Wednesday, Oct 28 2009
articles: 10
Glashütte Original Pocket Watch No. 1
I have a few of them, pocket watches I mean. I just got them from my grandfather, and it seems that most of him were owned by his own father and grandfather. I never wear them and they just sit tight in the safe. Although I can admire a nice pocket watch, I don’t see [...] …
Masters of Contemporary Watchmaking by Michael Clerizo
A few months ago, I got an e-mail from Michael Clerizo, telling me that he had written a book called ‘Masters of Contemporary Watchmaking’. I hooked him up with Ernie Romers of WatchUseek to see if there was something possible with regards to the watch event WATCH2009 in …
Perrelet Semi-Skeletonized Split-Seconds Chronographs
At the Baselworld show this past March, I visited the Perrelet booth, where I got to preview all of their new watches, including the much hyped Perrelet Turbine. The Turbine watches look really good in-person, but the Perrelet collection that impressed me the most, was the …
HM2.2 “Black Box” by MB&F and Alain Silberstein
Friend of the show, Maximilian Büsser, just introduced the HM2.2 ‘Black Box’. A redesign of the famous Horological Machine No.2 that he did together with watch design icon Alain Silberstein. Maximilian Büsser wrote in his e-mail that “In fact my first encounter with an …
Two Lates 60s Championship Chronographs: A Carrera for Sebring & A Daytona for Daytona
Carrera Presented To Winners of GT Class at Sebring 1968A cool watch with championship provenance? You know we're all about that. A few weeks back we wrote about a Rolex Daytona that was given to the 2003 winners of 24 Hours at Daytona. We thought that was pretty great, …
Up-close with Watchismo, one of the most eclectic watch collectors I know
While I’m not quite down with a lot of Watchismo’s aesthetic choices, you gotta respect his drive. This guy loves Swiss quartz, crazy designs, and even goes nuts over Hamilton Electrics, watches that are so odd that only one person in the world can fix them. Dudes like …
Pour yourself a drink and feast your eyes on the Kobold Arctic Diver
Man. I don’t know if I’m supposed to look at this watch or have sex with it. The man’s hands fondling this PVD encased beauty is a bit off-putting but the music sounds like what my roommate used to play to mask the sounds of his seductions. That said, I wouldn’t kick a …
My Favorite Ball Watches At JCK, Big And Lots Of Lume
Ball watches have been really popular that last few years ago and are probably the nicest watches (at least from a price perspective) to feature tritium gas tubes in their watches. All of their watches feature the wonder lume, that is made exclusively by MB Microtec in …
MB&F HM2.2 Black Box by Alain Silberstein
What happens when that master of glorious colour, French high-end watch designer Alain Silberstein, is let loose with MB&F's Horological Machine No2? The surprising answer is a new, all-black case that epitomises Bauhaus purity and restraint. The new model, called …
In Mother Russia, wristwatch wears YOU!
What Russian economy collapse? Apparently, despite the fact the people in Russia are starving and with out heat during the winters, government officials still find the funds to buy the little things that make life easier. Like $240,000 Patek Phillipe wristwatches. Everyone …
