By Gordon Henderson When A. Lange & Sohne launched the Zeitwerk in 2009 and unveiled its digital display, the brand created an aesthetic that was something truly different from not only it’s other s, but also from the high end watch community as a whole. The bold numbers that display the time via rings…
Meet Waldan Watches: A Brand With History Unlike Anything You’ve Ever Heard
Unless you’re a trained professional, it wouldn’t be considered wise to take apart a watch just to put it back together again. However, decades ago, a young Oscar Waldan, of Waldan Watches, secretly did just that with his father’s watch simply to locate and diagram how the pieces fit together. Shockingly the story doesn’t…
Hands On with the Arnold & Son Constant Force Tourbillon
By Gordon Henderson Horology, at its core, is all about the pursuit of accuracy through mechanical timepieces. In that pursuit, the development of systems that eliminate any stimuli that detract from precision is paramount. In one of its newest feats, Arnold & Son has combined two complications that play as a horological version of Batman…
Affordable Watches: Ritmo Mundo Unveils Racer Quartz Chrono Line for Men and Women
Ritmo Mundo is a brand that manages to iver affordability with class and style time and again. Having partnerships with sporting events, teams and people such as LA Galaxy, Petra Kvitova, and Indy racing, the brand gains inspiration from an eclectic playground. Now, the brand announces its newest auto-inspired classic chic : Racer Quartz Chrono and Racer Quartz. The up includes redesigns from…
Up Close with Ralph Lauren RL67 Safari Chronometers … On Safari in Zambia
For the thousands of readers who follow ATimelyPerspective, you already know from our many and Instagram posts that we just returned from Zambia, Africa, where we went exploring the Kagem Emerald mines in Kitwe with Gemfields (we will bring about that trip soon). What you may not have known is that during that trip,…
Faberge Reinterpreted — by Master Watchmaker Jean-Marc Wiederrecht — Hands On! Oh, and Men, this one is for the Women
For those who know legends in jewelry and watches, this story may come as no surprise. It is comprised of several renowned men in history and present day: First, there is Peter Carl Faberge — jeweler to the Russian Czars, creator of fantasy and wonder, inventor of the famed Faberge Eggs that open to reveal…