Today, we’re back with our Collector’s Series column, where we leave the stage to a collector, sharing his views on one of his watches. And what a watch this is! The ultimate customization partners, this is how we could summarize this piece that results from the collaboration between BCHH and Andersen Genève. Today’s collector, Jonathan […]
The world of watches, specifically independent watchmaking, can be full of surprises…Starting with the myth that all high-end watches are made in Switzerland. Actually, you can find talented watchmakers in most parts of the globe. A perfect example of this situation is Stepan Sarpaneva, probably the best-known watchmaker from Finland, together with fellow Finn Kari […]
Garrick, founded in 2014, is a Norfolk-based company led by co-founder David Brailsford. It made quite an impression when the Shaftesbury watch series was presented to the public, followed by the Norfolk and Hoxton, and then the Portsmouth – with a proprietary movement made with Andreas Strehler – all in less than three years. The […]
Kurono Tokyo is a name that should now be familiar to the watch community. Behind this niche brand that only produces watches in limited quantities is a man named Hajime Asaoka, one of Japan’s most talented independent watchmakers. The idea behind Kurono was to offer Asaoka’s sense of design at a far more accessible price […]
Armin Strom took the watchmaking world by storm in 2016 when it introduced the concept of resonance inside its Mirrored Force Resonance wristwatch. Hailed as a veritable breakthrough in watchmaking, the brand’s dramatic staging of the balance wheels on the dial propelled the 17th-century concept of resonance into a 21st-century setting. Following in the footsteps […]
What happens if life shuts a massive door on you, your business and an entire national industry? Do you sit in a corner and mope, or do you take action and proverbially rise from the ashes? This was the very scenario Nicholas Hacko faced just over a decade ago. A drastic decision taken by the […]
Dr Ludwig Oechslin is a genius in the art of simplifying complications and is renowned for the radical minimalism he has injected into the design language of his brand Ochs und Junior. The latest release is not a novelty but a reworked take on the Due Ore, the brand’s desperately easy-to-set and consult travel watch. […]
One-handed watches go back centuries and were derived from tower clocks that used to rely on a single hand for a very long time. The reason for this is quite simple, back then, the need for precision timekeeping simply didn’t exist. Secondly, the very first timing devices were simple sundials, where a peg’s shadow cast […]
MeisterSinger thrives on its popularity for being the benchmark for single-handed watches, but this German brand has several complications to offer alongside its singular indication of time. Across the collections, you can find MeisterSingers with a jumping hour display, power reserve indication, a chiming hour complication, moon phase, day-date and so on. Still, the Perigraph […]
If you’re into independent watchmaking, the name Daniel Roth should immediately speak to you. One of the most sought-after independent watchmakers, and a man who was instrumental in the return of high-end mechanical watchmaking in the 1980s and 1990s (including his work on the resurgence of Breguet), the brand Daniel Roth has known many lives… […]