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Romain Gauthier HMS Ten in white gold

Romain Gauthier Celebrates Ten-Year Anniversary With HMS Ten

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“This is a kind of homage for me,” Romain Gauthier explained as he showed me his superbly finished HMS Ten at Baselworld 2015. Gauthier celebrates a milestone with the appropriately named wristwatch: ten years of his company’s existence as a boutique watch brand. While this watch appears solidly classic in style at first glance, don’t be fooled by that. It contains a number of elements that are bound to make it an interesting evergreen in the years to come: compelling movement design, intriguing dial design, and great crown placement.

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Ulysse Nardin Hannibal Minute Repeater with jaquemarts

Monthly News Roundup Pre-Baselworld 2015: Ulysse Nardin, Jaquet Droz, Romain Gauthier, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Omega, Girard-Perregaux, Blancpain, Arnold & Son, Graham, Linde Werdelin, Carl F. Bucherer

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This month’s horological news includes new releases from: Ulysse Nardin (Hannibal Minute Repeater); Jaquet Droz (Grande Seconde Deadbeat plus Sunstone); Romain Gauthier (HMS Ten); Jaeger-LeCoultre (Master Compressor Extreme LAB 2); Omega (Seamaster Aqua Terra 150M); Girard-Perregaux (1966); Blancpain (Villeret Big Date plus Fifty Fathoms Ocean Commitment Bathyscaphe Flyback Chronograph); Arnold & Son (Dial Side True Beat DSTB Steel); Graham (Geo.Graham Tourbillon); Linde Werdelin (Oktopus Carbon Green); and Carl F. Bucherer (ScubaTec in red gold).

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Heartbeat: Logical One By Romain Gauthier

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When Romain Gauthier presented his Logical One at Baselworld 2013, I wasn’t the only one impressed: it was awarded the prestigious prize for best Men’s Complication at the 2013 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève thanks to its quadruple patent-pending constant force and much more.

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Romain Gauthier Logical one Secret "Diamonds" in red gold

Logical One Secret By Romain Gauthier: But Is It Art?

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“Art”, what is it? If we allow that horology at its finest can indeed be art, then I have no problem accepting Romain Gauthier’s Logical one as art. While beauty may be in the eye of the beholder (and mine sees beauty in Logical one), there is no denying Romain Gauthier’s fertile imagination in reinventing the chain and fusee, eliminating the ubiquitous winding crown, improving the mainspring barrel and adding a few diamonds!

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Grönefeld Parallax Tourbillon

Quill & Pad Baselworld Awards 2014

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Welcome to the inaugural Quill & Pad Baselworld “awards,” in which we highlight a few of the watches and goings-on that caught our eyes at the world’s largest watch exhibition. Here’s what caught our eyes at Baselworld 2014 in no particular order.

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Logical One Secret "Diamonds"

Weekly Roundup March 21: Maurice Lacroix, Romain Gauthier, Speake-Marin, Patek Philippe, Habring2, Hermès, Christophe Claret and more.

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* Maurice Lacroix announces a three-year partnership with FC Barcelona as its official watch partner. Spanish soccer club FC Barcelona is considered one of the world’s most prestigious “footie” clubs and boasts an emotional global fan base of over 300 million admirers and 100 million social media followers.

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