Friday, Jan 18 2008
articles: 3
Minerva Villeret - Has Mont Blanc reached the peak of high horology?
Mont Blanc recently partnered with Minerva to launch the Villeret line. The new watches are handsome and well made with respectable calibres. Closer inspection of the movement as shown here showed that the watches were well finished and comparable to the best. However while …
Dial Luminosity on Watches - COOL LUMES!
There have been three types of lumes that have been used on watch dials to enable reading the time in the dark. These include Super-LumiNova, Tritium and Tritium Tubes (Trasers). Nowadays, pretty much all watches use SuperLuminova or Trasers. Some watches have the marking …
Nooka Zirc: How big! How bold!
I’ve been clearly failing our dedicated watch readers with my coverage of odd and sexy designs. Take the Nooka Zirc for example. It has a 45mm face with a 22mm band and looks like a Dick Tracy watchphone — but isn’t. The dots show the hour and the long bar shows the …
