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AndrewD

AndrewD

Member since Dec 5, 2006 · Australia · Last seen Jan 20, 2016
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Jaeger-LeCoultre SIHH 2014 Melbourne Collection
New Release

Jaeger-LeCoultre SIHH 2014 Melbourne Collection

Jaeger-LeCoultre · Jul 28, 2014
Last years viewing of the 2013 JLC SIHH collection [ click here ] was so successful that Richemont Australia and the Australasian Managing Director for JLC, Alexis de Laporte, were excited to share t
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Zeitwinkel 273º Review
Independents

Zeitwinkel 273º Review

Horological Meandering · Jul 6, 2014
Zeitwinkel started in 2006 and released their first watch to market in 2009. If you read the company website you can see that they take great pride in the fact that their watches are built around a ma
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Chopard L.U.C. 1963 Chrono PuristS Edition Development
Manufacture

Chopard L.U.C. 1963 Chrono PuristS Edition Development

Chopard · Apr 10, 2014
It is very exciting to see the Chopard L.U.C. 1963 Chrono PuristS Edition come to fruition. I was able to speak with Guy Bove back in November 2012 during the early design and development stages. Guy
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Atelier du Bracelet Parisien: Custom Watch Straps
Lifestyle

Atelier du Bracelet Parisien: Custom Watch Straps

Horological Meandering · Apr 5, 2014
Atelier du Bracelet Parisien, or A.B.P., has been producing made-to-measure watch straps for more than 15 years from nearly every material you can imagine. Common alligator, calf, ostrich and stingray
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BaselWorld 2014: Community Favorites
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BaselWorld 2014: Community Favorites

Horological Meandering · Apr 3, 2014
As the dust starts to settle, what has caught your eye from BaselWorld this year? While we have to work from press releases and impressions from our 'reporters' at the fair, there are a few standouts
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Chopard L.U.C 1963 Chrono PuristS Edition
Review

Chopard L.U.C 1963 Chrono PuristS Edition

Horological Meandering · Mar 26, 2014
I had no idea when I sat in the IGOTT2 Chopard session ( May 31, 2011, click here ) titled “What's a PuristS watch?" that the L.U.C 1963 Chrono PuristS Edition would be delivered to us three years lat
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F.P. Journe Paris Boutique Visit
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F.P. Journe Paris Boutique Visit

F.P. Journe · Mar 23, 2014
I have written about the Hong Kong F.P.Journe Boutique before, a true oasis from the bustle of the city and the other watch boutiques. So I took the opportunity to visit the Paris Boutique and the exp
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Bremont Chronometers Launch in Australia
Review

Bremont Chronometers Launch in Australia

Horological Meandering · Mar 18, 2014
It is always exciting to see a new brand coming into the local market and we were recently invited to the Melbourne launch held at Pickings & Parry in Fitzroy, a men’s shop featuring hand made and
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Watches at Monumental Landmarks Photo Challenge
Photography

Watches at Monumental Landmarks Photo Challenge

Horological Meandering · Mar 2, 2014
 or Where's Wally Now? The idea behind this thread is to see your watches against recognizable landmarks. Lets see how much of the world we can cover! Heres an easy one to start you off. Where am
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The Mega 'Table-Shot' Photo Thread
Community

The Mega 'Table-Shot' Photo Thread

Horological Meandering · Feb 28, 2014
Table shots are a tradition at watch get-togethers the world over; a way of remembering who was there and with which watches. Table shots are posted all over PuristS, but I thought it would be fun to
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Heat-Blued Steel Hands in Luxury Watches
Complications

Heat-Blued Steel Hands in Luxury Watches

Horological Meandering · Feb 26, 2014
Here are a couple of my favourites: the Dornbluth Jasmin and the F.P.Journe Octa RdM. What are yours? Andrew
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How PuristS Discovered the Watch Community
Community

How PuristS Discovered the Watch Community

Horological Meandering · Feb 19, 2014
I always had an interest in mechanical objects, small and large. Mechanical watches were included in that, but it took my fortieth birthday in 2004 for me to start researching a nice modern watch to m
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D. Dornblüth & Sohne 09.0 Jasmin Review
Independents

D. Dornblüth & Sohne 09.0 Jasmin Review

Independents · Dec 8, 2013
Dieter Dornblth had been repairing watches in Kalbe (located in Saxony-Anhalt in the former German Democratic Republic in Eastern Germany) since the 1960s. Dieters son, Dirk, graduated from watch m
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Breguet Salomons Collection: The Art of Time Book
Vintage

Breguet Salomons Collection: The Art of Time Book

Breguet · Nov 16, 2013
David Lionel Goldsmid-Stern-Salomons (1851-1925) was a scientist (working in the newly invented area of electromagnetism with electric lamps and electric motors, amongst other things), the first direc
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Girard-Perregaux Chrono Hawk Hollywoodland Release
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Girard-Perregaux Chrono Hawk Hollywoodland Release

Girard Perregaux · Nov 5, 2013
Black and gold are a perfect combination in the watch world; they complement each other beautifully. The latest iteration in the Hawk series is the Chrono Hawk Hollywoodland which features a black cer
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Bulova Accutron Spaceview 214 Battery Change
Service

Bulova Accutron Spaceview 214 Battery Change

Horological Meandering · Oct 31, 2013
The Accutron Spaceview 214 originally used a #387 1.35V mercury cell but this was discontinued due to the dangers of mercury. The replacement battery is a 387S 1.55V silver oxide battery. The 387S is
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Omega Constellation 167.005 Full Set
Collection

Omega Constellation 167.005 Full Set

Omega · Oct 28, 2013
I have shown this simple 1967 steel Omega Constellation with pie pan dial before (the reference is 167.005), but I thought you might enjoy seeing the full packaging that came with it. Packaging, in ad
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Urwerk UR-210: Felix Baumgartner's Personal Watch
Independents

Urwerk UR-210: Felix Baumgartner's Personal Watch

Independents · Sep 29, 2013
Late last year I met with Felix who was wearing the prototype UR-210 . The watch had been on his wrist for 11 months and he had just delivered the first eight pieces to customers. Join Felix in this v
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Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Memory 255.08.82 Review
Review

Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Memory 255.08.82 Review

Jaeger-LeCoultre · Sep 22, 2013
It is special when a watch becomes part of you; an expression of who you are. My wife has been wearing a Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Memory (Reference 255.08.82) for many years. It is not mollycoddled, b
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What is Your Current Favorite Watch?
Discussion

What is Your Current Favorite Watch?

Horological Meandering · Sep 18, 2013
Some of us change watches frequently but others, like me these last couple of years, rotate watches less often. Personally, I tend to have two watches around at any one time  a casual watch and a mor
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