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2013 was quite a busy year. We saw some nice novelties at Basel ... ... a gorgeous surprise after Basel ... ... and some beauties & details to detect ... Even the long awaited Regulator is "available"

The caliber 28-20/222 is an outstanding movement and a very good reason to like the Ref. 5101, for sure. The technical solutions and finishing shown is simply gorgeous. Nonetheless I would like to com

 at least started their collections with pocket watches. OK, most of them did it a long time ago. Still we talk quite often about some of them  e.g. James Ward Packard or Henry Graves Jr.. The latte

The GRAND LANGE 1 MOON PHASE tracks the lunar cycle The new GRAND LANGE 1 MOON PHASE gives the moon-phase display, which, by the way, is designed to remain accurate for 122.6 years, distinctive promin

 matching his & hers  matching shoes  Dream Team  What is important/matters for you? The PP 3700, when it was introduced back in 1976 it was one of the most expensive watches in steel and you coul

Wow, four different versions and all of them in white gold! Lets have a more detailed look. The first one (5270G-001) was introduced in Basel 2011: The second one (5270G-015) was introduced as a Limi

50 years ago the first Cosmograph was launched and it was dedicated to professional racing drivers. An evolved version with black bezel and screw-down pushers (waterproofness) was introduced in 1965

I would like to share some pictures - only. Just look at the dial, isn´t it awesome?! If you like to read a good review about the watch, just click here: / If you are interested in details about dia

have been on display at the KunstWerkUhr . There have been versions in P, R and even G (LE 100) and with different dials – two-tone or mono color. One watch and very different styles, just because of

KunstWerkUhr is an outstanding exhibition which Germany never saw before and won´t see again, sometime soon. Not everybody can be invited to Geneva and therefore they decided to bring the world of Pat

taken with iPhone Much more to come in a few days. If you have the chance to see the exhibition you should do it. 200 pieces from current production, some pieces never shown before, museums pieces sel

Well, essential they are mainly for watchmakers  only. We all know how their tools look like and a lot of us got one like this from one of the watch companies, or simply bought one. ADs have them as

This time there have been more people than watches, once more it happened in a restaurant & bar ... all of the watches shown have been discussed here before, but I still want to share some picture

Press Release Thierry Stern, President of Patek Philippe, hosted the official opening ceremony of the Patek Philippe Institute Shanghai, the first institute of its kind located outside the watchmaker

“After observing many Pateks, XYs and a lot others, I believe that Patek makes the best numerals (both in style and quality) and hands. The rich selection of different hands and numeral styles in diff

A fellow Purist told me about a very special project, more than one year ago. The project got my attention immediately, because of the eclectic taste he is known for. Quite a few of you will know him

Which town? Well, this time it is Munich (Germany). After Dubai in 2012 … and London in 2015 ... The team from Patek Philippe Germany, together with their colleagues from Geneva, is more than busy for

(B for Basel ... Berlin) … C for chronographs … Breitling is known for their chronographs, today and even more when we talk about vintage pieces. They didn´t always have their own movements but even t

Recently I had a discussion about luxury . My counterpart told me that knowledge usually ruins luxury. At least he said, it will allow you to make some sort of evaluation about the added value. From m

… or connoisseurs which ask for some additional spice. In the past travelling was an adventure … with lots of room for fantasies and even then additional equipment was needed. Today, travelling is les