The bear in the moon phase is visible on Ming Thein’s Ochs und Junior when it is full moon

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

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I am a passionate watch enthusiast and have been for years, as well as a watch collector (as far as my budget allows).

I have experienced the joy of getting a watch precisely to my liking in a simple, reductionist philosophy with a comparatively pedestrian movement – but including a very interesting complication and aesthetic.

It makes me happy every time I strap it on or look at it. Here is my experience in designing my own watch with Ochs und Junior.

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Your author's favorite Rolex Day-Date 40 dial is this quadrant design, here in a white gold case

A Very Rolexy Rolex Discussion: 3 Reasons The Rolex Day-Date 40 Convinced Me

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Rolex has never called out to Joshua Munchow as a watch that he must have or that would be the pinnacle of his collection. He thinks that this is because of the downsides to being the most widely known watch brand in the world: copying and overexposure. So what is it about the new Rolex Day-Date 40 that has turned him into a convert? Read on to find out.

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The most accurate watch of 2015 as independently certified by the 2015 International Timing Competition was this Tissot Caliber A86.501 with an impressive score of 908/1000 points

Why The International Chronometry Competition Needs To Change Format Or Sink Into Total Irrelevance

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A watch for me isn’t just a portable three-dimensional sculpture or piece of kinetic art, it is first − if not foremost − an instrument for telling the time. Like you, I’ve excitedly followed the animated discourse and heated debate after the results of the 2015 Chronometry Competition were announced. Oh, you missed that? Me too.

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Greubel Forsey at Dubai Watch Week

Videos Of Dubai Watch Week

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The inaugural Dubal Watch Week was organized by the Seddiqi watch retailing group in the Middle East. Here we share a couple of videos of the event by The Watches TV.

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Useful information: the Harry Winston Opus 14 showing the home time and GMT dials

The Harry Winston Opus 14: A Considered Collector View

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By now, pretty much everyone who follows horological news has heard about and likely seen images of the Harry Winston Opus 14. Much of the hard data – the 1066 component parts, four separate stacked dials including three interchangeable ones, the formidable 54.7 mm diameter – is already well known. But how does this immensely complicated watch “stack up” after a bit of reflection?

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Watchmaking demonstration at the Zenith stand at SalonQP 2014

8 Reasons To Visit SalonQP In London, The ‘Goldilocks’ Watch Exhibition

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The sixth edition of SalonQP opens its doors on Friday, November 13 (or even Thursday evening if you’re one of the lucky few attending the opening cocktail party). So here are eight reasons why you might consider making a trip to London’s chic Sloane Square for the UK’s premier watch exhibition, which includes discussion panels, seminars, and even watchmaking classes in addition to more than 50 brands of every shape and size.

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Stephen Forsey at the 2015 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève with the Aiguille d'Or in one hand and a Greubel Forsey Tourbillon 24 Secondes Vision on the other

Reflections On The 2015 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève

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In this final round table discussion, my Quill & Pad colleagues Ian, Joshua, Gary, Amr, and I discuss the amazing evening of October 29, 2015 at the elegant Grand Théâtre in Geneva. The Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève ceremony was greatly successful this year with the hosts keeping it from running long with windy speeches and comedy routines in the middle.

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Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Gyrotourbillon 2 front side

Beautiful Contrasts: Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Gyrotourbillon 2

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When the iconic, 84-year-old Reverso case comes together with current horological technology, something incredible happens. And when that current technology happens to be a so-called gyrotourbillon with a cylindrical hairspring, that something is even more fantastimazing.

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F.P. Journe Tourbillon Souverain Bleu for Only Watch 2015

Only Watch 2015: Full List With Photos Of The Unique Piece Watches At Auction

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It’s an extraordinary feat when some of the most established names in watchmaking and up-and-coming independents come together for a worthy cause.

The 2015 edition of Only Watch is to be held on November 7, and this sixth edition of the biennial charity auction sees the highest number of donated pieces ever: 44 in total.

Read on for a complete listing and photos, including estimates, of the all unique piece watches in the 2015 Only Watch auction.

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MB&F Arachnophobia, look out it's scuttling to a dark corner near you!

Halloween Heartbeat: MB&F Arachnophobia

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Halloween, a word contracted from “All Hallow’s Eve,” is a predominately American celebration whose traditions come from late nineteenth-century Celtic origins. And now along comes a modern mechanical time-telling spider, the MB&F Arachnophobia – a realistic-looking arachnoid made of metal and other materials traditionally used in watchmaking. Look upon it if you dare!

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