News: First European Flagship Grand Seiko Boutique Opening on Place Vendôme In Paris

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Release: Seiko Prospex The Black Series Limited Editions

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News: Patek Nautilus 5711 Discontinued – Cementing Its Unicorn Status

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Shop News: Introducing The Fusion Series

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Wristlist: This Rolex Day-Date 18038 Onyx Is Up For Sale

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News: H. Moser Graduates To The Big League And Joins The Maisons Historiques At Watches and Wonders

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Release: Hublot Bing Bang Integral Joins The Integrated Watch Band

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Release: Seiko Prospex The Black Series Limited Editions

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News: Patek Nautilus 5711 Discontinued – Cementing Its Unicorn Status

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Shop News: Introducing The Fusion Series

Jan de Griff January 20, 2020

Wristlist: This Rolex Day-Date 18038 Onyx Is Up For Sale

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News: H. Moser Graduates To The Big League And Joins The Maisons Historiques At Watches and Wonders

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Shop News: Introducing The Fusion Series

Shop News: No Waiting List, Camouflage Suede Re-Edition!

Shop News: Kudu Moonrock Blue Straps

Shop News: Rugged Leather NATO Straps In New Colors

LATEST VIDEO

Hands-On: Rolex GMT Master II Pepsi 126710BLRO (Video)

At last, we go hands-on with the Rolex GMT Master II, more specifically the PEPSI GMT reference 126710BLRO. Click below for the full video hands-on: Let’s start with the obvious here – the bracelet. This is what made all the noise when this particular reference was revealed at Baselworld

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Independent watch analysis & genuine photography

Hands-On: Omega Speedmaster Apollo 13 Silver Snoopy Award. All You Need To Know. (In-Depth)

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Back in 1964 Deke Slayton, NASA operations director, came up with a directive for an official

Hands-On: NOMOS Tangente 35mm Ref 139 (Video)

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Hands-On: Casio A-168W – Affordable Yes, Disposable No (Video)

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Hands-On: Czapek Place Vendôme “Ombres”

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Hands-On: Omega Seamaster Edizione Venezia

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Hands-On

Independent watch analysis & genuine photography

Hands-On: The Handsome Threesome, Patek Philippe Calatrava 5115G (Part 1/3)

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Hands-On: Tudor Black Bay P01 (VIDEO)

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Hands-On: Rolex GMT Master II Pepsi 126710BLRO (Video)

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Hands-On: Omega Speedmaster Apollo 13 Silver Snoopy Award. All You Need To Know. (In-Depth)

November 15, 2019 11 Comments

Hands-On: NOMOS Tangente 35mm Ref 139 (Video)

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Hands-On: Casio A-168W – Affordable Yes, Disposable No (Video)

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Hands-On: Czapek Place Vendôme “Ombres”

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Hands-On: Omega Seamaster Edizione Venezia

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INDUSTRY TALK

Interview: Mr. Yoshifusa Nakazawa, Watchmaker At Seiko’s Haute Horlogerie Micro Artist Studio

ThinIn the world of watchmaking, there are many watchmakers out there, none however quite like Mr Nakazawa. Mr Nakazawa is one of the key ingredients that makes Seiko’s Micro Arist Studio tick, and one of the crucial elements in some of

Unscripted Jean-Claude Biver: Talking Rolex, Apple Watch, Karl Lagerfeld And More (Video Interview Part 2/2)

Without further delay, we are happy to present the second and final part of our Unscripted Interview with Mr Jean-Claude Biver. Mr Biver is one of just a few individuals to have dramatically impacted the Swiss Watch Industry and saved it

Unscripted: Jean-Claude Biver, The Icon, The Hippie, The Brand (Video Interview Part 1/2)

Earlier this month we had the genuine pleasure to welcome Mr Jean-Claude Biver to Brussels for an interview with us. What a pleasure, what a privilege. He is as much a man as he is a force of nature, seemingly unstoppable,

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Vintage Rolex Buyer’s Guide: Case Details To Look For When Buying A Vintage Rolex

Exhaustive: Buying a Vintage Rolex – A Set Of Puzzle Pieces (That Almost Fit)

Buyer’s Guide: Rolex Submariner

Buyer’s Guide: Which Omega Speedmaster To Buy?

VISIT TO THE MANUFACTURE

A Visit To The H. Moser & Cie Manufacture

At the close of last year we had the pleasure to visit H. Moser & Cie in Schaffhausen (Neuhausen am Rheinfall to be exact). In an industry dominated by giant-sized luxury groups, H. Moser & Cie is one of the few remaining independent & family owned Swiss manufactures out there.

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Report: Lunch With H. Moser & Cie (Video)

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Photo Report: The Watches At Our Brussels Lunch

October 25, 2018 6 Comments

Report: Master Class Haute Horlogerie (Video)

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Report: Atelier de Griff Meet-Up In Brussels (Video)

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Unscripted: Jean-Claude Biver, The Icon, The Hippie, The Brand (Video Interview Part 1/2)

Earlier this month we had the genuine pleasure to welcome Mr Jean-Claude Biver to Brussels

Interview: RESSENCE Founder & CEO Benoît Mintiens. Designing The Watch Of The Future (Long Read)

A few months ago, I had the sincere pleasure to visit Mr Mintiens at the

Report: Lunch With H. Moser & Cie (Video)

Earlier this month we had the pleasure to invite a great group of friends &

Report: Master Class Haute Horlogerie (Video)

A private Master Class showcasing the very best of modern Haute Horlogerie, oh yes indeed.

= Watch Works =

Watch Works: Flying Tourbillon

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Watch Works: Duplex Swan-Neck Fine Adjustment

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Watch Works: Rattrapante and Flyback

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Watch Works: Balance Wheel Adjustment

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VISIT TO THE MANUFACTURE

How A Vintage Dial Is Made At Glashütte Original

The dial is arguably the most interesting visual on a watch. Yet so often they turn out rather plain. Not so with the by now recognizable-from-a-mile Glashütte Original green Sixties and Sixties Panorama Date dials. Once seen, one simply does not forget. It is now with much personal delight

A Visit To The H. Moser & Cie Manufacture

Interview: Giorgia Mondani

One doesn’t get into watch collecting without running into the Mondani family in one way or another. Be that in the shape of some of their reference books