Thursday, Apr 23 2009
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MB&F Horological Machine No.2 (Ceramic Titanium) Wallpaper
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A Look at Maurice de Mauriac: Zurich's Only Watch Manufacturer And A Brand To Watch
Maurice de Mauriac holds an interesting place in the watch world. It is not really a new brand, nor is it an old brand. It is, however, a brand that we can certainly endorse and one we see big things coming from in the very near future. Just a few weeks ago, prior to Basel …
Video showing the process of manufacturing "forged carbon"
(This video is part of the Audemars Piguet "forged carbon" post below.) Please check back tomorrow for Part II of my Audemars Piguet factory tour, the AP CNC department. Later in the week I will publish Part III and Part IV, the AP after-sales department and the famous AP …
Dievas releases a sweet limited edition
Anders Tan at Gnomon Watches rolled out a new model that has it going on. Start with a first rate movement, like the ETA 2452 automatic, put it in a watch styled after World War II German pilots’ watches, and jazz it up with some color. This is a complete winner. Big, but …
Traser Ladyline with pink Tritium: You know, for ladies
Pink tritium illumination; now there’s something you don’t see every day A 44mm lady’s watch, water resistant to 100m, with tritium illumination. Pink tritium illumination. Words fail me. And in a brilliant (one might say ‘glowing’) example of things that can be done …
Machine à Ecrire le Temps: French for “You have too much money”
Every year at Basel, the big watch show in Switzerland, companies trot out their latest R&D projects along with a plethora of new watches. The watches are what sell but the R&D products are what get the press. Take this lump of gears from Jaquet Droz, for example. At its …
Italian Tendence Round Gulliver Watches: Budget N.O.A
You have got to see the advertising that Tendence No Limits watches produce. One of the video's below is an advertisement, while the other video shows a type of marketing that Italian Tendence engages in. That being a location in the virtual world Second Life. They aren't …
(Part IV) Audemars Piguet- After Sales Department
(Grand Complication pocket watch in for service/repair.) The third part of my Audemars Piguet factory tour, was a visit to the AP after-sales department. This was a very fun department to visit, because I could sense a true passion for watchmaking. And because laying on top …
Alba Watches at Baselworld in 2009
Posted by: bryanandersen In a SEIKO press release last month, the company president spoke of Pulsar, Lorus and Alba watches at Baselworld this year: 2009 is also a new departure for the Pulsar, Lorus and Alba brands which, for the first time, have their own dedicated …
Audemars Piguet- The CNC Department
(Cases, bezels and rotors ready to go to quality control and finishing departments) The second stop on my Audemars Piguet factory tour, was the CNC department. In this department, automated CNC milling machines are used to manufacture cases, bezels, watch hands and more. …
