We make a quick survey of watches which are sized “just right”, or from a recent survey 37-38mm. Here is make our selection for the six best. The Goldilocks syndrome: Six best choices for watches which are sized “just right” What is the best size for a watch? Is there one? It turns out there [...]

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Much has been discussed about independent watchmaking. Many of these brands and names have arisen in the most recent 2+ decades of watchmaking. And many have disappeared. We celebrate six of the best. Six of the best: celebrating the best of independent watchmaking In the beginning was Académie Horlogère des Créateurs Indépendants (AHCI). They were the [...]

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We polled some of you, and asked you to tell us your grail watches. Here are 6 watches picked by our readers. Here they are, in alphabetical order of their surnames. In their own words. Prof. Michael Biercuk IG: @mjbiercuk It’s not a secret that I’m an enormous fan of Lange. So it should come [...]

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As one of the most respected and grailed watches, the Dufour Simplicity is very elusive. Though the Chief Editor owns one from the early years of the Simplicity, we were recently reminded that we did not even have a full Watchscape on it. Here is our remedy. We did run a short, photo essay in [...]

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How can that be? Before we were born? Of course, we mean before Deployant started publication, but how is that possible? Well, this site went live in 2014, but the Chief Editor have had a blog which he had been running since 2008. So we ported some 500 articles over to populate this website right [...]

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Philippe Dufour Simplicity Within the Vallée de Joux, lies the village of Le Solliat. And in that village, a workshop, from whence the man known as “the living legend” handcrafts the finest wristwatches in the world. That man is none other than Philippe Dufour. Dufour first became an independent watchmaker in 1978. He started off [...]

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This year, Philippe Dufour celebrates his 70th Birthday. Here is our tribute to this wonderful watchmaker and true gentleman. From the greatest complicated watches, his Grand and Petite Sonnerie, to the Duality and finally the Simplicity. A great master.   I received this personal invitation in early April inviting him to celebrate Philippe’s birthday.   [...]

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When watch collectors venture into the realm of high horology, some never really looked beyond aspects like brand recognition, avant-garde-ness or multi-complications of a timepiece. Today, appreciation for hand finishing is still not widely understood by collectors. Granted, high horology does not strictly necessitate hand finishing but the emphasis on craftsmanship has always been a [...]

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Gods you say. Well you cannot get to be more revered than Philippe Dufour and Stephen Forsey. Both giants in the watchmaking field. Both were at lunch today. We thought this to be of interest to our readers, that we re-scheduled an article to Saturday to bring this to you just hours after the lunch [...]

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The Philippe Dufour Duality…ultimate in discreteness, and totally unassuming in character, but what a gorgeous, and ultra-complicated movement within. Nothing unusual from the dial side, but connoiseurs will know from the off-centered subseconds hand at 8 o’clock…an unusual arrangement, promises something interesting. The movement…viola! as this is a watch which is worn and used by [...]

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