In this collector’s feature, I invited my childhood and family friend Ryan Ong to share on his watches and thoughts on watch collecting. It is certainly impressive for a young gentleman like him to collect watches that are in precious metals.  The collector’s view: A young collector talks about love Meet Ryan Ong, a watch [...]

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We just spotted on an instagram post by professional cyclist Wout van Aert and his wife Sarah Sarah de Bie announcing the birth of his second son – Jerome. On his wrist – a Rolex Datytona. Wout, a Belgian is a top level professional cyclist riding for the UCI World Tour team of Jumbo Wisma, [...]

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The Naked Watchmaker, a venture by legendary watchmaker Peter Speake and Daniela Marin after retiring from his namesake brand Speake-Marin has been an entertaining and educational site well loved by the industry and devotees of watchmaking. They have released a series of Masterclasses on watchmaking, beginning with a foundation course – “Understanding Watchmaking”. We took [...]

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This article is a collaboration with Peter Braun of Armbanduhren Magazine in Germany, with special facilitation by our special correspondant, Dr. Frank Müller of The Bridge to Luxury. The article has been published in Issue 1 of Armbanduhren for 2021. Reinhard Meis is an instrumental player in the watchmaking industry. He was particularly important in [...]

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We caught up with Wilhelm Schmid, CEO of A. Lange & Söhne over a video call, and discuss his last decade in office as the chief, and what his future plans are for the maison. Our last In Conversation with Wilhelm Schmid was a while back in 2014. We do chat rather frequently with Wilhelm, [...]

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October 1 marks the anniversary of the passing of the watch industry's greatest personalities. On this day in 2001, he passed away after a short illness, and the watchmaking world mourned the passing of a giant. Our Special Correspondent, Dr. Frank Muller remembers his mentor. 

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Sometimes, we come across exceptional Instagram accounts, and feel compelled to share them with you. For today’s chillout session, we feature @horomariobro, an exceptional IG account. @horomariobro In his words with our commentary in italics. The account showcases @horomariobro’s photographs, which we are very impressed with. The pictures speak for themselves – good eye in [...]

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Bulova releases a new collection in honour of legendary entertainer Frank Sinatra. Press Release In continuation of the brand’s deep-rooted history in music appreciation, Bulova is pleased to announce an exclusive collection of timepieces dedicated to one of the world’s most iconic vocalists, Frank Sinatra. Bulova’s support of music has been seen through its current [...]

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Press Release: Ressence and Sotheby’s Reveal the Winner of The #WatchesAgainstCovid19 Design Competition. A month ago, independent watchmaker Ressence and Sotheby’s launched a competition to design a unique watch, offering watch-lovers the opportunity to create their own interpretation of one of Ressence’slatest models, the Type 1 Slim. In the past few weeks, 466 people, from [...]

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The Independent Watchmaker and Sotheby’s Auction House launches a competition to design a Ressence watch. The Winning Drawing will be turned into a Watch to be offered for sale at Sotheby’s this Summer. Proceeds will Benefit KU Leuven University’s Covid-19 Research Programme. Press Release with commentary Ready, Steady, Draw! Independent watchmaker Ressence and Sotheby’s Watch [...]

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Our Indian correspondent Kunal Khemka tells the story of the Bangalore Watch Company, and discusses its place in horology. India is no stranger to Horology and Watchmaking. Maharaja Jai Singh II of Jaipurcommissioned five Sundials – ‘Jantar Mantars’, completed between 1724 and1735 in the Indian cities of New-Delhi, Jaipur, Ujjain, Mathura, and Varanasi. During Colonial [...]

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The interest in independent watchmaking has had its ups and downs. And in these days of market uncertainties, and the flight to the familiar, the good old names of Rolex and Patek Philippe seem to be the safe choices. But among the hard core, and seasoned collector, the independents marketplace is still one which is [...]

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As part of the preparations leading up to Corum’s 65th Anniversary this year, the marque got together with a group of elite journalists in their headquarters in La Chaux-du-Fonds in November 2019. A video production crew was present and captured some interesting moments which we share with you here. The intent was to listen to [...]

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Editor’s note: A new brand – the Eliana Timekeeper. A Singapore brand, designed in Singapore. And targeted for the ladies. We speak to the founder, Sherrie Han and talk about the inspiration, the watches, and the future plans. I loaned the Rosegold Twilight Glint for about a week. And now here we are at Watch [...]

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Our Spot the Watch column have featured many professional sportsmen and their luxury watches. In this Chillout TGIF piece, we take a look at the Top Ten Watches worn by the English Premier League football players. The English Premier League football is home to some of the UK’s most expensive sportsmen, it’s hardly a surprise [...]

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Vacheron Constantin’s Les Cabinotiers have always pleasantly surprised us with magnificent pieces. The La Caravelle 1950 is one of the watches presented late 2019, and is a one of-a-kind creation featuring a cloisonné enamel dial crafted by the Atelier Anita Porchet. Here is our quick take on this pièce unique, and the enormous workmanship by [...]

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We visited the atelier of Travailler Watches in Singapore, possibly the only enamel dial maker in the island. The lead protagonist, Jeremy Moi showed us around and demonstrated how he makes his enamel dials. We covered the secrets of making grand feu enamel dials when we visited the Donzé Cadrans. Interestingly, Jeremy, a young entrepreneur [...]

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On this day, January 2017, the life was momentarily snuffed out of A. Lange & Söhne, when one of the co-founders of Lange Uhren GmbH passed away after a short illness. It was the second day of that year’s SIHH, and the mood at the Lange booth was sombre, and sad as we mourned the [...]

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As the year draws to a close today, we take a moment to review the year. We are grateful for your support, and with it, this site has grown both in volume but also in influence and relevance in the industry. Here are the Top 10 posts which were the most popular in 2019. In [...]

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We have featured Rexhep Rexhepi and his watches several times, and though we visited his studio about 2 years ago, he has moved to another location somewhere up the hill in old town Geneva, and we paid a visit recently. On the way up, we passed by the first workshop marked Akrivia, and found out [...]

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