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How Do You Top The Sensational De Bethune DB28 Maxichrono? By Customizing It, Of Course – Reprise

October 22, 2022/1 Comment/in Highlights, De Bethune/by What Makes Me Tick

What Makes Me Tick loves watches made by small independent artisans because they fully embody the visions of their makers, who have put blood, sweat, and tears into creating them. Among the independent brands, De Bethune is most probably his favorite. In fact, no “probably” about it: De Bethune is his favorite. Here’s how […]

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Why I Love The Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso – And You Should Too – Reprise

October 16, 2022/1 Comment/in Collectors and Collecting, Jaeger-LeCoultre/by GaryG

It’s not easy to have a single product line that spans all the way from entry-level pieces to multimillion-dollar halo watches, but Jaeger-LeCoultre has achieved it with the Reverso. It’s still possible for a young collector to do exactly what GaryG did almost 30 years ago and enter the world of true high […]

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What Makes A Daily Wearer Wristwatch? – Reprise

October 8, 2022/4 Comments/in Collectors and Collecting, Thoughts & Opinion/by GaryG

GaryG wears all of the watches in his collection, though some watches are more suited to daily wear than others. A reader’s question got Gary thinking, both about which pieces in his assortment are the go-to routine watches for frequent wear and, at a more fundamental level, what makes a watch a “daily wearer.” […]

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Heavy Metal: Great (And Not So Great) Watch Bracelets

October 8, 2022/4 Comments/in Collectors and Collecting, Thoughts & Opinion/by GaryG

If cases get too little attention from watch collectors, GaryG feels that the straps and bracelets that turn a timepiece into a wristwatch seem to get even less. And of late, especially with the controversy surrounding the introduction of the “integrated” bracelet of A. Lange & Söhne’s Odysseus, he has been pondering metal […]

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Our Predictions In The Men’s Category Of The 2022 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG): Our Panel Is Split In Two

September 27, 2022/2 Comments/in Highlights, Events, Fairs & Exhibitions, Round Table, Akrivia, Bulgari, Independents, Parmigiani, Zenith/by Elizabeth Doerr

The Men’s is one of the more contentious GPHG categories every year because it is filled with amazing watches that may or may not have much in common but do have distinctive aesthetics. Since that is very subjective, our panel is reminded that the category is essentially asking which watch is the most versatile, […]

436

MB&F LM Sequential EVO Dual Chronograph: An Ingenious Application Of A Simple Idea (That Nobody Had Thought Of Before)

September 2, 2022/2 Comments/in Independents, MB&F/by Ian Skellern

Ian Skellern usually starts explaining a wristwatch with a tour of the watch’s dial and main features, but the LM Sequential EVO is a monument to its mirror-image dual chronograph with Twinverter function movement so here he starts with the best part: its movement.

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Jean-Claude Biver Restructures LVMH Watch Brands; TAG Heuer CEO Stéphane Linder Resigns. Coincidence?

December 11, 2014/16 Comments/in Highlights, Hublot, Tag Heuer, Zenith/by Elizabeth Doerr

[…] announced the resignation of his position after only 18 months at the post. Having been at TAG Heuer for 21 years, Linder was elevated to his current position after previous CEO Jean-Christophe Babin relocated to sibling brand Bulgari. What is the master strategy behind this and other moves at LVMH as orchestrated by Jean-Claude Biver?

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

August 28, 2022/9 Comments/in Rolex/by Joshua Munchow

[…] had 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 it being the most widely known watch brand in the world: forgeries and overexposure abound. So what is it about 2015’s […]

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Flipping Watches: How To Eliminate Both Flipping And The Gray Market – Reprise

July 23, 2022/38 Comments/in Collectors and Collecting, Thoughts & Opinion/by Ian Skellern

Ian Skellern has a solution that would not only eliminate flipping but would also decimate the gray market. Or at least it would significantly minimize them. Might it work?

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Yes, You Must Pay Duties And Taxes On Your Personal Watches When Traveling, But Here’s How To Avoid The Worst – Reprise

July 3, 2022/7 Comments/in Collectors and Collecting/by Chris Malburg

Watch enthusiasts traveling into Switzerland, Germany, Japan, China, and the United States are targets of opportunity for border customs police. Here Chris Malburg shows how to avoid paying more in duties and taxes than necessary and the embarrassment of being suspected of smuggling legitimately purchased watches.

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