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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 particular area, a particular routine. Indepen

To many of the classic car magazines I have subscribed since issue no. 1. The problem, though, is the excessive time necessary to search for information, particularly when not knowing (or having forgotten) what has been covered in a couple of decades. I just tried the 'Classic and Sportscar' archive

“Kinetic Art” is mentioned occasionally when watches with an unusual time display are discussed. According to the TATE’ s art-terms , “Kinetic art is art that depends on motion for its effects”. Though, I associate foremost the “machines” built by Swiss artist Jean Tinguely (1925-1991) with this for

“Initiation Courses” have become very popular within the watch industry. Almost every manufactory visit is interrupted by a workshop to give visitors the illusion of being watchmakers. With me, this illusion vanished quickly, even when dressed in a white watchmaker’s coat, because taking apart a mov

My Evora S, from the 1st series, is now in continuous every-day-use since 2010. There were some niggles sorted at the beginning under warranty, but since then it was just an annual service (and one "rebushing" of the suspensions). After 220'000 km it is still on the first clutch, though, I changed r

While Kari Voutilainen's guilloché dials are very attractive on their own, I always thought the bold lines of the "standard" dial design to be Grönefeld's signature design. It matches not only the bold design of the movement bridges but carries on the superb lines combining modern design with tradit

... since the map on the Duomètre Unique Travel Time is not used to indicate world time but is rather a setting help for the second zone time. The map thus turns not continually (by connection to the movement) but only by actioning the pushers on the LH side of the case. The numerals circumventing t

The quality (particularly for a prototype car) is absolutely amazing. For example, the doors close with a sound as experienced with real quality cars. In comparison, I was recently shocked about the tinny sound of a Bentley Turbo R door assaulting me when I closed it. But prejudices rule the world;

but unfortunately they went bankrupt and had nothing of the excellent publicity the car got at the Geneva Motor Show (on the stand of Fissore). Fiore had already then created a revolutionary style, with enough detailing and subtle curves to avoid a slab-sided look. It is a pity that his work is almo

... which is my favourite. In addition to the second time zone (called "privileged time zone" by JLC with this model), a real world time display was offered. To the regular models in stainless steel (152 84 20) and pink gold (152 24 20), many limited boutique and AD variants were offered. Below, on