Category Archives: Limited edition

Vergo Avius: affordable Nouvelle Horlogerie

Posted on March 4th, 2011

If the reader is not familiar with the French term “Nouvelle Horlogerie”, it is the name of a horological genre launched by Audemars-Piguet/Renaud Papi with Richare Mille and Urwerk; and subsequently followed by brands such as Hublot, Hautlence, CVSTOS, Concord, REBELLION timepieces, Ladoire, Linde Werdelin and the temporarily hibernated Wyler Vetta. The concept consists of building futuristic-looking mechanical watches with custom-made movements and space-age [...]

Posted in arty, assembler, brand of origin, editorial, ETA 2892-A2, Limited edition, novelty, original designs | 4 Comments

introducing: Paul’s Stuff

Posted on February 25th, 2011

Let me introduce Paul Brandt, inventor and hobby prototypist. Paul is very skilled in mechanical repairs and metal working. Some years ago, he started designing and building simple mechanical tools in stainless steel. His homepage shows an array of objects such as: knives, multi-purpose tools, pliers, and so on… Eventually, Paul started modding some watches of [...]

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introducing: International Watch Man

Posted on February 9th, 2011

I came across their Website before, but a recent visit to International Watch Man drew my attention to their 2010 collection of Fifty Fathoms homages. Bill Yao of MKII, Eddie Platts of Timefactors and the brothers Cameron of Corvus Watch have all famously released homages of what is considered the first proper “diving watch”. For more [...]

Posted in aftermarket parts, assembler, ETA 2836, historic designs, Limited edition, militarophilia, straps, Unitas 649X | 3 Comments

World’s first plastic-case Tourbillon, by EmaS

Posted on February 7th, 2011

Recently, I introduced a stylish Milan-based brand called EmaS. The company recently updated their Facebook account with a picture of one their latest model, a Chinese tourbillonWatch with the escapement housed in a cage that completes a revolution in a fixed amount of minutes., which will only be produced in 4 picese, sold at USD [...]

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introducing: IWI Watches

Posted on January 30th, 2011

English watchmaker Ian Walsh trained in Manchester before working with TAG Heuer. Base in Lancashire, UK, Mr. Walsh registered the British trademark IWI Watches in Summer 2006 and launched his first collection of IWI Watches in September 2007. Prior to IWI watches, Mr. Walsh has been supplying and repairing specialist timing equipment to the film [...]

Posted in assembler, brand of origin, ETA 28XX, historic designs, legacy, Limited edition, made-to-order, racing, restoration, Valjoux 7750 | Leave a comment

EmaS watches: doing it with Italian style

Posted on January 22nd, 2011

In 1934, Milan businessman Sir Enrico Masserini established Masserini Orologerie S.p.A. with the intent to sell Swiss movements in Italian watch cases. After WWII, the company was renamed EMAS, based on the contraction of the founder’s name (Enrico MASserini). The company was handed over to his son Annibale and later to his grandson Enrico, who currently [...]

Posted in arty, brand of origin, legacy, Limited edition, Milan, Italy, original designs, Seagull ST19XX | 2 Comments

introducing: Magalex, run by an entrepreneur extraordinaire

Posted on January 13th, 2011

Born in 1949 in Pune, one of the largest metropolis of then-freshly independent India, Mr. Gurdeep Singh Kundan carried out a BA (Special) Economis at the University of Pune before relocating to Switzerland, where he studied Journalism and Sales Management in Fribourg and St. Gallen; and Germanic languages at the University of Bern. Besides High [...]

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introducing: Temporanea Manifattura Fiorillo

Posted on January 12th, 2011

Unveiled by TLex of OceanicTime.com and mentionned by Grégory Pons of BusinessMontres.com, Italian entrepreneur Federico Fiorillo launched his watch company. Temporanea Manifattura Fiorillo was first born in Spring 2009, as a project to supply a small number of watches to friends. Mr. Fiorillo was quickly overwhelmend by orders, and so he decided to plan production [...]

Posted in assembler, brand of origin, ETA 2824-2, ETA 2892-A2, ETA 2893-2, historic designs, legacy, Limited edition, made-to-order, militarophilia, novelty, Unitas 649X, vintage movements | 2 Comments

introducing: Grəve Watch Design

Posted on January 12th, 2011

Hat tip to WatchOtaku.com Based in Germany, Grəve Watch Design plans to release small series of watches made with components from the city of Pforzheim. The founders put a great enphasis on the traceability of all their components and their Web site even features a Google map and a list of the various suppliers. For [...]

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The Poor Man’s Fifty Fathoms

Posted on January 4th, 2011

Seiko has a rock-solid reputation when it comes to their diving watches and über-affordable Seiko 5 collections. Standing on the shoulders of their legacy, history and Intellectual Property, Seiko are rightly the last company that one would expect to attempt to draw inspiration from competition. This is the certainty that was challenged in the minds of some forumers when they discovered Seiko’s latest 42mm-wide [...]

Posted in forum watch, historic designs, legacy, Limited edition, militarophilia, pimp your watch, Seiko | 2 Comments