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A brand I love. A brand that no longer exists (kinda). A brand that no longer has its name on the dial. Minerva of Villeret … this is my NEO-vintage TZ (TimeZone) limited edition where 50 pieces were made in black dial with rose gold dagger indices and da...  

searching for it… 😅 until one day, there is was. 🥰 🤝

I see perfection.

the people that made it happen. A humble company with a proud heritage. 🤝

Was just chatting with Richard Paige who owned TZ and did the colab with Minerva for these. He explained that “49” seemed like a better number than “50”. Hence the xx/49 But he recalls that there was 0/49 that he had made for himself. So technically, 50 p... 

I remember Mr. Paige.

I have a 000/225 GP 🤝 ...  

One has to say in one way Minerva was trailblazing back then - their collaborations with Timezone predated the more common later ones and were a good guiding point of how such arrangements could be made to work. Some nice watches came out as a result 🙌🏻 ... 

They engaged with collectors. And they did it sincerely. And this made all the difference. As you say, they were also pioneers of working with the forums. They were flexible and wanted to make what collectors wanted to see. In-turn, the collectors wanted ... 

☺️ 🤝