Horological Meandering

… another round of appetizers while we are already working on more detailed reports. ...  

The main brand within the Swatch Group conglomerate is always a stressful appointment for us: many, many novelties, and very light to shoot ;-) First and most important, a completely new Globemaster , the new first Master Chronometer (certified by the Con...  

. . . is another nail in my coffin. :-) I won't say I'm dead set on getting one, at least not yet, but it's highly tempting.

not perfect, but well done! Magnus

Much has already been talked about THIS ( Ref. 5524G ): But there was more, e.g. this all red gold Nautilus Ref. 5711R (worn on the wrist of a very cooperative young lady ;-)). Note that brown-grey dial – close up and you see why Patek is so coveted! The ...  

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Some brands would kill or pay a fortune to get that much attention :-)

and I guess that Marketting creates a part of the dream...

I have a hard time saying "a good year for Patek", unless "good year" equals "commercial year". To me a good year requires technical innovation, new movements, something that advances the watchmaking art. Those are things to celebrate. There were no new m... 

It is nonsense to me to expect to have new movements nearly every year, even if I'd like something new on the side of the manual 215. The design and tests of a new movement is a huge work and needs several years of investment in time and money. But we had... 

Dear Mark, I appreciate your thoughts on the long term development and contribution of a brand, both for itself as for watchmaking in general. This is why, Rolex, Omega and Patek enjoy the appreciation and status they have today, and this is why other bra... 

I also think that the Tradition line holds a special place in watchmaking and is very different from the rest of Breguet's offer. Breguet is the name many of the complications we know today come from. Even if I think a part of the collection is not true a... 

and thought it could be an interesting discussion together with Jeff. Well, once more he just joined the party with one statement, which could be biased as he is in charge for the Breguet magazine. A dislike for the "silence", Jeff. I just like passionate... 

and hence lose their credibility

Here we were taught who different finishing’s, all at the same highest level, could turn an already excellent watch into a different entity. We were quite surprised how well that worked! Logical One in two very different iterations. A two-piece only colle...  

One of the greatest surprises for us – Rolex’ small sister becomes independent with its first in-house movement, Caliber MT5621 (“MT” for “Manufacture Tudor”): Very interesting details we will discuss later… But one thing already now: Complete independenc...  

The small Zurich/Geneva brand presented iterations, such as a metal bracelet for the UR-210 … … and a wrist holding frame for the UR-1001 “TITAN” pocket watch: ...  

For the brand’s 150 th anniversary this year nothing could be better suited than a new movement – and here it is: the Zenith Elite 6150 (‘6’ for Elite, ‘150’ for the anniversary): 100h power reserve, stored in two barrels: Not only that, Zenith presented ...