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Penfolds Grange La Chapelle 2021: Eye-Wateringly Expensive but Thrilling Blended Wine

April 30, 2025/0 Comments/in Highlights, Wining, Dining and Cigars/by Ken Gargett

In Ken Gargett’s opinion, the Penfolds Grange La Chapelle 2021 is a wine that is focused and concentrated, and offering immense length with the silkiest of tannins. All a bit thrilling. A force of nature that will drink beautifully for decades. 98.

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April 2025 WatchCharts Market Update: Demand for the Most Desirable Brands Remains Strong

April 30, 2025/0 Comments/in Highlights, WatchCharts/by Hamza Masood

The good news is that if you’re in the market for a pre-owned watch from a manufacturer that’s not Rolex, Patek, or AP, you’re probably getting a better deal today than at any point in the past five years.

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How Tariffs Could Devastate the Watch Industry – A Comprehensive Breakdown by Teddy Baldassarre

April 29, 2025/3 Comments/in Highlights, Thoughts & Opinion, Video/by Ian Skellern

Like many connected to the watch industry, Ian Skellern has wondered at just how much of an impact the US tariffs are likely to have on the watch industry. And todate he has found no clearer explanation of what’s likely to happen than by Teddy Baldassarre, who is both a US watch retailer and prominent watch reviewer and journalist.

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Carol Besler’s Top Ten from Watches and Wonders 2025

April 27, 2025/0 Comments/in New for 2025, Highlights, Events, Fairs & Exhibitions, Arnold & Son, Cartier, Hermès, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Patek Philippe, Rolex, Zenith/by Carol Besler

Like most journalists who swarmed the booths at Watches and Wonders earlier this month,Carol Besler saw about a thousand watches in five days. Most were amazing and surprising, some were forgettable, and others stand out as faves.

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Presenting the Black Tulip by Annelinde Dunselman: New Independent Watchmaker, New Watch

April 23, 2025/10 Comments/in New for 2025, Highlights, Independents/by Thomas Brechtel

“Making my own watch is a bit like flying like an eagle high in the sky, seeing everything hearing everything and going where I want.”

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Cartier Tank à Guichets in platinum on the wrist

My First Hands-On Encounter with the Cartier Tank à Guichets: A Dream Come True!

April 21, 2025/1 Comment/in Highlights, Cartier/by George Cramer

Cartier Tank à Guichets: George Cramer hardly dares to say the name out loud. This is the Tank he has always dreamed of handling, but has never been able to do until now.

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Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Gyrotourbillon 2 Reviewed by Tim Mosso: Sheer Spectacle!

April 14, 2025/0 Comments/in Highlights, Jaeger-LeCoultre/by Tim Mosso

Judged on the basis of sheer spectacle, the Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Gyrotourbillon 2 delivers. Whether presented in the hand or on the arm, the JLC Gyrotourbillon 2 is an event.

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Ken Gargett’s Run-In with the KGB at the Kremlin

April 10, 2025/5 Comments/in Highlights, Travel/by Ken Gargett

Midnight in Moscow, in the 80s during the Cold War,and Ken Gargett thought it would be a clever idea to head off down a dark alley with two strange Russians. What could possibly go wrong?

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The One Hertz by Tim and Bart Grönefeld

Grönefeld One Hertz: A Collector’s Journey

April 9, 2025/0 Comments/in Highlights, Collectors and Collecting, Grönefeld, Independents/by GaryG

GaryG has the pleasure of covering the wonderful Grönefeld One Hertz. For a watch fanatic, and especially for lovers of independent watch brands, it’s a dream come true to meet the makers of the watches that we admire.

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Haute-Rive Honoris I: Incredible 1,000-Hour / 41-Day Power Reserve plus a Flying Tourbillon in a Very Wearable Watch

April 7, 2025/0 Comments/in Highlights, Independents/by Martin Green

With 1,000 hours/41 days of power reserve, the Haute-Rive Honoris I is impressive yet doesn’t set any records, however, it outshines the competition because it’s so wearable.

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