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Intro Into Enamel: FHH Video On Enameling Techniques For Watches

This was a very interesting and informative video (translated to English from French) that recently came out from the FHH about enamel work on watches, and the four various types of techniques that are primarily used for watch dials. Many of us don’t even recognize enamel art on watches – or cannot appreciate what goes [...]

Hulk Smash! Churchill Watch Co. Of London Comes Pre-Crushed

There is something sadistic in this watch. What is it trying to say about time and your timepiece? Maybe people will think you should not be messed with. “He was able to crush his watch and keep it running with the crystal intact?!” Alternatively this is pure Dali-esque  art with a slightly different take on [...]

Watch & Car Art Together By French Artist Philippe Burlet

French painter Philippe Burlet knows his way around a brush as well as cars and watches. Burlet’s medium of choice is watercolors, which he uses to aptly recreate the essence of sport racing and the watch loving spirit. Although relatively obscure in the United States, Burlet is a favorite among European motor sports enthusiasts, who [...]

Layered Damascus Steel Makes For A Beautiful Timepiece In The Angular Momentum COLOR-TEC Collection Damascene

It should be clear that Angular Momentum is one of those luxury brands that feel comfortable with endless experimentation. I am amazed at the sheer wealth of watch designs the company has offered over the years. That combined with their one-off pieces and limited editions make for a brand that is worth watching constantly. I [...]

The Perfect Election Day Timepiece: Thomas Prescher Tempusvivendi American Eagle Watch

Today is going to be a historic day, and call it a hunch, but I have a feeling that we are going to be discussing the election for a while, though I hope this isn’t going to be another Floridian style ballot disaster, but I digress. Today, all Americans can appreciate a watch of this [...]

Thomas Prescher Tourbillon Trilogy Watches Are The Most Elegant And Refined Tourbillon Watches I’ve Ever Know

Thomas Prescher is another one of those lucky watch making prodigies. The type of person who just innately understands how to design, make, and improve watches. The young watch maker began the brand in about 2002 after working at a few of the top watch manufactures. This is the typical path for gifted watch makers. [...]

Welcome To A Pinnacle Of Taste And Technology. May I Please Present You With: The Dogs Playing Poker Gold Watch

You’ve waited for this. The moment has come when you can truly combine your elevated sense of artistic taste and deep appreciation for mechanical prowess, all combining together in a potent mix to imbibe your thirst for luxury. Oh yes, the painting you know and love; the one that you have posters of in several [...]

Two Engraved Skeletonized Beauties: The Patek Philippe ‘Art Piece” 5180/1 And The IWC Portuguese Tourbillon Mystère Squelette Watches

This is not going to be one of those articles that is seeped in watch movement technicalities. This is going to be about the visual appreciation of thorough watch decoration. Sometime you want a watch that is just stunning to look at. You gaze deeply in its rich complexity noticing minute details bearing the attention [...]

The Perfect Way To Relax With Some Watch Montage Video And Classical Music

Here is a short entry for today, but with a good video to watch. Here is a compilation of video footage, much of it time lapse footage of watch and watch movement operation. A good deal of it is of vintage manually wound mechanical chronograph movements. I like this video for a couple of reasons. [...]

Erwin Sattler Mixes Old & New Perfectly With The Trilogie Watch, Clock, & Winder Combo

Here is a piece of innovative watch technology and integration from a brand you probably haven’t heard of. That is OK, because Erwin Sattler does not tend to make wrist watches. As a segue into dabbling in this market, they built a steampunk looking device that is very beautiful and functional combining a watch, watch [...]

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