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Watchmaking in France

France without a doubt is one of the most important watchmaking countries in the world, it provides Switzerland with roughly 30% of its watchmakers and management executives. Where would it be without it 😊 Some of the Best Watchmakers such as Ludovic Ball
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By: SALMANPK
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At the time, it was at the outer limit of my budget, but also...

There was another issue brewing in the background. A number of clients called Halter in advance before making offers on the watch, and the number quoted increased each time. It started around $25,000, rose to $50,000, and hit around $80,000 before the who
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I came across my photo of a Halter Barnes Antiqua, #5R if I recall correctly

I took a photo of this when it crossed my desk at work in August of 2015. The dial, caseback, strap, and buckle all were branded with the name of the designer, Jeff Barnes, and the watchmaker, Vianney Halter. It's hard to find one still branded that way t
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By: Tim_M
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I’m glad you share my enthusiasm.

As far as I know, Lass has been taught by Vianney Halter and Philippe Dufour and he was the watchmaker of the Patek Philippe Museum for almost ten years. He decided to go back to Denmark and create his own watches with his wife who is an engraver. Best, E
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In Situ Eye Candy @ Geneva Watch Week 2026

Michele Barbiero over at Absolutewatchcollectors posted great In Situ pictures of the novelties and historic pieces at Geneva Watch Week this Year. Here is a selection: Patek Philippe World Time 5531G-001 Cool Rolexes Audemars Piguet Ulysse Nardin A.Lange
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Your photo of the South America 2523 is absolutely stunning!

Would you allow me to add it to the thread I dedicated to this major resurfacing? Span Style Color Gray Patek Philippe Span South America Ref 2523 A Major Resurfacing I also love the Antiqua! Thanks for sharing these gorgeous photos, Baruch. Best, Emmanue
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These look so fabulously cool 🙌🏻👌🏻👏🏻

And Vianney is a truly fun character indeed - remember him having a partially disassembled canard aircraft in his atelier back in the day. Let me see if I can quickly find some pictures of the watches…
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You Inspired me Buddy 😊🙏

The Vianney Halter x Massena Lab Old Soul, if you view the design through the lens of Late Steampunk Robotics, the finishing, the movement imo its a Masterpiece, highly underrated and lost in the avalanche of new releases. If you think about it, he has ne
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Behrens x Vianney Halter KWH

I am the Biggest Fan of Vianney Halter's watchmaking and watches, think of the biggest collector and fan of Vianney you know and double it, that's me 😁 I have been following Vianney's work for at least 25 years. And the KWH watch in collaboration with Beh
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Hi Emmanuel. As always you've written a very thoughtful analysis of these several square movements.

I think the responses and conclusions can be summarized as "Square Hole but Round Peg". The basic nature of watch movement parts ie: gears, coil springs, date wheels, etc tend to be round. So the corners of a square movement are mostly not "functional" in
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