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1339 search results for: Why I Bought It

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Hands On & Live Photos: MB&F x H. Moser LM101 And H. Moser x MB&F Endeavour Cylindrical Tourbillon

June 4, 2020/1 Comment/in Highlights, H. Moser & Cie, Independents, MB&F/by GaryG

GaryG loves a surprise! And in the case of the newly-minted H. Moser x MB&F Endeavour Cylindrical Tourbillon and MB&F x H. Moser LM101, he is surprised not once, but twice: two distinctive watches that somehow manage the tricky task of maintaining the core brand identity of the lead brand for each, while successfully […]

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The Watch That Changed My Life: The Jean Daniel Nicolas Two-Minute Tourbillon By Daniel Roth

August 7, 2014/28 Comments/in Collectors and Collecting, Quill & Pad, Independents, Jean Daniel Nicolas/by Ian Skellern

Many watches hold a special significance for their owners. The watch I am chronicling here didn’t just change someone’s life, it changed MY life: the Jean Daniel Nicolas Two-Minute Tourbillon by Daniel Roth.

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Hammer Time: Expert Advice For Selling Your Watch At Auction – Reprise

May 30, 2020/0 Comments/in Highlights, Auctions, Collectors and Collecting/by Chris Malburg

[…] auctioneer’s hammer crash down on the final bid of a famous well-fought-over item. What interests Chris Malburg – apart from the artifact itself – is the seller. Why the sale? Is this is a one-off event or does he or she have more to offer? What brought them to this hammer time? This article […]

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Commissioning A Bespoke Grönefeld 1941 Remontoire: A Collector’s Personal Experience (Video)

May 9, 2020/8 Comments/in Video, Grönefeld, Independents/by Elizabeth Doerr

[…] link to a video that he and his son, William Alexander Julien, made about the journey of his commissioning a bespoke Grönefeld 1941 Remontoire. The nine-minute video is very moving and beautifully filmed and edited. I highly recommend that you pour yourself a glass of your favorite tipple and hit play: it will not disappoint.

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The Watch That Changed My Life: The Jean Daniel Nicolas Two-Minute Tourbillon By Daniel Roth – Reprise

May 3, 2020/6 Comments/in Highlights, Independents, Jean Daniel Nicolas/by Ian Skellern

[…] watches hold a special significance for their owners: some may be a powerful emotional reminder of an esteemed person, place or event, while others the long-searched-for keystone in a valued collection. There are watches that generate a smile just by thinking about them and a few have even changed lives. Ian Skellern shares the […]

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French Champagne House Ruinart Collaborates With British Artist David Shrigley For Its Annual Carte Blanche Art Commission

April 30, 2020/0 Comments/in Arts, Highlights, Wining, Dining and Cigars/by Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle

David Shrigley is not your conventional artist. He says what’s on his mind without beating around the bush. Not taking himself seriously while opening our eyes to the bigger picture is why French champagne house Ruinart commissioned the 51-year-old artist to present the champagne house in a new light as its 2020 carte blanche artist,

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The Grail Of Attic Finds: Reunited With The First Watch I Ever Owned, A West End Watch Co Sowar Prima

April 22, 2020/21 Comments/in Affordable Luxury, Vintage/by Colin Alexander Smith

Colin Alexander Smith is reunited with his first watch and discovers an intriguing watch manufacturer that has been producing mechanical watches in Switzerland continuously since 1886.

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5 Ways Watch Brands Are Providing COVID-19 Support

April 17, 2020/1 Comment/in Watch Brands & Horology, Give Me Five!, Hermès, Parmigiani/by Elizabeth Doerr

Luxury watch brands and groups are stepping up to the plate and doing some real good in regard to the current COVID-19 pandemic. Here Elizabeth Doerr highlights five initiatives.

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Eric Freitas: Illustrator Turned Clockmaker Creates Mechanical Fantasies

April 5, 2020/4 Comments/in Highlights, Clocks, Independents/by Joshua Munchow

[…] the work of clockmaker Eric Freitas, Joshua Munchow describes his aesthetics as a combination of the styles of Guillermo Del Toro, Tim Burton, Salvador Dalí, and the entire production design of Jim Henson’s ‘The Dark Crystal’ if they were combined into an intense mechanical wall clock. Who wouldn’t want to have a look at this?

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Main Ridge Estate: Great Value In Small Quantities From Australia’s Mornington Peninsula

April 6, 2020/0 Comments/in Wining, Dining and Cigars/by Ken Gargett

[…] only some of the Mornington Peninsula’s best Pinot and Chardonnay, but some of the best anywhere in Australia, pretty much from day one. Small quantities of its wines do manage to make their way to international markets, but you’ll need to search for them. Ken Gargett explains why you might want to do just that.

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