Dutch Watch Collector Paul, On Building His Dream Dress Watch, The Angelier Classique
I’m pretty sure that at one point in every watch enthusiast’s life, the inspiration to design your own watch pops into your head. Through buying, owning and possibly selling watches, we tend to get a pretty good feeling of the pros and cons of what’s out there. The next step would be to put that design to paper, which is a leap only a handful of people will make. Even fewer will take that design and actually seek out patterns and suppliers to make it a reality. And from that handful of projects, only a small percentage will actually make it. And from all of that wheat-from-chaff separating, just a handful will turn into a commercial brand. Such are the challenges in building your dream watch, which takes guts, perseverance, a clear vision, and a little bit of luck. With all this in mind, we turn to Paul Angelier, a Dutchman whose story follows this path and who’s building his actual dream dress watch. And through the support (and demands, it seems) of a good num

A Most Dangerous Watch Company - IWC and Carl Jung - Monochrome Watches
Is IWC a dangerous watch company? IWC has an obscure connection with one of the pioneers of psychoanalysis, Carl Gustav Jung. David Cronenberg's film, A Dangerous Method, charts the early collaboration between Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung and the subsequent demise of their friendship.One aspect of the Freud/Jung rivalry is the discrepancy between their financial means. I married rich, is Jung's explanation in the film. ?Emma Jung, Carl's wife, was previously Emma Rauschenbach as in the International Watch Company Rauschenbachs. ?IWC, rich indeed, but dangerous? Ad - Scroll to continue with article Carl Jung's marriage connection to IWC made him a co-owner of the company, but he never took an active interest. Ronald Hayman in his book, A Life of Jung, writes, By Swiss law, a wife's assets belong to her husband . . . Jung was ambivalent towards [Emma's] wealth, whi

Only Watch 2017 - Tudor Black Bay Bronze One - LHD / Khaki Green ref. 7925/001
Let’s be honest, the unique Patek and F.P.Journe for Only Watch 2017 we’ve just introduced to you earlier today are indeed really important?pieces… But let’s not forget the brand that surprised everyone back in 2015, with a watch that sold for multiples of?its pre-sale estimate: Tudor. For the 7th Edition of the charity auction, they are back, with a unique left handed and?Khaki Green Bronzo, the?Tudor Black Bay Bronze One.Two years ago, at Only Watch 2015, Tudor rocked the event?by presenting a unique Black version of the Heritage Black Bay, a watch that was prefiguring a future commercial watch (the Black Bay Black 79220N). This watch caused a sensation, as it reached approximately 100 times the price of a standard Black Bay, at CHF 375,000. Clearly, collectors had shown their enthusiasm for?it by bidding – hard. This year, for Only Watch 2017, Tudor had no other choice than to bring another ultra-cool piece. And here it is, the?Tudor Black Bay Bronze On

It's time to vote for the Timezone Watch of the Year 2012 - Monochrome Watches
Here we go again, time?to vote for the TimeZone Watch of the Year 2012! All member of watch forum TimeZone can vote for one of the seven preselected finalists.?While you usually can choose between 6 finalists, pre-elected by the Timezone moderators, this year Timezone shows us seven finalsist to choose from. Again a most impressive line-up! The finalist with the most votes on March 8 shall win the TimeZone Watch of the Year Award, just like Gronefeld won this prestious prize last year. Read on to find out how and were to vote for your favorite! Ad - Scroll to continue with article In 2010 the TimeZone Watch of the Year went to Jaeger-LeCoultre?for their Duometrea Quantieme Lunaire. I think this marked the ‘official’ approval of connoisseurs of Jaeger-LeCoultre’s Dual Wing system. Last year, independent watchmakers Tim and Bart Gronefeld won the

Oris Artelier Complication Redesigned 2017 (Specs & Price)
While Oris?might be famous for its dive watches, such as the Aquis or the hype Divers Sixty Five, there’s another collection in the catalogue that is far from lacking interest; the?Artelier range. Offering?the same overall quality at?an affordable price as the rest of the watches produced by the brand, the Artelier collection is a?more elegant and complex (relatively-speaking) offering. For 2017, one of Oris’ defining movements is encased in a redesigned watch, the new?Oris Artelier Complication.With the original version of this watch, Oris was ahead of the curve, for two reasons. First of all, it?launched “The Complication” back in 1991,?at a time when the Swiss watch industry was slowly recovering from the troubles of the Quartz Crisis, and at a time when complicated watches, with a classic look were probably not really trendy. Secondly, with this watch, Oris helped pioneer?the concept of affordable luxury. The watch offered a lot, both technically and visuall