When it comes to high watchmaking, this piece has it all. It incorporates all three of watchmaking’s most prestigious complications – minute repeater, perpetual calendar and tourbillon – and then some ...
In the horological world, one of the most revered masterpieces is the tourbillon, watches that feature the escapement and the balance wheel in a rotating cage, which helps to counter the effects of ...
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The New York wristwatch auction season is upon us, and while Paul Newman’s very own “Paul Newman” Rolex Daytona 6239 continues to dominate the headlines, there are several other heavyweights to ...
Watchmaking credentials are not required to recognize that something unusual is occurring as the spherical cage gyrates in multiple directions, with an inner axis spinning at the relatively dizzying ...
Jaeger-LeCoultre’s Hybris Artistica range represents some of the most accomplished craftsmanship not just in watchmaking, but in the whole world. The studio where Jaeger-LeCoultre’s grand-complication ...
Mean machines: (left) A piece by Vacheron Constantin; and Reverso Gyrotourbillon. There are two ways of looking at watches. To some, they are utilitarian devices that tell time and are, on margin, ...
E-commerce, the grey market, clubs for pre-owned watches and rentals, and millennials or Gen Z who prefer smartwatches or no watch at all — it is interesting to note how the Swiss luxury brands are ...
The current hipster craze for handmade stuff has officially entered horology. Handmade artisanship has always been part of high-end watchmaking, but the Hand Made 1 from Greubel Forsey really deserves ...