Independents

My love of Patek started with misunderstanding and a heavily bruised ego. A young boy doesn't have to be convinced that a girl is pretty. He knows it because his sensory criteria are satisfied, he sees her day-in and day-out and that girl is permanently attractive to him. She could be dressed badly,

In no particular order, mostly shot in central Tokyo. Overcast weather proved tricky as you can see from the washed out skies. Having recently been spoiled by the zoom lens I had to get used to zooming with my legs again. I like the weight of the xf27 but my version doesnt have an aperture ring whic

My second Grand Seiko was the grail piece I badly wanted since I first saw it on WPS sometime in 2014. It took me till late 2015 IIRC (so over 10 years ago) to finally find one - the series was produced in 300 pieces and few came to Europe. In hindsight a hint of a year feels laughably short but bac

It seems they are going upscale with new integrated bracelet models. The New Reservoir Mark II Series, a Stronger Identity with Integrated Design

Somebody knows what the dial is made of?

Rubber straps on dress watches is my favourite combination.

Battle of Overseas : First generation Overseas ref. 42052 - 35 x 7 mm steel case - Center rotor caliber 1311 (according to Ben Dunn on Watchbrotherslondon ) Third generation Self-Winding Ultra-Thin Overseas ref. 2500V/220P-H028 - 39,5 x 7,35 mm platinum case - Micro-rotor caliber 2550 Which one for

Manufactured in 1942 , this specific watch is considered , to the best of the available knowledge , to be the only example of ref. 1542 to have survived . The balance cock of its 10-110 movement bears the import stamp “ PXP ” showing that this watch was made specifically for the American market , wh

Daniel Roth Athys III “POST TENEBRAS LVX”

While browsing the IG account of a watch collector known as @uarrumigiul , I came across this photo and wanted to know who had created this charming ceramic piece. Helen (Elena) König Scavini (1886-1974) was an Italian ceramic artist. She founded the Ars Lenci brand in 1919 in Turin and is best know