If there is one complication that Cartier hasn’t used very often throughout its history, it is the moon phase. With the new Drive de Cartier Moon Phases it returns in a very classic and masculine way.
If you thought you loved Laurent Ferrier solely for his incredibly refined timepieces, be prepared to love him even more. Ferrier, who spent time at Patek Philippe before opening his own independent manufacture, continues to stun and amaze us with his beautiful creations like this year’s Galet Tourbillon with open dial and Montre École. But something that you may or may not know is that Ferrier used to race cars. Like, serious cars. In fact, he raced the 24 hours of Le Mans in 1979…and came in third place. Yeah, this guy is seriously cool.
Swatch Group will soon be limiting availability of the Valjoux 7750 chronograph, which powers a significant percentage of the chronographs available today. Seiko’s SII NE88 automatic chronograph enters the fray, but is it up to the challenge?
Last month, in Part I of this story, I took a look at a vintage Girard-Perregaux pocket watch with a very unusual spherical balance spring. As I mentioned back then, the 19th century was something of a golden age for the evolution of precision timekeeping, and it was also a time when what you might call classical precision timekeeping was born, eventually flourished, and then gradually declined.
The Brellum Duobox is a no-nonsense chronograph with retro-inspired design, powered by the robust and reliable Valjoux 7750. Elegant, nicely executed and offering excellent value for money – it is most likely one of the most affordable chronographs powered by a 7750 (and the best is that this movement is COSC certified… and that is almost never true in the below 5k price bracket!). This sounded promising enough to meet Sébastien Muller, founder of the brand, and go hands-on with the Brellum Duobox.
Traser has just released a new special edition “Red, White, & Blue” version of their recently updated H3 P6600 Shade watch collection meant to honor the large American watch market – and their many customers in it. Traser is the read more…
This week is a good one. We have a diverse selection of watches, as usual, with brands like Rolex, Gallet, and Cartier all represented, and styles ranging from your cool rough-and-tumble tool watches to classic gold watches with bright stone dials (and full gold bracelets). But these aren’t your run-of-the-mill selections and each has something special to offer. Read on to see the full selection.
The SIHH gives you the opportunity to see and handle some of the most amazing new watches. All those masterpieces available at a single venue is exhilarating yet also hard work, especially for Haute Time’s photographer Alex Teuscher. Light conditions are always challenging at a fair, and there is a constant pressure to finish up in time make it to the next appointment. Simultaneously it is also important to respect the subject and photograph it in an environment that it suits. In the digital age, you can, fortunately, see very quickly if you are on point, and very little things are as gratifying as ending a long yet exciting day, seeing that the fruit of your work is actually looking pretty awesome!
Jaeger LeCoultre updates the Geophysic Collection’s worldtime watch with a tourbillon, making it the world’s first worldtimer to have a flying tourbillon. The production of the Jaeger-Lecoultre Tourbillon Universal Time will be limited to 100 pieces. During SIHH we had the chance to hold it, look at it and feel it. In this…
There is something about the Jaquet Droz Grande Seconde. The graphic simplicity of its design and artfully crafted movements are indeed different and appealing. Its refined style, at once timeless and modern, is now endowed with a new indication for travelers. Here are our thoughts about the Jaquet Droz Grande Seconde Dual Time.