Two-Minute Tourbillon

I had a friend take a turn photographing the Jean Daniel Nicolas Two Minute Tourbillon. I like his results, which are better than any I have yet to take, and wanted to share them here. First an artsy one: Each of the photos below highlights an aspect of t

One of the principal themes running through William Gaddis’s massive book The Recognitions is about authenticity. In his story concerning artists, writers, musicians, businessmen, families, clergy and the web of relationships between them we are bombarded

I had the pleasure be in the presence of some rare Chrisophe Claret watches and had my camera ready to go! Having just taken delivery of a classically beautiful Jean Daniel Nicolas Two-Minute Tourbillon, I also find myself attracted to the "new watchmakin

It’s excrutiating.... So near, and yet so far....( I know, I’m repeating myself) I’ve seen numerous posts about people taking delivery of their watches from independent watchmakers. The excitement of the owners is visceral as they tease us with a series o

I owned the VC Jubile 1755 because I had been a VC-only collector and purchasing it was my way of celebrating VC's 250th anniversary. The call to own a tourbillon and a watch by an independent watchmaker was very strong in me, and to finance it I decided

Independent: I've been attracted to independent watches since I first became aware of them in the early part of this decade. I'm certainly a fan of Dufour's Simplicity and I even took the time to visit him in 2005. But I didn't order one due to the fact t

Jean Daniel Nicolas is, of course, the private brand of M. Daniel Roth (the man). Previous posts have highlighted the extremely personal, labour-intensive approach of this famous watchmaker, since leaving the company which bears his name. I was honoured t