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Category Archives: Location

The Future of English Watchmaking

Posted on October 4th, 2014

By R. Jay Nudds Last November I had the pleasure of attending a seminar hosted by Roger W. Smith in which the eminent successor to the late George Daniels put forward his thoughts, and, crucially to this discussion, feelings on the state of watchmaking in England. It is indisputable that the English have a storied […]

Posted in arty, brand of origin, Isle of Man, legacy, Limited edition, made-to-order, Nobility, original designs | Leave a comment

Watch Inspired by a Truck, Straight From the Volvo Design Team

Posted on May 7th, 2013

Interesting example of cross-disciplinary design: the development team responsible for Volvo’s award winning FH truck tried to use the same visual cues on a wrist watch.

Posted in arty, brand of origin, novelty, original designs, Sweden | 3 Comments

introducing Genesis, a successful endeavour in watchmaking

Posted on June 18th, 2012

A couple of years ago, watchmaker Christine Genesis launched her own watch brand. Trained in the German metalsmithing city of Pforzheim, Genesis spent three years working on watch repair before moving to an important after-sales workshop, where she got to play with all kinds of high-end mechanical watches for seven further years. During their training, […]

Posted in arty, assembler, brand of origin, ETA 28XX, Limited edition, novelty, original designs, Pforzheim, Germany, vintage movements | 3 Comments

introducing MB-watches, French Timepieces with a Swiss Heart

Posted on June 8th, 2012

Located in Morteau, in the French part of the Watchmaking Valley, Designer and watchmaker Mikaël Bourgeois established his business in June 2008 with the mission of manufacturing bespoke watches for discerning customers. To embark in such an endeavour in late 2008 was very courageous: the finantial world had started collapsing, and consumers were then thinking […]

Posted in arty, assembler, brand of origin, France, Limited edition, Morteau, novelty, original designs, Valjoux 775X | Leave a comment

New Instrument Watches from Christopher Ward

Posted on July 29th, 2011

Well I guess it was bound to happen some day: adapting the paradigm of a cockpit clock to the wrist is no longer a novelty. Seiko made one of the earliest documented attempts, and watches like the ZULU-01 by Trintec, the Airspeed by Revue Thommen and the BR01 by Bell & Ross were all released […]

Posted in assembler, brand of origin, ETA 2824-2, London, UK, militarophilia, novelty | Leave a comment