The Alfred

Surpisingly, the Glashütte Original Alfred Helwig Tourbillon 1920 , ref. 1-54-01-01-01-01 has never been reviewed here. So, let's have a look at this limited edition of 25 pieces . credit: Hodinkee This watch is a tribute to Alfred Helwig (1886-1974), who

The models presented here are from 2016-2020. Best to you all. (credit: all photos from Monochrome) Steel Big 8, cal. Piguet FP1160 Platinum Blue, cal. P4 Big 8 London Edition, steel, cal. FP 1160 (Piguet based) Reference 1741 Platinum Perpetual Calendar,

Thrilled to add this to my existing UJ ONE. Reference 1140 comprised 9 different combinations of dial colour, numerals and case materials. Only 200 were made in all combinations, 100 of which were the limited editions! So it’s quite possible that this num

for the Alfred Helwig Tourbillon:

but C.H. Meylan on an ebauche by L.E. Piguet. Verger is known to have used them. Here is a similar pendant watch by Meylan for Tiffany. image Timewatches For the benefit of others, and copyright laws, please attribute the source of your photos. Those inte

Although headquartered in Biel/Bienne in Switzerland, Urban Jurgensen is mainly seen as a Danish brand because of its founders two centuries ago. The brand name was derived from the father-and-son combination of Jurgen and Urban Jurgensen. Ownership subse

Just unveiled: the Alfred Helwig Tourbillon 1920 - Limited Edition 2020 is the 100th anniversary of one of the most sophisticated inventions of haute horlogerie: the development of the Flying Tourbillon by Glashütte master watchmaker Alfred Helwig. In his

Both the Alfred and Big 8 are priced similarly and where one in a proprietary manual movement, the other is an outside sourced automatic movement. The manual movement is always nicer to look at in my opinion. I am not sure if UJ finishes the Frederic Pigu

....and beautiful watches, all three of them. My view on each: Patek: + gorgeous case (hunterback) + strongest brand - a tad too small (but white color makes it bigger) - subdial cuts into "6" Nakagawa: + beautifully elevated (3-dimensional) numerals + be