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The back side view (with my initials--good eye there Bill) was taken by them. Here's one of mine. They’re both Dutch!

No need to appear unannounced: just send an email to info@ gronefeld.com with your plans. Did I forget to say—they picked me up and dropped me off at the train station. Even with winter weather I loved Oldenzaal.

I've met Bart & Tim before--in Singapore. But I have been to Holland many times without making it to their atelier. That was finally rectified Tuesday. Suffice it to say that it was well worth the trip from Amsterdam. Besides the expected, nay over the top, hospitality, it was, once again, educa

Older pieces tended to be smaller—much smaller—than some of today’s watches. A matter of aesthetics over which folks can (and do) argue. My taste tends towards calendar models and moon phases and complications all of which can be problematic when it comes to limited dial real estate. So, the other e

The matching pair is on my list!

But it is a bear to set, so it is one of the few I keep on a winder.

There are many ways to judge a time piece. Style, movement, and finishing are the usual categories. Size & weight are factors, but for me, only as disqualifying ones. I actually prefer heavier metals and a bit of size—substance—to the haute horology ultra-thin (or titanium) pieces. Here are my three

Tuscar Banu vs the original Tuscar One of Ten.