Thursday, Jul 9 2009
articles: 5
Early Urwerk 103 in Rose Gold: A Rare Chance To Own A Neo-Classic From A Rising Star
With all the hubbub going around these days about Urwerk's new King Cobra UR-CC1, we thought it was about time we gave this great brand the Hodinkee treatment and locate one of the models that no one seems to know much about. Coming from a favorite shop out in LA is a rare …
Serket’s classy new Telson
Serket, formerly Scorpion, is one of my favorite US-based boutique manufacturers and I’m quite impressed by their latest, the Telson. it’s a 48mm watch with ETA 6497 manual wind movement and exhibition back showing off Cotes D’ Geneve engraving with a scorpion. The movement …
Kobold X Land Rover: An Example In Outsourcing For British Car Company
Kobold watches are something of an American success story. They were created by then Carnegie Mellon student Michael Kobold about a decade ago. Kobold now produces around 2500 pieces year, not a small amount for a shop like this. The watches are certainly "adventure" …
Maitres du Temps Watch Maker Family Together, Going Over Chapter Two Watch
Putting together a watch like the Maitres du Temps Chapter One or Two is not an easy effort. You don't just do a quick drawing and get it over with or pick pieces from a parts bin. At the same time you can't just draw it up in a CAD program and then build it [...] Related …
Urwerk King Cobra CC1 Reintrepretation of 1958 Patek Philippe Cobra Prototype - Cylindrical Retrograde Linear Jumping Hour …
I started this blog nearly three years ago and the watch that started it all was the very obscure 1958 Patek Philippe Cobra -- A timepiece so advanced for its time, only one prototype was ever produced.It has taken over half a century for someone to take it seriously and …
