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Twelve on Time: Louis Erard's Manuel Emch and his Personal Relationship with Time and Watches
3+ week, 4+ day ago (372+ words) 1 – Which watch changed the way you looked at watchmaking? 2 – What is the quality you value most in a watch? Character. A watch should have a personality before it has specifications. If you can recognise it across a room without reading…...
Just Because: The Unique Frederique Constant Classic Tourbillon "Julie" and New Personalisation Horizons for the Brand
3+ week, 2+ day ago (602+ words) Customisation or unique pieces are nothing new in the Swiss watch industry, but are usually reserved for high horology or smaller ateliers, necessitating a level of flexibility that more established and mainstream brands can hardly achieve. That said, we had…...
First Look: The New Girard-Perregaux GP Laureato Fifty Tourbillon Micro-Rotor 39mm
1+ week, 4+ day ago (490+ words) As a freelance journalist specialising in watches and jewellery, Rebecca Doulton began writing for the Financial Times in Mexico City in the early 1980s. Formerly the web editor of Tiempo de Relojes website, and watch editor of The Jewellery Editor, Rebecca…...
Introducing: Henri Grandjean & Cie Unveils the Magician Atrivm Green and Red Sapphire
3+ week, 4+ day ago (641+ words) Henri Grandjean (1803-1879) was a master watchmaker from Le Locle, renowned for his precision marine chronometers and for his pioneering role in Swiss chronometry. The name was recently revived by entrepreneur and collector Sohail Aziz and positioned as an independent brand…...
First Look: Christiaan van der Klaauw Goes Openworked with the new Planetarium Skeleton
5+ day, 4+ hour ago (587+ words) Christiaan van der Klaauw has been making mechanical astronomical watches since the 1990s, and the Planetarium is the defining complication of the Dutch manufacture. The first Planetarium wristwatch appeared in 1999 and featured what remains the world’s smallest mechanical planetarium. The complication…...
First Look: Chopard Revives its Classic Regulator with the New L.U.C 1963 Heritage Regulator
1+ week, 5+ day ago (481+ words) In the mid-1990s, Karl-Friedrich Scheufele embarked on an ambitious project to elevate Chopard’s watchmaking credentials by establishing an independent manufacturing facility in Fleurier – and succeeded. Following the development of the acclaimed ultra-thin automatic calibre 96.01-L, the manufacture released its first watch…...
First Look: The ProPilot X Gonzo Edition, the new Muppets Watch by Oris
1+ week, 4+ day ago (253+ words) After Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy, Oris brings Disney’s The Muppets to the stage for a third collaboration. This time, the spotlight is on The Great Gonzo, the stuntman-showman whose unconventional personality seems perfectly matched to the bold and…...
Introducing: The new, more compact A. Lange & Söhne 1815 Up/Down Limited Editions
1+ week, 2+ day ago (573+ words) As a freelance journalist specialising in watches and jewellery, Rebecca Doulton began writing for the Financial Times in Mexico City in the early 1980s. Formerly the web editor of Tiempo de Relojes website, and watch editor of The Jewellery Editor, Rebecca…...
First Look: The Chopard L.U.C 1963 Heritage Chronograph, now in Prussian Blue
1+ week, 5+ day ago (526+ words) A new version of the L.U.C 1963 Heritage Chronograph joins Chopard’s high-end collection, created as a numbered limited edition of 25 pieces. While the model retains the classical proportions and specifications of the green 2023 model, this new reference is distinguished by a…...
First Look: The New and More Compact Greubel Forsey GMT Balancier Convexe
4+ day, 22+ hour ago (747+ words) Greubel Forsey introduced its impressive three-dimensional GMT complication in 2011. Equipped with a rotating globe and an inclined 24-second tourbillon regulator, the complications were housed in imposing cases with a protrusion to accommodate the globe and a windowpane on the flank…...