With Valentine’s Day just a couple of days away — think about the woman in your life and treat her to a gift that will remind her of you with every glance at the time. Here are a few interesting Valentine’s Day watches to consider. Franck Muller has an entire Heart collection that pays homage…
Introducing the Greubel Forsey Golden Sails
Last Friday, we brought you the story of Greubel Forsey’s Art Piece 1 here and the magnificent alliance the brand has formed with micro-sculpter Willard Wigan. In that post we showed you the Golden Mask, and alluded to the newest piece coming to the fore front — the Golden Sails. Representing a true journey, the Golden…
Introducing the Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Grande Tradition Gyrotourbillon 3
As mentioned here a couple of days ago, Jaeger-LeCoultre celebrates its 180th anniversary this year, and as such it unveils the 10th watch in its Hybris Mechanica series of Grande complications – the Master Grande Tradition Gyrotourbillon 3. The watch features a flying spherical tourbillon and – for the first time – an instantaneous digital…
Great Gifts for Valentine’s Day
This Thursday is Valentine’s Day — a day for rs and d ones around the world to express their devotion and a. Gifts are hard to decide upon, and sometimes need be no than a heart-felt card and a kiss. Other times, much is called for. Far be it from us to tell…
Greubel Forsey Takes Time to a New Level
As seen on Worldtempus.com You had to lo really hard at this year’s SIHH to see the cooperative work of Greubel Forsey and miniature sculptor artist Willard Wigan – who micro-sculpts art on metal that is smaller than 1/15th of a single grain of rice. The sculpture created for Greubel Forsey’s Art Piece 1 watch…
Inside Montblanc’s Minerva Workshops in Villeret — Hand Crafting Watches
Recently, in Switzerland, we had the opportunity to take a private tour of the small, exclusive Montblanc watch factory in Villeret that began as Minerva. Here, every single piece of every single watch movement (except the base plate) is made by hand, polished by hand and assembled by hand. Even the hairsprings are made in-house.…