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I recently found myself in town with some minutes to spare - a rare event these days. And a chance look at a shop window decided how these would be spent - I spotted the Girard Perregaux Neo Bridges S

It may be diminutive in size at only 34mm but it certainly seems to feel at home in most settings irrespective. Speaking of my Minerva Pythagore here. Whether relaxing at home or enjoying some of the

While Seiko is many things to many people - and their range goes from hot dog money quartz watches to haute horlogerie that even Philippe Dufour respects and is impressed by - what they rarely do thes

It seems that today pocket watches tend to have a coming out at Puristspro - with Mike H earlier posting a wonderful thread on his collection (here: for his thread). So I decided to join in in a humb

While browsing watch related stuff online - I guess I am not alone in that affliction - I accidentally stumbled across the 145.8.31 that entered the JLC portfolio in 1993 if I am not mistaken and was

Montblanc itself - in spite of being 111 years old - is a fairly new hand at watch making. At least if you consider the original operation, prior to acquiring Minerva in 2006 (which dates back to 1858

I have a soft spot for Seiko Specials and have been quite happy recently learning that there are many more than i initially anticipated. So while it all started with the modern Grand Seiko SBGH035 Spe

For some reason I have gotten bitten by the frenetic sound and the romantic promise of high frequency watches - i.e. those beating faster than 28.800 vph. I started my journey in the topic with my Ete

Not everyone amongst us here is fully convinced that adding a date onto a mechanical non calendar watch is a feature, in spite of what watch manufacture marketing departments tend to tell us. This goe

For those of us with kids of an age where parents are still helpful and gladly seen play props, weekends are the prime play days. As I tend to be the first responder on weekend mornings, allowing my w

A while ago Marcus rightfully pointed out that we show our Seiko Presage 60th Anniversary Limited Edition Chronographs (SRQ019 in my case) too rarely (here: the thread). So to ensure no further criti

This has been a confluence of events - some time ago I have entered into a gentlemen's agreement with Nilo that I shall purchase an Omega finally. At the same time my father just turned 70 today. And

'When you see the tree you are driving into, you have understeer, but if you hear it, you have oversteer.' Walter Röhrl Some months ago - very early in my Montblanc moderating job - I had the pleasure

Once upon a time... We often lament the presence of the date complication on modern watches and milanese bracelets are the current, retro inspired theme du jour in horology. Yet there was a time, when

GTGs are one of the truly wonderful features of PuristSPro, and recently - now that everyone is safely home - we have had another wonderful one in Vienna. Featuring participants (from West to East) fr

During a recent trip to Zürich I have had a lovely chat in the VC Boutique, and the chance to try out several of their watches I am interested in. Amongst others, the relatively rare and elusive 1972.

While we all like to believe to be masters of our own destinies, sometimes life throws us a curve ball. And while mine - of late 2016 - was fortunately not of the kind that will derail my further life

As all starts, it started humbly. In my case with a question. Which led to a watch, and a fascinating hobby. And lots of great friends Could not have imagined just over three years ago, when my most e

Last week the Vienna based P15 owners met up with a mission of eating, drinking and talking watches. And of helping the penultimate Zenith Cronometro Tipo CP-2 Puristspro Edition hatch Unfortunately n

Been to Zürich the other day and while it was a family trip, I could not stop making it watch related, too (which one of us can? ). And there have been some quite interesting observations I made. Let\