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

Louis Moinet unveils the World's First Chronograph dating back to 1816 - Monochrome Watches
Until now the earliest patent for a chronograph dates back to 1844, and was filed by Adolphe Nicole. Another watchmaker, named?Nicolas Rieussec, name barer of the Montblanc Nicolas Rieussec collection, created his chronograph for the French king in 1821.?Louis Moinet now claims that their ancestor, Louis Moinet?(1768 - 1853), created the first chronograph ever! And more over it had a beat rate of?216,000 vibrations per hour or 30 Hertz, meaning it could measure as precise as 1/60th of a second!! Seriously, think about it, normal (modern) mechanical watches have a beat rate of 18,000 vph up to 36,000 vph. Ad - Scroll to continue with article To put things even more in perspective, it wasn’t until 1916, exactly one century later, that Heuer created a chronograph reaching a frequency of 360,000 vibrations per hour.The movement?bears four hallmarks testifying

The Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Concept Tourbillon Spider-Man (Video & Live Pics)
Among Switzerland’s elite haute horlogerie brands, Audemars Piguet often stands out for doing things differently and often connects watchmaking to a broader culture. As seen with the Royal Oak, now iconic but totally disruptive when it was created in 1972, the brand has always been a beacon of innovation and creativity that dares to break new ground. In this respect, Audemars Piguet continuously looks beyond traditional watchmaking for inspiration, notably in the realms of pop culture, which offers a unique opportunity to connect the brand to modernity. In 2021, AP entered into a partnership with Marvel Entertainment, unveiling the Royal Oak Concept Black Panther. It is now the turn of one of the most popular superheroes of Marvel to weave his web into a Royal Oak. The second chapter in the Marvel x Audemars Piguet saga is this new Royal Oak Concept Tourbillon Spider-Man.Created in the early 1960s by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, Spider-Man is one of the most popular Marvel superhero

The Auction Hammer - TME01 - Monochrome Watches
Antiquorum is preparing itself for yet another auction in Hong Kong. This city is not only a thrilling place by itself, it is also a city where watches are more than appreciated! To meet the cities passion for high end horlogerie Antiquorum has once again succeeded in an impressive array of watches.Amongst them a couple of very beautiful Jaeger-LeCoultre clocks, the usual high-end Pateks and.R2D2's brother. Atleast that is what it seems like since its name and looks are just as exotic. The TME01 (Time Machine Experience) was created by Marc Alfieri, who in the past has also teamed up with Chaumet for which he created a special TME01 and Cabestan? with whom he developed the Sol Invictus, while he was also involved with Kronotype. Ad - Scroll to continue with article The most unusual thing about Alfieri is that he started out as a designer for high-end knifes, bef

First Look: The Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Tribute Monoface Small Seconds on Pink Gold Milanese Bracelet
This year at Watches and Wonders 2025, Jaeger-LeCoultre's emblematic Reverso, a timeless timepiece dating back to 1931 – as we explained in this in-depth article – will have its moment. Indeed, the brand is focusing entirely on its icon, and with some handsome new releases. In 2023, the slimmer pink gold Reverso Tribute Monoface Small Seconds models, featuring silver, black, or burgundy sunray-brushed dials, got plenty of attention, yet the latest interpretation with a pink gold Milanese bracelet and tone-on-tone dial is a true standout, effortlessly winning the beauty contest.The new Reverso Tribute Monoface Small Seconds is a vision of restrained boldness, blending modern refinement with the elegance that has defined the Reverso for nearly a century. – and a bit of bling. Its polished pink gold case, adorned with the signature gadroons, measures 45.6mm by 27.4mm with a sleek 7.56 mm profile. While the reverse side offers ample space for personalisation, the purity o