patrick_yC'est le weekend! It's the weekend! Time to shrug off the work week, and now focus on the weekend and what we personally like and enjoy! With W&W recently past us, we're all focusing on the new things... Focusing on what to call our favorite ADs, and beg them for a watch that we will add to our collections and probably only wear once or twice a year. Few pieces this year inspired me tremendously at W&W, so I find myself looking into the past... The things that got away.....Story

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amanicoFrom 1942 to 2022... A celebration of the famous Angelus Chronodato which became, for its 80th birthday, the Chronodate. There is much more than the final letter which changes, here. Angelus totally revisited its icon, to make it much more modern...Story

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amanicoParmigiani has a lot of fans, here, on WatchProSite, and rightly so. With Parmigiani watches, we are far from trends, bubbles, hype. Their watches are made with an extreme care of the details. They are the essence of Horology...Story

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PoyFRWPS enrolment for One of the 20 pieces ***Ready to ship for 31 March 2022*** Strumento In Bronzo WPS2021 Ø43mm watch in Bronze Firenze’s style Watch-Case : Cast Bronze 9mm Winding crown signed NB Rotating bezel Case-back : Titanium grade 5 with personalised engravings Glass : 3mm Domed Sapphire glass Dial : brown painted dial and luminous markers Hour, minutes and seconds hands : Bronze with luminous filling Submersible to 500 meters Movement : Automatic Swiss mouvement (ETA) with personalised rotor Functions ... ...Story

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StoikosTo some, what I’ve put together below is no secret; but for me it’s been a truly fun ride and learning process. This story/post begins here: 2 mos ago I spotted and felt suddenly and bizarrely compelled to buy this 90s Speedy Auto Date MK40 (3513.53), issued only in Japan for a year as I understand. It looks nothing like a Speedy Moonwatch or Racing watch, other than the lyre lugs and the broad white & black pencil hands used in some Speedys over the years. The subdials are oriented 6-9-12; no hesalite; .....Story

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amanicoI wanted to share with you a new release from Alpina, which I find very interesting, the Startimer Pilot Heritage Manufacture. Interesting it is, for three reasons. First and most important, a reminiscence of the Past, with this modern bumper movement which belongs to a bygone era, as it disappeared at the end of the 50's, early 60's, replaced by the rotor we all know, now. The vintage: Here, a picture of the Cal AL 709, which is automatic, of course, beating at 28, 800 vibrations per hour and with a 38 hours .....Story

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foverstaOne of the main successes of this Geneva "back-to-school week" was to gather a number of meetings and presentations around the Geneva Watch Days. The line-up was therefore much broader than that of the brands officially participating in the event, which enabled visitors to have a representative view of the year's new products. There were three types of alternative presentations: those made in the Baselworld pop-up, those made in the boutiques (like Purnell's showroom or the Salon des Horlogers for independent ... ...Story

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foverstaThe 2021 edition of the Geneva Watch Days was a welcome opportunity for the watchmaking community to meet again with great pleasure. Beyond the joy of the reunion, it gave to the brands the opportunity to present their latest novelties as well as the watches that were unveiled since the beginning of the year. The event was a sort of crossroads between, on the one hand, this review of the last few months and, on the other, the projection towards the end of the year with, for certain brands, the prospect of ... ...Story

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Dr No. . . our sponsor." It's come to my attention recently that community members are posting their watches on our discussion forums and immediately thereafter on Collectors Market...Story

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foverstaThe big event of the last few weeks is undoubtedly the discovery of the MAD Edition 1, a watch sold by the MAD Gallery exclusively to MB&F clients who have registered as members of the "Tribe" and Friends (people who have collaborated on projects for the brand). In other words, the MAD Edition 1 is not available to the general public and it is the reason why I use the term "discovery" and not "presentation". Because there was no official presentation with fanfare, except for the direct communication to the ... ...Story

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