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Opera And Manufacture Royale: Performance Art At The Highest Level

March 22, 2015/3 Comments/in Arts, Highlights, Manufacture Royale/by Joshua Munchow

[…] most controversial, and undoubtedly most incredible, piece is the highly complicated Opera, which features a minute repeater, tourbillon, and, most anachronistically, a hinged telescoping case. Basically, it’s big, it’s bold, and it rocks. And like the opera (theater), the Opera (watch) is not for everybody. But those that like it love it. I love it.

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Konstantin Chaykin Wristmon Zebra Unique Piece Featuring First In-House Micro-Rotor Caliber K.33.3 Movement

February 16, 2024/0 Comments/in New for 2024, Highlights, Independents, Konstantin Chaykin/by Ian Skellern

Konstantin Chaykin has designed, developed, and manufactured his own automatic movement, caliber K.33.3, which features a tungsten micro-rotor. The movement makes its debut in the unique piece Zebra Wristmon.

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Behind the Lens: The F.P. Journe Tourbillon Souverain – Reprise

February 10, 2024/0 Comments/in Highlights, Behind the Lens, F.P. Journe/by GaryG

One of the great advantages of belonging to the relatively close-knit community of watch collectors is having the opportunity to see and photograph a lot of great watches. Here GaryG takes on the formidable F.P. Journe Tourbillon Souverain with his mighty camera and collecting knowledge.

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Khanjar and Qaboos Rolexes: Are they the Vintage Watch Industry’s Blood Diamonds? (Updated with New Information) – Reprise

February 4, 2024/0 Comments/in Highlights, Rolex, Vintage/by Colin Alexander Smith

Increasing demand for timepieces, especially Rolexes, with the Omani emblem is understandable given the high quality, good condition, demonstrable provenance, and rarity of most of these watches, combined with the fact that they had often been presented to their first owners in the 1970s by Sultan Qaboos in person as a token of […]

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Three Kinds of Blue: 3 Cool and Relatively Affordable Limited Edition Watches Under $3,000 from Seiko, Oris, and Union Glashütte – Reprise

February 3, 2024/0 Comments/in Highlights, Affordable Luxury, Oris, Seiko/by Jan Lidmaňský

For less than $3,000 you can get a pretty cool watch with an interesting story to tell. But which one: Japanese, German, or Swiss? Jan Lidmaňský highlights three possibilities from Seiko, Union Glashütte, and Oris.

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Behind The Lens: Ming 20.01 Series 2 AgenGraphe Chronograph – Reprise

February 1, 2024/0 Comments/in Highlights, Behind the Lens, Collectors and Collecting, Ming Watches/by GaryG

The Ming 20.01 Series 2 AgenGraphe Mosaic chronograph was only made in a series of eight prototypes for early backers of the brand. Happily for collectors including Chuck, a modified Series 2 version of the 20.01 did subsequently go into production, and thanks to his kindness GaryG is able to present it to you here.

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John McGonigle Oileán H-B1 Triple Calendar Chronograph: I Don’t Know of a More Beautiful Complicated Movement Available for the Money – Reprise

January 30, 2024/0 Comments/in Highlights, Independents/by Ian Skellern

In 2021, John McGonigle launched the H-B1, the first watch under his solo brand Oileán. It‘s a beautifully hand-finished triple-calendar column wheel chronograph powered by a highly modified new-old stock Valjoux 88 movement. While not cheap, Ian Skellern thinks it’s the best value-for-money, exquisitely hand-finished, complicated watch he has ever seen.

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De Bethune DB28 Tourbillon Deadbeat Seconds reviewed by Tim Mosso

January 27, 2024/0 Comments/in Highlights, De Bethune/by Tim Mosso

When the De Bethune DB28 Tourbillon Deadbeat Seconds launched in 2012 it represented the upper echelon of the catalog and could be considered something approaching a brand flagship. And in Tim Mosso’s opinion, it certainly has the presence of a flagship.

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Commissioning a Watch: My Journey with the Kari Voutilainen Masterpiece Chronograph II – Reprise

January 27, 2024/1 Comment/in Highlights, Independents, Kari Voutilainen/by GaryG

[…] of Northern California watch collectors, all owners of at least one Kari Voutilainen watch, met for lunch. One of the members of the group nonchalantly mentioned, ” I‘ve been talking with Kari about something . . .” It was a set of bespoke Kari Voutilainen Masterpiece Chronograph II models. GaryG’s response two seconds later: […]

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MB&F HM11 Architect: A Slow Motion Fidget Spinner for the Wrist

January 24, 2024/2 Comments/in New for 2023, Highlights, MB&F/by Martin Green

The MB&F HM11 earns its name Architect by the inspiration for its case design. Its inspiration comes from 1960s architecture, and one could imagine seeing this shape, enlarged to life-size, as a comfortable home overseeing the Mediterranean.

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