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My love of Patek started with misunderstanding and a heavily bruised ego. A young boy doesn't have to be convinced that a girl is pretty. He knows it because his sensory criteria are simply and completely satisfied, he sees her day-in and day-out and that girl is permanently attractive to him. She c

In no particular order, mostly shot in central Tokyo. Overcast weather proved tricky as you can see from the washed out skies. Having recently been spoiled by the zoom lens I had to get used to zooming with my legs again. I like the weight of the xf27 but my version doesnt have an aperture ring whic

My second Grand Seiko was the grail piece I badly wanted since I first saw it on WPS sometime in 2014. It took me till late 2015 IIRC (so over 10 years ago) to finally find one - the series was produced in 300 pieces and few came to Europe. In hindsight a hint of a year feels laughably short but bac

It seems they are going upscale with new integrated bracelet models. The New Reservoir Mark II Series, a Stronger Identity with Integrated Design

Somebody knows what the dial is made of?

Rubber straps on dress watches is my favourite combination.

Battle of Overseas : First generation Overseas ref. 42052 - 35 x 7 mm steel case - Center rotor caliber 1311 (according to Ben Dunn on Watchbrotherslondon ) Third generation Self-Winding Ultra-Thin Overseas ref. 2500V/220P-H028 - 39,5 x 7,35 mm platinum case - Micro-rotor caliber 2550 Which one for

Manufactured in 1942 , this specific watch is considered , to the best of the available knowledge , to be the only example of ref. 1542 to have survived . The balance cock of its 10-110 movement bears the import stamp “ PXP ” showing that this watch was made specifically for the American market , wh

Daniel Roth Athys III “POST TENEBRAS LVX”

While browsing the IG account of a watch collector known as @uarrumigiul , I came across this photo and wanted to know who had created this charming ceramic piece. Helen (Elena) König Scavini (1886-1974) was an Italian ceramic artist. She founded the Ars Lenci brand in 1919 in Turin and is best know