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Mothers Of Invention: Behind The Lens With Invention Pieces 1 And 2 By Greubel Forsey

October 13, 2018/10 Comments/in Highlights, Behind the Lens, Collectors and Collecting, Greubel Forsey/by GaryG

GaryG was delighted to take possession of an Invention Piece 1 with its inclined double tourbillon, while a good friend of his replied in kind with a purchase of the quadruple-tourbillon Invention Piece 2. Ever since, he has been dying to get these two gorgeous monsters side by side in the light tent. And […]

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Our Predictions In The Challenge Category Of The 2018 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie De Genève: No Clear Consensus And Quite A Few Surprises

October 12, 2018/1 Comment/in Highlights, Affordable Luxury, Events, Fairs & Exhibitions/by Ian Skellern

The GPHG Challenge category is for watches retailing under 4,000 Swiss francs (approximately $4,000) and that makes not only for a very competitive category, it‘s also an entry for many to the world of fine watchmaking. Check out which watches our panel thought stood out this year.

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Our Predictions In The Ladies Complication Category Of The 2018 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève: One Is Outed As A Drag Queen

September 24, 2018/3 Comments/in Events, Fairs & Exhibitions, Ladies watches/by Ian Skellern

The Quill & Pad team predicts its winners in the Ladies’ Complication category of the 2018 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG) and explains why. It was a tight race in this category, but one watch came up voted more than the others.

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44 Of Robin Williams’ Watches To Be Auctioned By Sotheby’s In October 2018

September 10, 2018/11 Comments/in Highlights, Auctions/by Nick Gould

On October 4, 2018 in New York, Sotheby’s will auction a vast collection of items from Robin Williams and his second wife Marsha Williams, including artworks, film memorabilia . . . and 44 wristwatches belonging to Williams, including Panerai, Ikepod, Doxa, and Franck Muller models. Nick Gould highlights a few that caught his eye […]

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The Kees Engelbarts Tourbillon Organic Skeleton (Archive)

September 30, 2018/1 Comment/in Highlights, Independents, Kees Engelbarts/by Elizabeth Doerr

Extraordinary engraver Kees Engelbarts loves his skeletonized watches as they do very much showcase his art form. “ I wanted to make another kind of skeleton watch,” he says about his latest creation called Tourbillon Organic Skeleton. “Most skeleton watches are, as you know, very symmetric. My plan was to make a skeleton watch […]

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In Conversation With Stephen Forsey Of Greubel Forsey, Maker Of Many Of The World’s Best Watches

September 7, 2018/4 Comments/in Highlights, Greubel Forsey/by Martin Green

There is something about interviewing people like Stephen Forsey, co-founder of Greubel Forsey, that makes it a unique experience. Not only is Forsey a great watchmaker, he is also an entrepreneur with his finger on the pulse of the industry. And here he shares many insights from the last 15 years of his company, […]

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Attending An Auction With The Intent To Buy – And What Happened Next

May 21, 2014/4 Comments/in Auctions/by Elizabeth Doerr

Vintage watches are becoming more and more of a subject in our little world of ticks and tocks. So I set out for Frankfurt very early on a Saturday morning to meet up with an old acquaintance, vintage watch dealer Ron Geweniger. And we set off for the Dr. Crott auction so I could […]

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Penfolds Special Bottlings: Spirited Wines, Distilled Single Batch Brandy, And A Fortified

August 8, 2018/0 Comments/in Highlights, Wining, Dining and Cigars/by Ken Gargett

The invitation to a “secret tasting” with James Godfrey was not one Ken Gargett would ever decline. What Godfrey doesn’t know about fortifieds is not worth knowing, and those he has not tasted are probably not worth tasting. Here’s what Ken learned . . .

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Corum Bubble 47 Central Tourbillon (AKA ‘Bubble Swoosh’): More Visibility For The Whirlwind

July 26, 2018/0 Comments/in Highlights, Corum/by Sabine Zwettler

Since the model’s launch earlier in 2018, Sabine has a new favorite Bubble: the Bubble 47 Central Tourbillon, also christened the Bubble Swoosh. As the name implies, it is the first Bubble to feature a centrally placed tourbillon.

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TAG Heuer Monaco Chronograph Forged Carbon Bamford Edition: LVMH & Bamford, A Match Made In Heaven Or . . . ?

August 3, 2018/0 Comments/in Highlights, Thoughts & Opinion, Tag Heuer/by Martin Green

Martin Green has a confession: he has never understood why somebody would buy a watch from an esteemed brand and then have it “customized.” However, when it comes to companies customizing watches, the Bamford Watch Department is in a league of its own. How and why did LVMH join forces with it? And how […]

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