Of course everyone has differing aesthetic values but IMO watchmaking has no more to do with art or poetry than violin making or automobile manufacture. I am confident that Philippe Dufour or Roger Smith would describe themselves as artisans rather than artists. I have almost expelled it from my mem

I believe elegance is to be found in simplicity (that word rings a bell) but this watch is for those who delight in (superfluous) complexity. The tourbillon was invented to compensate for the static balance errors in temperature compensated split balances of pocket watches, when the only available h

but there are other examples of marques, which have been revived or reanimated and where traditions have been maintained or expanded in a more tasteful fashion. Blancpain, Chopard, GO, Lange, Urban Jürgensen, Moser, UN and Panerai spring to mind. Commercial success was never an indicator of quality