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Here is the summary of the Independents submitted to this week's wristscan on Limited Editions. Be-Ba Chronometer: A very rare timepiece which many of us have never heard of. Maybe 8 pieces exist. Some gorgeous pictures and info here Nord Zeitmachine Variocurve: A few versions exist. V1 had a limite

This story really begins – as so many stories do – in a bar. A very expensive bar; in a very expensive hotel; in 2013. John McGonigle has travelled from his workshop in country Ireland to chilly Geneva in order to deliver a new watch. Quite conveniently for all concerned, his visit coincides with SI

This adventure, like all adventures, had its beginnings years before it began. I’ve been a collector for about ten years. I’ve been lucky to have had a great mentor—another enthusiast—an indulgent wife, and a modicum of good fortune. So as not to be “just another collector”, a couple of years back I

It was an uncharacteristically sunny day in Geneva when an earnest and clearly overworked young Irishman found himself standing amongst a sea of IWC ambassadors at the Mandarin Hotel. Out front, a stream of IWC-branded limos disgorged a steady stream of former Wimbledon champions and v-e-r-y leggy m

While we were there, we were treated to a visit with John McGonigle in Athlone smack dab in the middle of Ireland. A gentleman completely. Our visit with him and his wife, Linda, was filled with talk of watches, watches, life, family, good food and life. And the watches? The Tuscar is an amazingly b

I've waited them for a long time and here they come ! The 1 Hz from the Grönefeld Brothers (dead second watch). The whole watch was built around this dead second complication: design, movement... you will notice the crown menu on the right: you press the crow and you choose between the W(ind) mode o