Check out Don Corson's reports of the Independents at Basel and Geneva 2008! Speake-Marin Take an intimate tour of Peter Speake-Marin’s workshop, guided by his wife Daniela. From hand-finished tourbillons to maki-e dials crafted by Japanese masters, this
In no particular order. The Urwerk UR-110 is a watch I’ve always liked. And the blue dial white gold Daytona…and any Dy Date with an interesting dial. Note, I didn’t look very close at any of these. I did not read the condition reports. But then again a l
Just as well you're not Superman, but I don't think non-watch people would understand the emotional attachment or for that matter joy a watch can bring us lunatics. But of course most if not all of us here get what you are talking about. Marc
Since I took this one out several days ago I’ve gone back to it again and again. It’s a watch I love to wear. I’ve been thinking of ordering one of the new straps from Urwerk. Does anyone have one with the velcro and loop instead of the pin buckle? Intere
A fun night out with Urwerk and The Hourglass last night, catching up with friends. Felix Baumgartner (or one half of Urwerk) was also here to walk us through their latest watch, the UR-120 Spock. A friend who sat next to me had his UR-110 on; 10 years ol
Well, as we would expect another 105-CT from Urwerk, changing up the case materials as we’ve seen with other iterations. This time, Tantalum. Many of us here are suckers for Tantalum, myself included, and my biased opinion on this would be it just rocks.
I had written a post at the weekend, when I took these pictures, but for some reason the post never showed up and I didn’t have a draft. I was, am, too lazy to rewrite it. However the gist of that original post was regarding the vision of Urwerk and wheth
Phillips quoted George Daniels when announcing an exhibition in Geneva this May to pay tribute to independent watchmaking: “ Independence is the utmost importance in life. Without it you are subject to the whims of other people. You are pinned down to a p