Summertime Blues: The Grand Seiko SBGJ249 GMT “Shōsho”
Summertime Blues: The Grand Seiko SBGJ249 GMT “Shōsho”

Turns out there is a cure for the summertime blues. Are you stuck, in the immortal words of Eddy Cochrane, working all summer just to try...

Phillips Hong Kong Auction XVI: An Imperial Patek, And Independents Ascendant
Phillips Hong Kong Auction XVI: An Imperial Patek, And Independents As...

Condition is everything – except when it isn’t. Phillips: The Hong Kong Watch Auction XVI, took place over the 24th and 25th of May...

The De Bethune DB28xs Starry Seas
The De Bethune DB28xs Starry Seas

A company with big ideas makes a small miracle. De Bethune’s DB28 collection is not, of course, the only family of watches that De ...

The Rolex Cellini Dual Time
The Rolex Cellini Dual Time

A masterpiece from a Rolex renaissance. The discontinuation of the Rolex Milgauss line generated a lot of buzz and a lot of interest in c...

Geneva Auction Week: Indies Shine, Classics Climb, And That Million Dollar Milgauss
Geneva Auction Week: Indies Shine, Classics Climb, And That Million Do...

Or should I say, two million dollar Milgauss? The dust is settling from this spring’s Geneva Auction Week 2023, and while it may be...

The Moser Streamliner Flyback Chronograph Funky Blue
The Moser Streamliner Flyback Chronograph Funky Blue

“We need the funk.” – George Clinton Under ordinary circumstances I wouldn’t necessarily rush to quote Parliament-Funka...

The Bulgari Gérald Genta Gefica Bi-Retro
The Bulgari Gérald Genta Gefica Bi-Retro

Memories of the Bronze Age. It is next to impossible to think of the late Gérald Genta without thinking, almost simultaneously, of a hand...

Hot Lots and Hidden Treasures at Geneva Auction Week
Hot Lots and Hidden Treasures at Geneva Auction Week

Not the usual suspects. Although the news out of Geneva this week has been, for understandable reasons, dominated by the thematic Christi...

Christie’s “The Art of F. P. Journe” Is A First For The Auction World
Christie’s “The Art of F. P. Journe” Is A First For ...

The auction is the very first thematic auction dedicated to a single independent watchmaker. In 1989, an auction took place which redefin...

The Van Cleef & Arpels Heure d’Ici & Heure d’Ailleurs
The Van Cleef & Arpels Heure d’Ici & Heure d’Ail...

An elegant travel time watch, with a hidden masterpiece of a movement. Van Cleef & Arpels may not the be the name first in watch enth...

The Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar In Platinum, Ref. 25829PT
The Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar In Platinum, Ref. 25829PT

A high-horology heavyweight. While there may be some room for debate over whether or not a tourbillon is a complication (as well as how t...

The Tourbillon In The 2000s: Everything Everywhere All At Once
The Tourbillon In The 2000s: Everything Everywhere All At Once

Tourbillon evolution, fast forward. The tourbillon, as we’ve seen, was for the most part a device used quite rarely in watchmaking ...

Taking Sides: The Tourbillon Is A Complication
Taking Sides: The Tourbillon Is A Complication

“When I use a word, it means exactly what I tell it to mean.” Humpty Dumpty, Alice In Wonderland In this first installment of...

The Ulysse Nardin Freak Blue Cruiser
The Ulysse Nardin Freak Blue Cruiser

A high-tech take on the model that gave birth to the hyperwatch. The Ulysse Nardin Freak has been around, in one form or another, since 2...

The Lion in Winter: The Carillon Tourbillon Biver
The Lion in Winter: The Carillon Tourbillon Biver

“I will be the master of my cheese until the last piece.” — Jean-Claude Biver, 2009 I have a lot of memories of Jean-Claude B...

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