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I have always enjoyed the watches that put the fun back into rigourous mechanical engineering. That is why it is so pleasant to wear a flip watch as the reverso. Years ago, I was lucky enough to find

The recent post written by Damjan in the TimeOut forum reminded me a series of photos I took in the past. These photos were not taken on a famous red Italian roof... but on magenta pool table. Sixteen

In 1948, Omega decided to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the brand with a commemorative watch and a commemorative book. The commemorative book called "Rayonnement de la Suisse" was offered to the

4 years ago, an advert campaign was launched by Jaeger-Lecoultre which featured the presentation of a suitcase containing 40 different movements. This campaign highlighted the large choice given to co

Let's start with few words on mystery timepieces: Mystery clocks were introduced in the 19th century. They are called "mystery" because of the "invisible" way how hands are driven. When hand are repla

I would like to share with you a personnal view on my Tank Basculante. As you may know, the Tank Watch was created in 1917 by Cartier. It was inspired by the armored military vehicles, which were used

I would like to share with you few photos of a watch that I re-discovered very recently following a change of its strap: The Omega Memomatic The Memomatic is an alarm wristwatch issued by Omega in 197

I would like to share with you few photos I have taken this afternoon during a special GTG for which only military flybacks were invited. First of all, the group photo 9 watches were participating. Th

I would like to share with you some vintage ads in order to go through 40 years of Jaeger-LeCoultre history (from the late 1920s to the late 1960s). From Jaeger to Jaeger-LeCoultre At the beginning of