Otto Peltola's Ostinato too first prize in the 2018 Walter Lange Watchmaking Excellence Award

The Musical Winner Of The 2018 Walter Lange Watchmaking Excellence Award: Otto Peltola Wins With Charming Chiming Watch Ostinato (Plus Video)

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The 2018 Walter Lange Watchmaking Excellence Award has come to a conclusion: the dust has settled, the tools have been put down, and the participants are on to other tasks. The winner of the 2018 Walter Lange Watchmaking Excellence award, Otto Peltola, was announced at SIHH 2019 at the annual Lange Friends Dinner. Here Joshua Munchow explains what made this creation stand out among the other seven entries.

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The “big three” recent additions to the author’s collection

Selling Watches To Buy Watches: One Collector’s Story – Reprise

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Wouldn’t it be splendid to have everything your heart desired? Well, it’s a nice fantasy but it’s not going to happen for GaryG. And besides, he’s not so sure that the experience of “selling to buy” isn’t actually a significant part, albeit a bittersweet one, of the collecting experience. He shares what he has learned here.

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You know you’re a watch guy if . . . at a restaurant you photograph everyone's watches but not the food

You Know You’re A Watch Guy Or Gal If . . . – Reprise

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In the theme of Jeff Foxworthy and his “you might be a redneck if” routine, John Keil pokes a little fun at our WIS brothers and sisters as well as ourselves. So without further ado, you know you’re a watch guy if . . .

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Mido IBA Guggenheim

‘Arm’s Length Architecture’: Building Blocks To Watchmaking As Exemplified By Some Of Today’s Wristwatches Including Urwerk, Nomos, Mido And Girard-Perregaux

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SIHH 2019 provided an instructive example to Tim Mosso of architecture’s low-key role in watch design relative to well-worn tropes. For him it was the third year in a row that parts of Geneva’s Palexpo felt like a Southern California cars-and-coffee event. But there are a few watch brands that do architecture well, and Tim takes a closer look at some of them here.

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Bovet Récital 26 Brainstorm Chapter One wristshot

Bovet At SIHH 2019: Golden Hands And Amazing Watches (Video)

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In this video, The Watches TV’s Marc André Deschoux goes through the Swiss brand’s new watches from SIHH 2019, which include the Virtuoso IX, Récital 21 perpetual calendar, Récital 23 for ladies, and the outstanding Récital 26 Brainstorm Chapter One – the first Bovet watch housed in a full sapphire crystal case. Enjoy!

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F.P. Journe Parfum d'Ambiance

F.P. Journe: The Scent Of Success

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As we might expect from F.P. Journe, the parfum d’ambiance created for use in its boutiques is a thing of beauty: a clever compilation of light floral notes on a woody, cedar base. It is the base that provides its longevity, while the floral notes tone it down. The result is a contemporary composition brightening up the room and working effectively in light doses as a great interior perfume should. But why should we care?

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President Bill Clinton wearing a A. Lange & Söhne Richard Lange Pour Le Mérite at the 2018 Bloomberg Global Business Forum in New York

Wrist Watching: Former President Bill Clinton Sporting A. Lange & Söhne Richard Lange Pour Le Mérite

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In today’s installment of Wrist Watching, Nick Gould looks at what’s on the wrist of the 42nd president of the United States, Bill Clinton, an avid watch collector: A. Lange & Söhne’s Richard Lange Pour le Mérite.

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F.P. Journe Tourbillon Souverain Vertical wristshot

F.P. Journe Tourbillon Souverain Vertical: An Upright Shift To The Future

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The Tourbillon Souverain Vertical now replaces the iconic Tourbillon Souverain in F.P. Journe’s standing collection, even though it is an entirely different take on tourbillon movement architecture, one that seeks to return to the days of Breguet with a vertically oriented tourbillon placed perpendicular to the movement.

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Visiting Wunderkind Independent Watchmaker Konstantin Chaykin In Moscow (Video)

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The Watches TV visited independent watchmaker Konstantin Chaykin at his home workshop in Moscow. This 16-minute video, which begins with a quick walkthrough of a museum in the Kremlin that showcases historical clocks from all over Europe, goes through practically all of Chaykin’s stellar, creative timepieces.

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Ming Thein’s Ochs und Junior is perfectly suited to be worn every day under every circumstance

Design Your Own Watch? A Collector Explains The Pros And Cons With Ochs Und Junior – Reprise

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Ming Thein has been a passionate watch enthusiast for many years, as well as a watch collector (as far as his budget allows). He has experienced the joy of getting a watch precisely to his liking in a simple, reductionist philosophy with a comparatively pedestrian movement – but including a very interesting complication and aesthetic. Here Ming shares his experience in designing his own watch with Ochs und Junior.

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