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1339 search results for: Why I Bought It

1141

Top 5 Least Useful Horological Complications: and They are All Still Awesome!

December 15, 2024/0 Comments/in Watch Brands & Horology, Highlights, Thoughts & Opinion/by Joshua Munchow

In the real world, some complications are pretty useless. And that’s not saying they aren’t cool. Here Joshua Munchow runs through his top 5 most useless complications and why they are simultaneously cool.

1142

Daniel Roth Tourbillon Souscription Reviewed by Tim Mosso

December 14, 2024/0 Comments/in Watch Brands & Horology, Highlights/by Tim Mosso

Everyone loves a comeback. Except Lance Armstrong. And Mike Tyson. And probably Michael Schumacher, too. Ok… comebacks don’t always work out, but the 2023 Daniel Roth Tourbillon Souscription is a comeback candidate from a brand name with an illustrious past.

1143

Larcum Kendall and K1: The Greatest Watchmaker and Watch You Have (Probably) Never Heard Of

November 21, 2024/6 Comments/in Highlights, History, Pocket watches/by Ian Skellern

[…] Mudge, George Graham, John Harrison, the Longitude Prize, Captain James Cook, and the mutiny on the ‘HMS Bounty.’ However, you are less likely to have heard the name of a horologist who played a pivotal role in all of the above: Larcum Kendall (1719–1790). Come with me on a worldwide adventure involving timekeeping and history.

1144

This Watch Changed My Life: The Jean Daniel Nicolas Two-Minute Tourbillon by Daniel Roth

November 20, 2024/0 Comments/in Highlights, Collectors and Collecting, Independents, Jean Daniel Nicolas/by Ian Skellern

The Two-Minute Tourbillon by Jean Daniel Nicolas/Daniel Roth is a watch that changed Ian Skellern’s life. Here he explains how and why.

1145

Behind The Lens: Rolex GMT-Master II Meteorite: Global Travel Meets Outer Space

November 12, 2024/1 Comment/in Highlights, Behind the Lens, Rolex/by GaryG

GaryG had the opportunity to borrow a Rolex GMT-Master II BLRO Meteorite from a long-time friend to photograph and wear. This watch’s main event is the dial, a thin slice of metallic meteorite whose crystalline structure reflects the slow cooling process that took place as the meteor hurtled through space. Here he tries a […]

1146

Grone Oldenzaal: a New More Affordable Brand by Bart and Tim Gronefeld Launches with the Manueel One ‘Sjef’s One’

November 5, 2024/1 Comment/in Highlights, Affordable Luxury, Grönefeld/by Ian Skellern

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’.

1147

The Tudor Black Bay P01 And The Story Of The 1967 Prototype That Inspired It

October 27, 2024/0 Comments/in Highlights, History, Tudor/by Nick Gould

At Baselworld 2019, when the curtains were finally opened at the Tudor booth, a watch that had widely been considered a myth by many was revealed to be 100 percent real! The Tudor Black Bay P01 was revealed!

1148

Tudor Black Bay 54 vs. Black Bay 58: a Calculated Downsize

October 16, 2024/0 Comments/in Highlights, Tudor/by Raman Kalra

Since 2018, the Black Bay 58 has been the star for Tudor. On the face of it, the Black Bay 54 (BB54) is just a smaller Black Bay variant with a few minor changes. Yet, taking a closer look you realise that the sum of small parts makes this very different from the Black […]

1149

Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Compressor Memovox Reviewed by Tim Mosso

October 12, 2024/3 Comments/in Divers' Watches, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Vintage/by Tim Mosso

The early 2000s were exciting times at Jaeger-LeCoultre. 2002 brought the Master Compressor Memovox, a standout then, and still one of the best luxury watch values of today’s marketplace.

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All Finalists in the 2024 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG)

October 2, 2024/0 Comments/in New for 2024, Highlights, Events, Fairs & Exhibitions/by Ian Skellern

The red carpet prize giving for the 2024 GPHG) will take place in Geneva on Wednesday the 13 November 2024. There are 16 categories with six finalists in each category making a total of 96 watches in the final round.

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