Livestream 2024 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG): Follow Watchmaking’s Biggest Night Here
The 2024 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG) is here, and you can follow the action and discover the winners in real time on our livestream here.
Entries by Ian Skellern
Ian’s Predicted Winners of the 2024 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG)
7 pm (CET) on Wednesday night in Geneva is the red carpet prize giving ceremony of the 2024 GPHG. Ian Skellern shares his predictions on the watches that he thinks are likely to take these coveted prizes.
Grone Oldenzaal: a New More Affordable Brand by Bart and Tim Gronefeld Launches with the Manueel One ‘Sjef’s One’
Tim and Bart Gronefeld have quietly launch a new brand of more affordable watches than those in their Gronefeld collection. The new brand is called Grone Oldenzaal and the launch model is called the Manueel One ‘Sjef’s One’.
Tim Mosso Shares his Thoughts on the Patek Philippe Cubitus and Wish-List Million Dollar Collection
To say the Patek Philippe Cubitus is controversial is to state the obvious. Due to similar design and movements, the Cubitus and Nautilus models have some overlap, and that’s led to questions about whether the two can co-exist. Tim Mosso shares his views of the new Patek Philippe Cubitus in this video.
Greubel Forsey Nano Foudroyante EWT with Flying Tourbillon: Lightning Fast Monopusher Chronograph using Minimal Energy in a Very Wearable 38mm Case
A foudroyante hand is visually spectacular as it is running faster than the eye can follow – foudroyante is French for lightning fast! But the complication uses a lot of energy, or did until the Greubel Forsey Nano Foudroyante EWT.
Ball Watch Roadmaster M Model A: Innovative Alarm, GMT, and Lights Up Bright at Night
Ball Watch have stepped up their game with an innovative mechanical alarm watch with second time zone and a manufacture automatic movement plus their trademark super bright tritium tubes that light up the night. This is no chirping cricket!
Urwerk EMC SR-71: Philosophy of Excellence from the Skies to your Wrist
The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird is a plane so complicated that materials, manufacturing processes, technology, and understanding of physics all needed to be expanded or invented. So it’s fitting that have used the SR-71 Blackbird as the inspiration for a tenth anniversary edition of the groundbreaking Urwerk EMC.
New Patek Philippe Cubitus Collection: Yes They Are Too Big, But Are They Really That Polarizing?
Ian Skellern’s first reaction was that he didn’t like the design, too square and not elegant enough for Patek Philippe, even for a sports watch collection. But as the hours and days past,he found myself liking the design more and more.
New Release: Czapek Faubourg de Cracovie Crossroads Chronograph: Deep Blue and Secret Alloy
Czapek developed a new guilloché pattern called “Crossroads,” which features straighter, widely spaced lines reminiscent of tire treads. And they are featured to full effect in the Faubourg de Cracovie Crossroads chronographs.
ReLuxury & Barnes Pre-Loved Luxury Show in Paris 15-17 November 2024
The debut edition of the Reluxury & Barnes Pre-Loved Luxury Show in Paris is the first event of its kind dedicated to pre-loved and circular luxury and prestige products.