Finally! When Tudor introduced the Black Bay GMT in 2018, I was under the charm of this watch which immediately made me think of the Rolex GMT MASTER 6542, the legendary GMT from the crowned sister. The Black Bay GMT was and still is 41 mm big, and... 14, 6 mm high, which, objectively, is quite thic
This year marks the 10 th anniversary of the Elegante watch. And so, this year’s Salon was dedicated entirely to the watch that has grown from controversy in to an enormous success for the brand. I was able to see and try the “Gino´s Dream” in Geneva. I got a sneak peak of the prototype for “Gino´s
couple of years ago I ordered this timepiece...I asked the watch maker to keep only hours hand and take-off the sub-seconds.... I gave him a hand sketch made by my son and asked him...if he could do something with it ! and this is what he did ! also having 1 lug makes it different - like wearing a d
As you well know, these are two of our creations, made and issued to celebrate the 15th and 20th Anniversary of our website. We started from an existing watch and tried to " spice it " a bit, in order to make it according to our taste and the taste of our Community. Yes, these were watches made by u
The Rolex Air King was issued in 2016 and discontinued in 2022, to be replaced by the Air King 126 900, basically adding a protection to the crown, a Zero before the " 5 " minute marker, luminous in the 3 / 6 / 9 applied hour markers ( called Chromalight ) and different movement, the Cal 3230 which
Moderators Patrick_y and FabR are pleased to present to you some selected highlights of Patek Philippe's 2024 Rare Handcrafts. This year, 2024, brings perhaps the largest collection of Patek Philippe Rare Handcrafts. Over 80 different products are available. We are going to only cover a portion of t
The visionary founders of Urwerk: Felix Baumgartner (the Swiss watchmaker, not the daredevil Austrian stuntman, there are two famous people with the same name) and Marin Frei continue to amaze. They keep on coming out with out-of-the-box ideas that are fresh and visionary. Left to Right, Felix Baumg
It's a quiet Watches and Wonders 2024 this year. And one thing I was hoping and predicting to see was more clasps with fine adjustment. So far, I'm disappointed, as I'm not seeing a lot of these clasps and bracelets with fine adjustments. Why does a clasp need fine adjustment? Watches, be it on brac
RUMORS, OFFICIAL TEASERS AND REALITY The rumors were that there would be a Duomètre (Chronograph + Moonphase), in steel with a white dial and in platinum with a salmon dial. I added that, knowing the House that dreams of being Grande, there would be a “ One more thing " in the form of a very high-en