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Measuring the Time Between the Seconds: The Truth Behind High-Frequency Movements – Reprise

October 3, 2023/2 Comments/in Watch Brands & Horology, Highlights, Technology, Thoughts & Opinion/by Ryan Schmidt

Marketing material for the modern mechanical watch almost always includes a description of the movement’s frequency. You may have even sensed that the higher the frequency, the more accurate a movement gets. But is this entirely true? Find out here.

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H. Moser & Cie x MB&F Streamliner Pandamonium: The Most Unique Watch in the Only Watch 2023 Auction

September 25, 2023/0 Comments/in Highlights, Auctions, H. Moser & Cie, MB&F/by Martin Green

For a minute repeater, the volume and clarity of the sound is important. The Moser x MB&F Streamliner Pandamonium is made from stainless steel and has hollowed-out segments inside the case to amplify the sound. But it‘s the Panda playing DJ that makes this unique piece repeater so special.

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Behind The Lens: The ‘Lumendorff’ A. Lange & Söhne Datograph Lumen with Unique Custom-Fitted Platinum Bracelet

September 9, 2023/0 Comments/in Highlights, A. Lange & Söhne/by GaryG

A couple of years ago, GaryG wrote about one collector’s obsession with the A. Lange & Söhne Datograph Lumen and the platinum Lange bracelet made by Wellendorff, and wanting to combine the two. The result was spectacular, and now he brings us another view of it told through his own photographs.

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Is Silicon Here to Stay in (Rolex) Watch Movements? – Reprise

September 10, 2023/3 Comments/in Highlights, General, Thoughts & Opinion, Rolex/by Ashton Tracy

[…] they are roughly 50 microns thick and 150 microns wide. Tiny they may be, but insignificant they are not. In fact, they are so significant that Rolex refers to them as “the guardians of time.” But what do silicon hairsprings bring to the table? Watchmaker Ashton Tracy explains why he went from skeptic to fan.

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Bell & Ross BR 05 for a Week on the Wrist: How it Measures Up – Reprise

September 7, 2023/0 Comments/in Highlights, Affordable Luxury, Thoughts & Opinion, Bell & Ross/by Chris Malburg

Bell & Ross turns its aviation watch “DNA” toward the urban man. Chris Malburg spent a week with the BR 05 with gray dial in stainless steel and has a lot to say about this everyday city-dweller’s timepiece. 

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Akrivia Rexhep Rexhepi Chronomètre Contemporain II (RRCC II): Despite Looking Similar to its Predecessor, Everything is New

September 3, 2023/0 Comments/in Highlights, Akrivia, Independents/by Elizabeth Doerr

The classic design of the Akrivia RRCC II’s dial has roots in founder Rexhep Rexhepi’s vision of high-quality nineteenth-century pocket watch dials adorned with high-fire enamel and combined with a modern twist based on “sector” dials of the 1930s and ’40s. But there’s much more to this brand-new watch than that as Elizabeth Doerr explains.

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The Golden Age of Rolex Movements Part II: Rolex gets Complicated with Innovations and Patent Registrations

September 3, 2023/2 Comments/in Highlights, Thoughts & Opinion, Rolex/by Tim Mosso

From the public’s perspective, Rolex’s surge into its movement revolution began with the now anachronistic-sounding Basel 2000 World Watch, Clock, and Jewelry Show. But the evidence of a long-term engineering campaign was mounting at the patent office and in the dealers’ showrooms as this article by Tim Mosso highlights.

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Is Breguet Ready for a Comeback? And if so, How?

September 1, 2023/11 Comments/in Highlights, Thoughts & Opinion, Breguet/by Raman Kalra

Not many brands have the same depth of history as Breguet. It is one of the oldest watchmaking brands surviving today, established in 1775 by Abraham-Louis Breguet. Raman Kalra reflects on why the brand hasn’t kept up with its peers and what they can do to bounce back.

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Collector Commissions: Bespoke Sartory Billard SB05 with Exotic Meteorite, Aventurine, and Lapis Lazuli Dial – Reprise

August 31, 2023/0 Comments/in Highlights, Collectors and Collecting, Independents/by Ian Skellern

The framed aventurine central dial of this bespoke Sartory Billard SB05 has a depth that allows us to easily imagine we are looking through a maze of galaxies toward the far edges of the universe. And framing that is a ring of meteorite, a true space material. What else makes this watch so unique?

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Marchesi di Grésy Italian wines: Rates among Barbaresco’s Greatest Grand Crus

August 16, 2023/4 Comments/in Highlights, Wining, Dining and Cigars/by Ken Gargett

The Marchesi di Grésy estate is now one of Barbaresco’s most highly regarded, if not the region’s greatest – for many, Barbaresco’s first – Grand Cru, even if not officially designated as such.

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