Category Archives: Valjoux 775X

Hamilton, mass-produced anachronisms

Posted on March 30th, 2011

For the record, guess who in 2011 A.D. still runs a Website designed for Internet Explorer only? Hamilton watch company …And to add insult to injury, they require me to upgrade from Explorer 7 to a more recent version. The browser you are using is not supported by this website, please upgrade to the latest version [...]

Posted in brand of origin, design blunter, ETA 2824-2, historic designs, legacy, Limited edition, militarophilia, Valjoux 7753 | 1 Comment

Stowa’s new unusual Flieger chronograph

Posted on March 26th, 2011

Hat tip to Jorge Merino of Timezone.com. This new model from watchmaker Jorg Schauer’s brand Stowa could definitely have been added to our List of XXI Flieger Chronographs. Stowa is one of the very few German brands that once supplied the Luftwaffe with big pilots watches. The size was imposed by the pocket watches movements [...]

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Review: WatchProject’s list of XXI Flieger chronographs

Posted on February 28th, 2011

In the article A list of XXI Flieger chronographs, the reader is brought through a little history of standard military watches. The first paragraphs explain the distinction between three main schools: the British, the German and the French; and the text explains how the concept of a Flieger chronograph (as we know it today) was invented in the early 2000′s by the [...]

Posted in antimagnetic, assembler, brand of origin, editorial, historic designs, legacy, militarophilia, novelty, original designs, Valjoux 775X, vintage movements | Leave a comment

introducing: manufacture Mühle Glashütte SA

Posted on February 24th, 2011

Okay, this is not really a new brand. I’ve know about Mühle Glashütte (Muehle Glashuette) for as early as I caught the watch collecting bug in early 1990′s. At the time, the company was relying upon calibres manufactured by Swiss leader ETA, so I personnally didn’t find their “Made in Germany” watches that interesting. But the recent release [...]

Posted in assembler, brand of origin, ETA 2824-2, Glashütte, Germany, legacy, militarophilia, original designs, tech stuff, Valjoux 7750 | Leave a comment

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

Your future eX-watch

Posted on December 19th, 2010

Hat tip to Grégory Pons of BusinessMontres.com. Based in Switzerland, watchmaker Peter E. Kreuter-Gariko launched the Web site eX watches, where according to the founder, customers can order an eXclusive timepiece. I was expecting the catalog to show a range of watch components that one can choose from, but apparently the only choices are pre-organized [...]

Posted in assembler, brand of origin, ETA 28XX, made-to-order, Unitas 649X, Valjoux 775X | 1 Comment

Regal timepieces

Posted on November 24th, 2010

 King Ludwig II, who reigned over Bavaria from 1864 to 1886, was known for his taste in fine pocket watches which he used to commission and collect by hundreds. These timepieces do sometimes appear in prestigious auction sales and end up in many a private collection, but the 800 years-long lineage of the House of [...]

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introducing: MOMO Design’s new Composito chronograph

Posted on November 3rd, 2010

Hat tip to Jorge Merino from Timezone.com. Moretti-Monza, better known as MOMO, is an Italian Design agency that operates in the field of alloy wheels and accessories for racing and road cars. In 1964, a steering wheel designed by amateur racing driver Giampiero Moretti caught the attention of Formula 1 driver John Surtees, who requested to have one [...]

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introducing: Premium Watches Pforzheim

Posted on November 3rd, 2010

Established as a Civil Law Partnership between German craftsmen located in the city of Pforzheim, Premium Watches offers a range of services of high interest to watch collectors. The partners can do a thorough restoration of timepieces, they can built and decorate a timepiece upon request, and they also have a range of personnalized and private label [...]

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introducing: Aeronautec watches

Posted on November 1st, 2010

Having been around since 2006, Aeronautec offers dressy and sporty mechanical watches. The founders have decided to connect the brand with aviation, as illustrated by the Website’s extensive use of beautiful photographs of aircafts. Aeronautec indiscriminately uses Swiss movements and their Asian clones, and the watches are mostly distributed throughout Germany for the time being. [...]

Posted in brand of origin, ETA 2824-2, ETA 2836, militarophilia, saturation diving, stock design, Valjoux 7750, Valjoux 7751 | Leave a comment