That Day Tim Mosso Very Nearly Got Sacked Over a Waylaid Case with Million Dollars Worth of Watches (Video)
Relive the comedy of errors from the day that almost ended Tim’s career in watches. Fortunately, it all worked out in the end.
Entries by Ian Skellern
HYT Pares Down to the Basics with the New T1 Collection
Martin Green has a passion for dress watches, so HYT has always been an interesting brand for him to write about, but not one he could see himself owning. The T1 has changed that.
Ferdinand Berthoud FB 2RE.2 : Superlative Chronometric Performance Verified by Two Independent Testing Laboratories to 0.5 Seconds/Day!
For a watch to qualify as a COSC certified chronometer, the movement not the cased watch) has to be precise to -4 sec to +6 sec per day and that’s more than precise enough for most brands. But Ferdinand Berthoud is not most brands.
Omega vs Breitling – Who Wins? by Tim Mosso (Video)
Tim Mosso explores the renewed rivalry between luxury watch titans Omega and Breitling. Once an also-ran, Breitling has been rehabilitated in the marketplace and offers competitive watches in all classes.
As Rolex has moved upmarket, Omega and its Speedmaster have been left in possession of the mid-market field.
Gary Getz Shares his Eclectic Watch Collection on Watch You Wearing from The Horology Club (video)
Gary Getz (aka GaryG) was interviewed recently for The Horology Club of Hong Kong. In these two videos, Gary explain how he got into watch collecting and shares some of his favorite watches and why they are special to him.
Why Tim Mosso Sold (Nearly) All of his JLC Watches – Reasons and Regrets (Video)
Tim Mosso is like most collectors of luxury watches; he’s bought, owned, and sold many brands and models of watch. Here Tim discusses the deeper reasoning behind the decision to sell each of his watches.
Flipping Watches: How to Eliminate Both Flipping and the Gray Market
Ian Skellern has a solution that would both eliminate flipping and decimate the gray market. Or at least it would significantly minimize them. Might it work?
New Release: De Bethune DB28XP Kind of Blue Tourbillon
De Bethune has blended their Kind of Blue and DB28 case with their fast ultra-light rotating 30-second tourbillon/5 Hz escapement and a Starry Sky. The result is one of the best looking watches on the market and certainly one of the most comfortable.
Louis Moinet Black Moon: World First Central Moon Phase with Moon Meteorite disks
To say that Jean-Marie Schaller, the founder of the modern Louis Moinet brand, is passionate about meteorites is an understatement: he has been studying and collecting them for more than 20 years. Now Louis Moinet take a darker look at the night sky with the Black Moon.
New release: Ressence Type 5 L – A Great Dive Watch gets Even Better with More Lume
Few watches released in the last three decades have been as revolutionary as the Ressence Type 5. And now with the Type 5 L, Ressence increases legibility even more by the abundant application of Super-LumiNova.