Best things deserve waiting
They say, how you start your year can have an impact on its entirety, so it’s worth spending the first days with something that you would enjoy doing in the coming months too. Although on 2 January the...
View ArticleJust one more minute, please!
Well, they say, all good things come to an end one day. SIHH closed doors today, GTE did yesterday. How was it? Interesting, eventful, socializing, entertaining and educational. I will post articles as...
View ArticleUncomplicate complications – Movements
Aaron Becsei is an independent watchmaker, and member of Académie Horlogére des Créaturs Indépendants. He guides me with the experts’ knowledge through the secrets of fine watchmaking. In the series...
View ArticleThe first Mouawad Watch Line in Muscat
Mouawad has been producing watches since 1972, when Robert Mouawad founded Robergé in Switzerland. In 1990 he acquired a watch case production facility in Les Breuleux in the Joux Valley. In 2010 two...
View ArticleChristie’s Important Watches auction teaser
It’s been seven years since Christie’s held the first International Modern & Contemporary Art auction in the Middle East. Then in 2008 they sold the bronze sculpture adorned with hieroglyphics...
View ArticleVan Cleef & Arpels – Living dials
On April 17 I had a chance to admire again (launch at SIHH 2013) Van Cleef & Arpels’s 2013 watch collection at the brand’s boutique at the Dubai Mall. Alban Belloir (the Managing Director for...
View ArticleIn the valley of virtuosity – Part #1
I ended my February article along the lines that Bovet timepieces receive a kind of personal touch from their makers that no doubt keeps on ticking in every single piece. Their appearance evokes...
View ArticleIn the valley of virtuosity – Part #2
The article starts here… Part #1 The brand returned to Môtiers, Bovet’s cradle, in 2006, when Pascal Raffy purchased the Château de Môtiers –once owned by Henri-François Bovet. The castle built in 1350...
View ArticlePhillips Watches Geneva TWO & Only Watch – auction preview
The story of the Phillips Auction dates back to late 18th century. It was founded by Harry Phillips, formerly a senior clerk to James Christie (yes, he was the founder of auction house Christie’s). It...
View ArticleCrossing the Channel with Ferdinand Berthoud
Here I am holding a timepiece bearing the name of Ferdinand Berthoud. We are dating in a building which was erected at the heights of Berthoud’s fame according to the plans of his contemporary, John...
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