreas. Andrew H

...and the pictures of the uncased movements were really educational for me. I loved seeing the progression of work. It was like being inside the minds of the watchmakers. I have to say, the GF pieces challenge me aesthetically. The finishing is superb an... 

the GF line are the 24 second Incline and the 30 degree Secret. Both are on the simpler end of the GF watch spectrum, but very impressive watches nonetheless. Thanks Andrew H

Thanks for this great post Andrew Don

inventions. There is an understanding when you can see all of them lined up together. Cheers Andrew H

Andrew, Thanks for the report. It took a while (and I'm not a technical guy) to re-read the whole piece before I found there was no mention of performance except for a comment that it had the best potential for chronometry. So, how did it do in the indepe... 

for the watch was not as long as GF would have wanted. GF have entered a second time around and it will be interesting to see the results this time. Andrew H

I think you've hit one of the major nails on the head with the phrase "prep time". There's been an interesting little discussion about the chronometrié results, with one of the observations being that the results indicate the ability of the company enteri... 

The point of GF's EWT process is to produce an improvement in the mechanism such that the results are repeatable. In other words, the time keeping properties of the movement are not dependent on one specialist fine tuning the watch; the improvements are t... 

Hi Andrew, I guess we'll end up disagreeing on this one. I really don't understand how publishing chronometric results involves intellectual property. If they win, their numbers will be published. The 2009 results were published, but only the category win... 

little time to get the watch prepared, GF entered the competition. Hence, the watch was not as prepared as other entries. The idea of the EWT is to ensure that results are replicable. So does the Double Tourbillon 30 degree perform better than a regular t...