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Just got this beauty from a grey dealer, a LE of 30 pieces from the “Série Atelier” launched in 2020 to celebrate the brand tenth anniversary. With all the craziness surrounding independents, I find it curious that Laurent Ferrier remains such a bargain. The dealer mentioned that it could be because

Chilling with the Van Cleef & Arpels Monsieur Arpels Reveil GMT. Movement by Jaeger-LeCoultre and retrograde date complication by Agenhor.

The JLC DSA always feels a little more upscale to me.

As seen before, the pocket watch was my grandfather's and the Hamilton is a retirement presentation watch from 1967, it was my wife's grandfather's. I have been carrying the pocket watch a lot recently, along with wearing a wristwatch. I am comparing it's timekeeping to some of my modern watches. It

Per their Instagram post, the latest iteration of their Sixties Annual Chronograph has a purple dial: It’s also on their site:

This is my Seiko diver re-issue from 2017. The SLA 017 was made in 2000 examples. I picked it up right when they were released 9 years ago. Pretty cool this one. Regards, Steve

Madame Claude was the most famous French Brothel Keeper. A true character. The funny thing is that in the Halles area in Paris, there is a Brasserie / Café with her name: From Wikipedia, here are some interesting pieces of information: For the 2021 biographical film, see Madame Claude (film) . For t

…were offered in 1981 by JLC only recently taken over by a Franco-German conglomerate with no deep connection to watchmaking. The caliber 602 (later possibly caliber 601) reflected state of the art miniaturization and power management. The 601 offered amazing 5 years battery life in a movement small