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The story of my first Reverso. Jaeger-LeCoultre has a special place in my passion for watches. I still remember very well that it was actually a small advertisement on the lower right hand corner of t

From the Junghans history to the current watches. 1861 - Foundation of Junghans and early days American timepieces are popular at the time in Europe , so Junghans begins to imitate them. The company d

New Arrival – Breguet Type XX Aéronavale Ref. 3800 I have not been active on the forum for a while - moving house with the family kept me more than busy. Still, I had – and still have – a few watch pr

Visit at H. Moser & Cie: 5 years later (Part 2) The Watches. This is not a systematic review of the H. Moser collection. Their catalogues and their website will do a much better job in presenting what

Visit at H. Moser & Cie: 5 years later (Part 1) Back in 2011, I visited the H. Moser manufacture in Neuhausen (Canton Schaffhausen). 5 years later I felt it would be interesting to go back and see how

H. Moser & Cie: 5 years later (Part 1) Back in 2011, I visited the H. Moser manufacture in Neuhausen (Canton Schaffhausen). 5 years later I felt it would be interesting to go back and see how the comp

After a series of long and short travels abroad, i finally post the pics of my GP family. The family has grown to five members: It all started with a 1958 three hand Girard Perregaux in red gold. I bo

Yesterday I met a few friends in Bern where we attended a guided tour of the historic Zytglogge tower. ( an Unesco world heritage site) With me my GP vintage 1945 triple date. Here is the front of the

The new Planet Ocean Deep Black collection is currently touring the world. The Zurich event was taking place at Quai 61, a restaurant at the shores of Lake Zurich. Not quite the Ocean, but as close as

I am glad to finally post photos of my new arrival, the GP Vintage Ref. 2594 in yellow gold. Here is the beauty. The curved case makes the Vintage very special. It wears extremely comfortable on the w

Breguet @ Basel 2015  hand engraving of a Panda dial  photo and video Besides the impressive novelties that Breguet introduced, it is always wonderful to see traditional crafts that are part of the

Breguet @ Basel 2015  rose engine turning of a Breguet dial  photos and video Besides the impressive novelties that Breguet introduced, it is always wonderful to see traditional crafts that are part

H. Moser @ Basel 2015  Part 1 I had the pleasure to visit H. Moser at Basel to review the new models 2015. Their lounge at the Ramada is stylish with attention to detail: Since we dont talk about H.

H. Moser @ Basel 2015  Part 2 For the new Venturer Tourbillon, please see part 1 of the H. Moser report. VENTURER SMALL SECONDS ARDOISE FUM DIAL SER & CIE. - NEW F Introduced last year, the Venturer

Breguet introduced new versions of the Reine de Naples. Here are the photos along with the descriptions from the press releases. I did not take photos from all new variations, hence I included some pr

I had the chance to see the Breguet novelties this year at the Basel 2015. Here are the pics of the 7097, seconde retrograde. I particularly like the shape of the rotor, which is original and inspired

Here are some photos of the Tradition Minute Repeater Tourbillon. The level of innovation that Breguet packed into this timepiece is simply stunning. For a complete description of this exiting time pi

Here are some photos of the Breguet 7077, Tradition Chronographe Independent. For more details, please see the excellent report of Oliver and Magnus Best Stefan B REGUET T RADITION C HRONOGRAPHE I ND

New shoes for my Type XX transatlantique. I always wanted an alligator strap on top of the steel bracelet, and here it is: I love the chocolate brown croco stra with the white stitching, and one can s

Baselworld 2014 enamel, porcelain and artistic dials I am fascinated by enamel dials and painted dials of all sorts. Of course this collection of pictures cannot be complete but only represents a smal