It’s official: Antiquorum —which every other year sponsors the Only Watch auction — has a super hot up of one-of-a-kind watches to be auctioned off on September 28 at the Only Watch 2013 charity event in Monaco. This year 33 watch brands have donated to the cause, wherein all proceeds from the auction will benefit…
RACE Week- Cars and Watches: Meccaniche Veloci Chrono Driver
By Ryan Walsh Watch brand Meccaniche Veloci is all about designing watches for auto enthusiasts. With Italian heritage, much like Ferrari, this comes as no surprise. The brand has eight different types of auto-inspired collections in its current inventory, including the Quattro Valvole made of carbon ceramic and created in partnership with the world’s best…
Exotic Automobiles: Pagani Automobili S.p.a.
By Ryan Walsh Just a little over a decade old, Pagani is an Italian company that manufactures sports cars and carbon fiber. Horacio Pagani founded Pagani Composite Research in 1988, and often worked with Lamborghini on projects. He then branched out to start his own bespe auto brand. In 1999, the first mo of Pagani,…
ONE AMAZING WATCH: Jaquet Droz Charming Bird- VIDEO
Jaquet Droz has long been known for its mastery of automatons – moving figures on a timepiece. This year, though, the brand takes the concept to new heights in the form of the multi-dimensional Charming Bird – the first singing bird automata wrist watch in the world. The revolutionary watch was first unveiled at BaselWorld…
How Mother-of-Pearl Dials are Made
Many brands today use mother of pearl for dials on both women’s and men’s watches. Shimmering and intriguing, mother of pearl is not an easy substance to work with. It is quite brittle and ultra thin when used as a dial and breakage can easily occur. Depending on the complexity of the dial, the entire…
Wristwatch Pulsometers and Beyond! Introducing the Longines Asthmometer-Pulsometer Chronograph
Pulsometer wristwatches—wristwatches that enable doctors (or laymen) to time the pulse – have been around for than half a century. They are, however, quite rarely made in today’s watchmaking world. In fact, one can count on fingers and toes the number of luxury Swiss watch brands that produce pulsometer watches. Still, doctors and certain…