AP ref 25643 in YG Aka the “Sun-Ray” tourbillon from the 1980s. Rare and quite unknown reference from AP, but still very historically important......This was the first ever automatic tourbillon watch made, and the thinnest at under 5 mm! A record it maint
Breguet Perpetual Calendar #5327 Breguet Réveil du Tsar grand feu boutique edition Of course, these two aren't too shabby either: Glashütte Original PanoRetroGraph Piaget Altiplano Ultimate Automatic Cheers, all!
Thin: The Breguet 5967 'Art Deco Damier' in yellow gold, at 6.94mm, powered by an extra-thin manual-wind pocket watch caliber. Thinner: The Bulgari Octo Finissimo Automatic in sandblasted stainless steel, at 5.25mm, powered by an automatic caliber with a
Hi all so firstly my apologies for the long delay after my post on Ultra Thin movements but increasing pain levels seriously hampered my ability to put this post together. First of all I need to make it clear I am not an expert on Ultra Thin watches and a
In this excellent thread there was a discussion about Peripheral Rotors www.watchprosite.com / Before that Peripheral Rotors weren't really on my radar, I remember hearing about Vianny Halter's "Mystery Rotor" but since it was a Mystery I never delved int
Continuing the week's run of shaped watches: Octo Finissimo in stainless steel. This shirt has tight-fitting cuffs. The Octo and my Piaget Altiplano Ultimate Automatic are the only things I have that fit under them. ;-)
Any among us may have admired a good backside (on any gender) now and then. Having a less-than-compelling one myself (trust me on this), I perhaps compensate by acquiring watches with interesting reverses. Mind you, I am no connoisseur of haute horlogerie
Hello fellow enthusiasts and collectors, I would like to share and get some more insight into a vintage Piaget I own, the Reference 12427. This is an elegant 18-karat yellow gold automatic dress watch, which I believe dates back to the late 1970s or early
The past decade or so has seen a number of companies, notably Bulgari, Piaget, and Richard Mille, engaged in a kind of race to the bottom to produce the thinnest mechanical wristwatch, with some models that appear to have garnered good press and apparent