The 8 Most Accurate Moon Phase Wristwatches Today
Waxing poetically about moon phases has gotten me excited to take a trip through certain “phases” of engineering excellence to discuss the most accurate moon phase complications in a wristwatch today....
View ArticleKonstantin Chaykin’s Diana Romances The Moon
The moon is one element of horology that allows watchmakers to wax lyrical and get their romance on. Thanks to its romantic properties and associations, depictions of the moon are particularly popular...
View ArticleFiona Krüger’s Celebration Skull: Life, Death, Mortality . . . And Watches
Fiona Krüger is a young Scottish artist and designer. She utilizes her love of art to make fantastic timepieces inspired by both the seventeenth-century skull watch of Mary, Queen of Scots and the...
View ArticleMy First Auction Purchase: Alain Silberstein Pendant Watch
I have attended the odd auction. I have even gone to auctions with the intent to bid on a watch. But that hadn’t yet worked out for me. Not until I saw that Parisian auction house Artcurial was...
View ArticleBack In Black: Romain Gauthier’s Logical One Black
Romain Gauthier's Logical One is a masterpiece of complicated mechanics, boasting − as with all of the models in his collection − a level of finishing rivaled only by the likes of Philippe Dufour,...
View ArticleExclusive: The Giulio Papi No. 1 Pocket Watch
Sometimes persistence pays off. After a few well-placed questions, the shopkeeper brought out a relatively innocent looking skeletonized pocket watch. With a wry smile, he suggested that the buyer take...
View ArticleTen Years Of Giuliano Mazzuoli: An Independent Made in Italy
Giuliano Mazzuoli comes from a line of Tuscan designers. First making a name for himself with agendas and pens, he turned to creating wristwatches ten years ago. This run of cult hits began with the...
View ArticleIs Independent Creative Horology Dead?
In the early 1990s, I was facing the same dilemma as today: should I buy modern or vintage? The problem was that the modern watches actually all looked vintage, right down to the sizes. There was...
View ArticleNew Blue Chips In Grieb & Benzinger’s Blue-Tone Polaris And Tulip Collections
At Grieb & Benzinger, blue is something of a corporate color when it comes to decorating the unique and exceedingly rare watches that the boutique brand based in a historic castle near Stuttgart...
View ArticleQuill & Pad’s Predictions For The Men’s Category Of The 2015 Grand Prix...
Welcome to the 2015 edition of Quill & Pad’s early Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG) predictions in which we pick our favorites and explain why. The six pre-selected finalists in the Men’s...
View ArticleThe Top 10 Most Popular Posts Of 2015 On Quill & Pad
It’s pretty interesting to us to find out what you like to read most, and we hope that it’s interesting for you to read, too - particularly at the end of the old year. For this reason, we bring you the...
View ArticleIn The Face Of Complexity, Simplicity Rules: The Konstantin Chaykin Genius...
In the early 1960s, engineer Kelly Johnson of Lockheed Martin came up with “keep it simple, stupid”, which became better known by its acronym, KISS. Watches that employ clever levers and clearly adhere...
View ArticleKari Voutilainen Masterpiece 8 Decimal Repeater
One of the big introductions of 2015 in the collector’s world was A. Lange & Söhne’s Zeitwerk Minute Repeater: a watch that both shows and chimes off the time using a “decimal” format of hours,...
View ArticleSneak Peek – New Voutilainen SIHH 2016 Wristwatches With Live Photos
It’s SIHH 2016 week! And already, our California collector group was off to a splendid start with our traditional Saturday evening dinner with friend and genius watchmaker Kari Voutilainen. Kari...
View ArticleIt’s Transparently Brilliant! HM6 SV By MB&F
It's no secret that I'm a big fan of the MB&F HM6, but, it does have a serious design issue: except for that flying tourbillon, the incredible movement is hidden under a protective titanium case....
View ArticleCollectors Speak: Picks And Pans Of SIHH Week 2016
It’s already been six consecutive years that I’ve had the delightful experience of going through SIHH week with several of my closest friends. Our closing discussions centered around four questions,...
View ArticleReunited: Giulio Papi And The G.N. Papi Number 1 Pocket Watch
Previously, I had the wonderful opportunity to report on an important and previously unknown watch: the “G.N. Papi 1” pocket watch made by Giulio Papi and now owned by a good friend of mine. At the...
View ArticleWant To Launch A High-End Watch Brand? What The 9 New Independents At SIHH...
Post-SIHH reports indicate that the inclusion of the so-called indies was a big success for both visitors and the small brands alike, but also that there was a little grumbling from some of the large...
View ArticleDominique Renaud: A Horological Grand Master Then And Now
Dominique Renaud began working at Audemars Piguet in 1980. He received his watchmaker education in Besançon, though his family originally hailed from the Vallée de Joux. Renaud and Guilo Papi, both...
View ArticleKees Engelbarts’ Unique Platinum Tsuba Features Rare Crafts And Imaginative...
A tsuba is the hand guard of a traditional Japanese sword. “These eventually became elaborate pieces of art – far beyond their practical use,” says engraver Kees Engelbarts, whose fascination with...
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