There is a rich landscape of watchmaking in South America but perhaps not widely distributed outside of the region. For me that makes them rare and exotic 😊 Technos One of the largest is Technos, which started out in Switzerland in 1900 but due to fate, c
While I thought I would resist the temptation to buy more cheap "Project" watches in the future I could not resist this one: A Junghans with a full steel case (most where chrome plated brass at this day and age) with a decent handwound movement, a steel b
Coincidentally, I tried that very model on a couple of weeks ago at Tic Tac's brick-and-mortar shop in the Tokyo Skytree shopping complex and almost pulled the trigger.I decided to wait and see if I could snare one of the Sold Out beige-dial versions some
Glad you enjoyed the virtual tour (pictures were taken years ago unfortunately). The one large piece of Junghans history not featured (possibly in the other museum) is the Lufthansa Boeing 737 ‘Landshut’ hostage situation, where the pilot was almost kille
Wonderful, your photos have made me feel like I was there. I was interested by your references to the clock and watch industry in the Black Forest area, and was especially intrigued to see the early M ax Bill model and the Junghans Mega 1 which must've be
Some weeks ago pkonos has presented his new Junghans timepiece and we discussed about the hometown of the brand and the museum landscape there. As mentioned in that thread there are two Junghans focused museums, the one in the manufacture proper and the U
I've always been drawn to the Max Bill designs, too, and that was what had me down the Junghans rabbit hole the other day when I serendipitously found this Meister Driver. Since you were practically neighbors with the manufacturer, sounds like all the mor
First of all, huge congratulations 🎉🎊🎈 I used to live close to the historical location of Junghans for some years and have been ok and off considering to add something beyond the Max Bill kitchen clock we have. This looks quite intriguing and the dimensio
I obviously have waaay too much time on my hands and too many affordable-watch purveyors around my person. No denying it’s fun, though! : ] The Junghans Meister Driver, driven by a manually wound Peseux 7001. The watch is paper thin at 7.3mm and only 37.7