Had the honor and privilege to see the Charles Frodsham Double Impulse Chronometer Wristwatch today. Thanks to Richard for the nice talk. And good to know which version I will take after seeing all the watches in real. Amazing dial, movement is to die for
but rather large at 46.5mm don't you think?! Would a 41.4mm Signature One be a more wearable watch and a great choice for a one watch collection?! My other candidates for a one watch collection would be a Voutialinen 28E, a Roger Smith Series 1, a Charles
I’ll add a few - cookies: Charles Frodsham Double Impulse chronometer. He recently confessed/submitted that a dress piece is what he needs best. And this combines all the movement-tech and material-use to keep his incoming thread lengthy and informative -
This came in just before New Year's and I wanted to share it with you. As you can see, I went with the 22k YG case. This was the first wristwatch to use George Daniels' double impulse escapement on Derek Pratt's suggestion and it is the only wristwatch to
Why slog it out on a waitlist for a steel sports watch when you can wait a similar amount of time and be the proud owner of a truly rare piece of horological artistry?
The Chas Frodsham Double Impulse Chronometer Wristwatch comes in a few metal and dial variations. But the one I've ordered has no live pictures on the web I can find, so I've clumsily made my own on my phone... Here is the Arabic numeral dial with 22k col
On the 26 th October last year I made one of my regular visits to 30 Berkeley Square, the London offices of Phillips auction house, to view some of the consigned timepieces that were to be up for sale in Geneva, Hong Kong and New York the following month.
Phillips quoted George Daniels when announcing an exhibition in Geneva this May to pay tribute to independent watchmaking: “ Independence is the utmost importance in life. Without it you are subject to the whims of other people. You are pinned down to a p