MB&F Take A Deep Breath…
Just when you thought you'd seen everything, MB&F never fail to surprise us. After pushing the boundaries of horological exploration by blasting into outer space (HM2, HM3, HM6), launching into the sky (HM4), and powering…
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After SIHH
This year's theme at SIHH was 'openness' with the inclusion of new brands and the introduction of an 'open day' to the public. The 27th edition celebrated the greatly anticipated return of Girard-Perregaux and welcomed…
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What’s In A [Brand] Name?
We bring you an occasional series that gives you a fascinating insight into the wonderful history of Watch brand names. Most Watch companies are named after their founders, e.g. Breguet, Patek Philippe, Bulova, Vacheron Constantin,…
Genesis of a Concept Laboratory
We love MB&F. They are an incredibly inclusive company and have created some amazing timepieces over the past 10-years. They have built the world’s first ever horological concept laboratory: 10-years of hyper-creativity; 11 remarkable calibres…
Around The World with Armin Strom
We were fortunate to see the amazing 'Mirrored Force Resonance' from Armin Strom up close and personal at Salon QP. Following its debut in London, this wonderful timepiece has been on an incredible 'around-the-world' journey…
Exclusive: The Twelve Complications of Christmas – Number 12
For our final 'Complication of Christmas', we bring you one of the greatest horological stories ever told of the incredible Marie Antoinette 'Grande Complication' pocket watch number 160 from Breguet. A Chronology of the Marie…
Exclusive: The Twelve Complications of Christmas – Number 11
Well, it’s Christmas, so rather than dwell on the technical aspects of the Tourbillon, something for the kids and perhaps big-kids, we know that the art of manufacturing a Tourbillon is made more complicated by…
Exclusive: The Twelve Complications of Christmas – Number 9
Definition of ‘Retrograde’: Oxford Dictionaries: reverting to an earlier and inferior condition Merriam-Webster: having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies Collins: tending towards an earlier…
Exclusive: The Twelve Complications of Christmas – Number 10
The repeating watch was originally designed by Daniel Quare (1648-1724). In a battle for the patent with Edward Barlow in 1687, it was James II who awarded the prize to Daniel Quare’s Repeater which sounded…
A New Kind of Freedom (To Exist)
We recently met with the Founders of Freedom To Exist (fte) a new company with an unconventional approach to watch design and production. A London based, self-funded start-up, they specialise in affordable minimal timepieces for…