Here are a few reactions concerning my favorites: Kiu's rectangular Mystery Tourbillon: I love the shape of the case and time display. Qin Gan's Pastorale seems wonderful. Logan Kuan Rao: very interesting, both dial side and movement side. Mineroci is int
When most people think of Chinese Watchmaking its the mass produced watches by Seagull and the Shanghai Watch Factory or Super Clones by Clean, VS or Noob that comes to mind. Ofcourse we are Purists, we know better 😊 and have collectively experienced the
We are in Exciting Times, No longer is watchmaking restricted to Europe but we can say that Asia has arrived with the rise of Japanese and Chinese watchmakers creating unique designs encompassing their own perspectives. I am optimistic and hopeful that we
My Pantheon includes but not limited to: Paul Gerber Ludovic Ballouard Beat Haldimann Kiu Tai Yu Franck Muller Roger Dubuis Vianney Halter George Daniels Derek Pratt Urban Jurgensen CL Klings JB Viot Philippe Dufour Renaud Tixier Pascal Coyon Hajime Asaok
I am most excited for what creations the independent watch makers in China will produce, I hope they will produce more stuff like Guo Ming and Kiu Tai Yu in combining Chinese aesthetics Qin Gan KYT Guo Ming with various watches.
The internet is a wonderful information source when looking for details on subjects not covered by main stream publishing. About two years ago I spent some time to gather information on independent master watchmakers from websites, particularly reports ab
Here are the names of watches they own - we could not agree on whether AHCI or not was important; if once independent now brand was important or not. Svend Andersen Soren Andersen Hajime Asaoka Felix Baumgartner Aaron Becsei Robert Bray Vincent Calabrese
This is the only watch Mr. Kiu Tai Yu made for the 3rd millenium on the request of AHCI in Basel. Limited to only 20 pieces. It is in solid red gold and in min-to-mint condition. Comes with original inner wooden and outer carton box. I am selling away my
Les heures mysterieuses de Cartier: For more than a century, Cartier has been confounding its clients with magic and mystery. "Model A" Mystery Clock, Cartier Paris, 1914: Sold to Count Greffulhe. Nick Welsh, Cartier Collection Cartier Base in moulded a
Friends, As The Watches & Wonders 2013 closes in Hong Kong, I can make a quick Hot Post with this iPad thingy! Most of the novelties from SIHH 2013 were shown plus a few pieces like the concept prototypes ID-One and ID-Two. Of course the ID watches are no