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The Sistem51 is probably the most interesting watch introduced at Basel 2013, unfortunately it\'s not until almost SIHH 2014 that we actually saw the watch come on sale in Switzerland. I\'ve obtained

The concours ended with somewhat disappointing results. Interestingly, Tissot beat everyone (and even many of the previous tourbillons) to win the top 2 in the non-tourbillon section. Even more disapp

Hublot is a bit of a controversial name in horology, my opinion of the brand has fluctuated from great admiration in my mid teens (when the Big Bang was introduced and heavily advertised) to mild cont

De Bethune's watches have fascinated me for a long time, but for various reasons I had been unable to personally handle any of their pieces. Since I’m in Geneva, I decided to go by their boutique on L

Valle de Joux, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Glashtte aren't the first places that come to the traveller's mind. But these places ring with the familiarity of home for watch enthusiasts. This May I had the ple

After a raining morning touring vineyards in Satigny, south of the city of Geneva, K and I made an important horological pilgrimage to the MB&F M.A.D (Maximilian Büsser & Friends Mechanical Ar

Part 1 outlined the technical aspects of the movement: I've had the GMT strapped to my wrist nearly every day for over 2 months now and it's time for a proper review. It's the only watch I've worn fo

Today (April 10th 2013) Antiquorum auctioned off two Patek Philippe perpetual calendar chronographs of the same reference: 1518. It's interesting to note that in the past 3 years Antiquorum has auctio

Back in junior high, I repeatedly stumbled upon an old ugly watch that didn't run. It said "Klaiber Automatic - 17 Jewels Waterproof Incalboc - Swiss Made" on the dial. This was a few years ago and be

I understand that this watch is very old and was largely ignored during its day, but I'll try to make a case for why it was, and still is, an excellent piece. In looking for something quite innovative

In considering a recent purchase, I scoured the internet for any technical information pertaining to Grand Seiko's lates 9S6X series calibers. This is what I summarized. I really hope Seiko makes all

Part 1 was a long long time ago about the Squadra Hometime on a bracelet here: jlc.watchprosite.com Since then, I had owned a total of 5 Reversos (not at the same time) so want to post a serie

Straps are a fairly popular way of securing watches to wrists, in fact, it is the earliest. Real quality bracelets have only appeared in the past 25 or so years with CNC machining becoming very preval

I'm not sure if I should put this in the HOME page or TimeOut, but due to the serious non-horological nature of the company I'll put it here. If you've ever flown on a domestic flight in the US you mi

This is an article I wrote on my blog a few days ago, just thought I'd repost and share it here. This also marks my first post on the Patek forum: Christie's auctions have been known to offer some of

This is an article I posted on my blog that I'd like to share here and maybe get some opinons and feedback. I normally don't like to compare brands but it seems that this topic will remain hotly conte

Review of LeCoultre Memovox ref. 2677 cal. K910 With this post, I think my blog is starting to turn into a JLC blog, but do not despair my friends, there will be non-JLC watches. But today is not that