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Category Archives: ETA 2892-A2

introducing: Uhren Forum

Posted on November 4th, 2011

Founded by Brigitte and Olaf Vockerodt, the brand Uhren Forum aims at providing collectors with affordable watches focused on quality, design and functionality. The name is rather odd, because it is easily mistaken by Internet search engines for German-speaking “Watch Forum”. Sold at 1’780 EUR, Their flagship is a full calendar chronograph based on the Valjoux 7751. […]

Posted in brand of origin, ETA 2892-A2, original designs, Peseux 7001, Valjoux 7750, Valjoux 7751 | 1 Comment

Perrelet, looking forward although the rug has been pulled from under your feet

Posted on April 7th, 2011

Before dwelving into a description of their new diving collection, I would like to walk the reader through a brief presentation of the Perrelet SA company, which inception I discussed at great length in my essay in French: “The house of cards Perrelet SA, Example of how unverified information relayed by historians can backfire at a brand’s communication strategy […]

Posted in assembler, brand of origin, editorial, ETA 2892-A2, IP blunter, legacy, original designs, Valjoux 7750 | 7 Comments

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 | 5 Comments

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 | 5 Comments

introducing: Jochen Benzinger

Posted on November 11th, 2010

Born in 1961, Herr Jochen Benzinger learned the craft of engraving in Pforzheim and after receiving an award, taught himself the art of engine turning with the help of some old specialists still active in the German city. In 1985 he took over engine-turning workshop Kollmar, where old machines were salvaged during the quartz-crisis. When […]

Posted in arty, assembler, brand of origin, ETA 2892-A2, legacy, Limited edition, made-to-order, original designs, Pforzheim, Germany, PUW 561, vintage movements | 1 Comment