Even the reference number of this Sinn U1 breaths something of simplicity. Some things are at it’s best if nothing can’t be taken away...
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This very elegant Universal Geneve, Classic 18 carat gents watch is for sale. The casing of this sixties dress watch (with reference 155) is...
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Although we’re not particularly the type of people who love battery operated watches, we couldn’t resist this one… So as the only battery operated...
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For sale is this gorgeous titanium IWC GST Rattrapante Chronograph (ref 3715). The GST model line was not very popular at the time, however...
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I’m looking for a reasonable offer for this nice piece of Rolex history. The watch was bought new in 1962 by the current owner;...
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For sale: White enamel painted dial with Roman numerals, thick white gold index markers and belonging white gold set of hands. For Rolex Datejust...
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Sinn recently introduced a 3,5 mm larger version of their very popular 356.Pilot model, from which I got the first one in last week....
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Find more watches for sale at the website of www.horloge.com.
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Baselworld day five was my sixth and last day at the fair (day zero was press day). It has been another year of good fun, networking and interesting watches. It has been enough as well though. Yesterday evening I ended the day having dinner with only some close friends, like Robert-Jan Broer, Bert Buysrogge, Benjamin Clymer and his lovely girlfriend. As mentioned in my yesterday’s write up our original idea was having Rösti in Dörnach, however once arrived there...
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Sunday it is, and it’s to mention that the fair gets less crowdy. At least the press center is – most watch news will have probably been published by now. First to end my write up of day three; yesterday just after I published my write up I visited Glycine. They celebrate the 60th anniversary of their iconic Airman model. For this occasion they’ll bring a one off, yes that’s only one, set of three original Airman watches with...
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Eager to make it more in2watches today I made an early start. Of course first things (coffee) first and answering some emails, and then where else to set off to then to the Palace where all the high-end unreachable independents are. Today I’ll make it a picture show and won’t harass you with huge pieces of my text any more. I’ll mention the brand names under the pictures, so if you want you have to be able to find...
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My finishing of day one was rather hectic yesterday. The Bremont party was great with a touchy video and Nick and Giles introducing a few new models. They lifted a little bit of the curtain for a new to come limited edition, named Code Breaker, as well, which will be unveiled in June. All Bremont news can be found at www.bremont.com And then it got hectic. I left early from the Bremont party to get my car from the...
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Today was the official opening of the fair to the public. Which I passed; one opening a fair seems enough for me. Besides that I have to start here with finishing yesterday, after I posted the ‘day zero’ article I was at the (first ever) Tudor bloggers press conference. Besides the new (mainly chronograph) models, all revived from or inspired by the early Tudor days, I was very pleased by the fact that they had a real Ducati Diavel...
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The 2013 edition of the world largest watch fair has started. Day zero, press day, just took off. After arriving and registering yesterday evening, it feels good to join the show again. This year will be something of a new start of one of the oldest and largest watch fairs in the world. There’s a lot new indeed, however quite a few things didn’t change as well. What certainly changed were almost the whole fair buildings. The entrance, the...
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It’s only a matter of days that the largest watch fair in the world will open it’s doors in Basel, Switzerland again. During the last 7 weeks more than 7’000 trucks have arrived to the this year’s new ‘Messe Basel’ halls and about 20’000 workers have put together 1’460 booths. In this same timespan I’ve received over 70 invitations to discover novelties or join press conferences at the fair. I’m afraid I won’t make it to them all. I...
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Even the reference number of this Sinn U1 breaths something of simplicity. Some things are at it’s best if nothing can’t be taken away any more, this watch is one of them. The Sinn U1 diving watch is a real tool watch. It’s heavy, it’s thick (with the right ratio to it’s diameter) and it’s tough; 1.000 meters waterproof or 100 bar of pressure, certified by the Germanischer Lloyd in Hamburg. For extra salt-water resistance the watch was made...
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I would like to attract attention to Barcelona (Spain) based Unity Watches. This little watch brand has managed to create a watch with a personal DNA, even though it has a lot of options the buyer can personalize his/her watch with. Except for some six pre-defined models (plus one bronze limited edition model) the potential buyer can create a watch design with the use of a sophisticated watch configurator. Case sizes are available in 42 and 44 mm, movements...
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I would like to congratulate my friends at China’s number 1 watch news blog and portal with their 10th anniversary. 52watch.com was founded in 2003 by Joey Wong. The site has steadily grown in popularity to become China’s number 1 reference website for horological professionals and enthusiasts. Nice to know; why 52watch? In Mandarin Chinese numerology the number 5 2 (five two) means “I love” and is a very commonly used phrase in China. So 52watch means “I love...
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Every well known brand has is own land mark. For the small Swiss manufacturer Glycine that is undoubtedly their Airman model. Glycine was founded by Eugène Meylan in 1914. It remained a relatively ‘under the radar’ brand, with some special products like ladies watches, early automatics and chronometers. It was only in 1953 when the Airman line, with a manual winding 24-hour Felsa 692 N movement, was presented and received an enthusiastic welcome. This first version of the Airman...
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Loupe System produces a series of loupes which are build according to the same principles and requirements of a camera lens. The Model 01 loupe provides a 6x magnification through five multi-coated optical glass elements arranged in three groups. Most other loupes just use a single optical element to provide magnification. These loupes provide a good image only in the center of the viewing field. Along the edges you will inevitably see both chromatic aberration (i.e. diffraction, or color...
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Let’s take it this way; from today everything will get better! :-)
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It seems to me that this year Jaquet Droz was the first to announce a real Basel 2013 preview. A quarter of a year before the actual fair starts… Of course Omega came a few days ago with the introduction of their anti-magnetic movement which will of course be further showed at Basel 2013, however this news wasn’t specially proposed as a Basel 2013 preview as far as I know. The Jaquet Droz novelty is regarding a new face...
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