SIt’s Basel time and a couple of our buddies are in Switzerland looking at fancy watches and reporting back on some of the coolest ones. For example, take a look at this L-Evolution Tourbillon by Blancpain. It’s an automatic watch with a twist: the power reserve is actually on the rotor, a feat (at least in watchmaking) akin to riding a horse backwards while juggling plates. Read more…
These watches are based on vintage classics and remade by a young man in New York’s favorite borough, Brooklyn. The designer, David Sokosh, slaps a huge Unitas movement into new cases and then pops on new hands and a face. He sells some of them at Brooklyn Flea and a few online, but obviously these are limited editions. Read more…
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This week we talk about the MB&F HM3 Rebel, the fastest sailbaot in the world – Audemars Piguet/Zenith Hydroptère, Michael Kobold and the Christophe Claret – 21 Blackjack with Automatic BLJ08 movement.
Yep, you are correct, that is not a picture of a watch. Good catch.
Thieves took a a cache of Buran-signed 800 ETA movements from a watchmaker in Porrentruy, Switzerland. They included some 2824-2 and 7750 movements. The 7750s are used in chronographs. Read more…
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