The Voutilainen Vingt-8 is available in an endless variety of dial styles, perhaps too many, almost anything a client desires can be done. Inevitably some dials work better than others, but the 28 TE happens to be particularly attractive. And it is also unusual, being a …

Breguet overcoil, Breguet hands and of course, the tourbillon. We often use the name Breguet when talking about design elements or movements. Even when it is not about a Breguet watch. Breguet is a very old watch manufacture, that dates back to 1775 when founder Abraham-Louis …

The crystalline sound that glass makes when rubbed or tapped can be one of the most hauntingly beautiful aural experiences you are likely to ever hear. Most people think of glass as a brittle, transparent material that is used mainly for its optical properties or …

More than a century ago, in 1914, the Kew Observatory in Great Britain granted a “Class A” chronometer certificate to a wristwatch for the very first time. This was a major achievement for the timepiece in question, a tiny Rolex watch, and it also marked …

The first thing that comes to mind when you lay your eyes on the Zenith Pilot Type 20 Chronograph Extra Special is the case material. Contrary to the usual highly polished case which is a distinct Zenith look, this has an unconventionally rugged look; something …

Fresh off a Baselworld that saw Grand Seiko introducing updated models in their sports watch line up, the Japanese brand has announced a new limited edition Spring Drive chronograph GMT that pays tribute to another icon of the Land of the Rising Sun: the Nissan …

While we’ve seen the concept of an auction catalog “cover lot” upended a bit over the last few years as online catalogs have supplanted the physical paper tomes for many collectors, we still see the big players each make a seasonal push to have one …

As noted in my other article about buying pre-owned watches, the market for truly “vintage” watches is something quite different from that for relatively young “pre-owned” watches. Any watch made before 1990 could be considered vintage, although some collectors put the maximum year of “vintage” at …

From a customer’s perspective, there are currently two distinctly different ways of looking at Grand Seiko. For one, Grand Seiko, as the consensus seems to suggest, has become truly very expensive, and I seem to agree with that sentiment. By its own standards, it has …

Let me be clear from the outset, this is a ridiculous challenge. It’s clearly hypothetical and I’m pretty sure none of us has any plans to sell our collections and follow through with this. But having said that, it’s a perennial watch party favourite, and …