Heritage

We will Explore Together the History of Modern Indian Watchmaking and which brands are taking that tradition forward. HMT From 1961 till 2016, Hindustan Machine Tools (HMT), in collaboration with Citizen, produced millions of mechanical watches, defining

Shaped watches seem to be all the rage : here are nine recent examples , all produced between 2024 and today . Do you like shaped watches? Best, Emmanuel 2025 CARTIER TANK A GUICHETS WATCH ref. WGTA0234 Case: 24.8mm width x 37.6mm length x 6mm thickness -

If you take this and understand the fact that many of the lower rated countries in your list have the burden of heavy immigration, you might begin to understand. I am Swiss. Every year we „welcome“ around 70‘000 immigrates. Many of them do not understand

I was fully expecting it to be 5 mm and although my measuring may not be that accurate it is certainly under 5 mm. I did notice from the movement picture that the movement is virtually flat to the watch case thickness and that the caseback is only very sl

First, your Breguet Rattrapante is simply stunning and I easily understand why you rank it so high. For me, even though it was with the Cornes de Vache that I took the step towards high-end luxury watchmaking, and even though it shares some characteristic

The other being the Parmigiani Fleurier Kalpa XL Hebdomadaire - probably even bigger. The Breguet Heritage, the Patek 5098, or a Cartier Tortue might work very well if a tonneau case appeals. Some of the smaller PF Kalpas from the previous decade, or the

Friends, Sharing some pictures I took today of my first pocket watch. In 1998, under the leadership of Gino Macaluso, Girard-Perregaux acquired the Villa Marguerite to be the museum to house priceless heritage pieces for the brand. Many priceless pocket w

The past decade or so has seen a number of companies, notably Bulgari, Piaget, and Richard Mille, engaged in a kind of race to the bottom to produce the thinnest mechanical wristwatch, with some models that appear to have garnered good press and apparent

Regarding Chopard, I agree that the Mille Miglia line seems like an adipose appendage at this point. I also think that the jewelry watches in the Happy Diamonds mode may continue to damage the perception of Chopard as a serious player in the mechanical wa