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1339 search results for: Why I Bought It

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Why Accuracy Matters To Me, And Why It Should Matter To You Too – Reprise

February 2, 2020/2 Comments/in Highlights, Thoughts & Opinion/by Ian Skellern

To mark its 50th anniversary in 2009, the International Museum of Horology in Le Locle, Switzerland launched an international chronometry competition. This effectively broke a long drought of 37 years since the last timing trial, which was held by the Observatory of Neuchâtel back in 1972. So what’s going on now?

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Greubel Forsey Art Piece Edition Historique: A Brand Aesthetic Retrospective In One Wristwatch – Reprise

February 15, 2020/1 Comment/in Highlights, Greubel Forsey/by Joshua Munchow

The awesome Greubel Forsey Art Piece Edition Historique is a true coalescence of a decade and a half of horological exploration into something stunningly simple and complicated all at once. Joshua Munchow explains why.

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Krug Champagne: A Story Of Krugists Earning Five Cases Per Year Every Year For The Rest Of One’s Life And Wine Tasting Like “. . . Angels Have Descended From Heaven” – Reprise

March 14, 2020/0 Comments/in Wining, Dining and Cigars/by Ken Gargett

Anyone who expresses even so much as a fleeting interest in great wine will soon come across Krug, for many the greatest champagne of all. And there are champagne lovers and then there are devotees of Krug: Krugists. Ken Gargett doubts that any other champagne, any wine, has a word to designate their adoring fans. […]

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Breguet Classique 5177 Deconstruction: What The Naked Watchmaker Didn’t Reveal – Reprise

March 21, 2020/4 Comments/in Highlights, The Naked Watchmaker, Breguet/by Ian Skellern

The Naked Watchmaker (TNW), aka Peter Speake-Marin, does a series of deconstructions of a broad selection of modern Breguet watches and movements, starting with the Classique 5177, a relatively simple (for Breguet) three-hand dress watch with date. Here Ian shares a few details that The Naked Watchmaker didn’t reveal.

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Death Of The Dress Watch: Is It Time To Write Its Obituary? – Reprise

February 1, 2020/7 Comments/in Watch Brands & Horology, Thoughts & Opinion/by Martin Green

As the resident gentleman of Quill & Pad, Martin Green feels that the time is soon approaching to write an obituary announcing the death of the dress watch. He thinks that its passing is coming and it‘s not an isolated event. But it still hurts.

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

January 25, 2020/0 Comments/in Collectors and Collecting, De Bethune/by What Makes Me Tick

What Makes Me Tick loves watches made by small independent artisans because they fully embody the vision 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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Great Rolex Experiment With The GMT-Master II Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Crown – Reprise

February 16, 2020/12 Comments/in Highlights, Collectors and Collecting, Rolex/by GaryG

GaryG once wrote on Quill & Pad about his relationship with the world’s greatest mass luxury brand in ‘ Why I’ve Never Owned a Rolex – And Why I Might Yet.’ Well, to know him is to know that if he says he “might yet” buy something it’s likely only a matter of time. […]

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For The Love Of Two-Tone Watches – Reprise

May 2, 2020/4 Comments/in Collectors and Collecting, Thoughts & Opinion/by Martin Green

A discussion with fellow collectors that is bound to elicit interesting responses is two-tone watches. People tend to either love them or hate them. The lovers consider them the perfect mix between a sporty looking watch and a dress watch. People who don’t care for them may think of them as a weak compromise […]

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Commissioning A Watch: My Journey With The Kari Voutilainen Masterpiece Chronograph II – Reprise

January 12, 2020/0 Comments/in Collectors and Collecting, 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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Worldtimer vs. GMT: Jaeger-LeCoultre Polaris Chronograph WT vs. IWC Pilot’s Watch Timezoner Spitfire

January 2, 2020/4 Comments/in Highlights, IWC, Jaeger-LeCoultre/by Chris Malburg

Do you need to know the time in various time zones? What is the real difference between a worldtimer and a GMT watch? How complicated are these watches to use? Chris Malburg answers these questions and more after spending some quality time with two enchanting multi-time zone watches.  

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