This is how I lost my dream watch to charity: This past weekend’s Only Watch charity auction witnessed intense bidding for what was bound to be the top lot: Patek Philippe Grandmaster Chime. The watch, which has everything anyone could ever want in a timepiece — and then some — went under wicked back-and-forth bidding…
Video, Hands On: Grand Seiko Godzilla Watch
Godzilla…. a legend in movies and Japanese lore .. is on the loose again. With the recently released Godzilla: King of Monsters movie, you had to bet that a top Japanese watch brand would take on the giant. Grand Seiko was the perfect company to do so — since both Grand Seiko and Godzilla made…
Video Clip: $350,000 Armin Strom Resonance Minute Repeater
Earlier this summer, independent watch brand Armin Strom unveiled its second Masterpiece watch: the Resonance Minute Repeater. We covered that watch thoroughly here and here (where we discuss why the watch didn’t make it to the GPHG jury). The watch warrants so much because it is a world’s first and worthy of the coverage. Recently, though,…
Video: The New Carl F. Bucherer Heritage Bi-Compax Explained
Last weekend at WatchTime New York 2019, we got to catch up with Ron Stoll, head of the brand in America, to discuss the newest Heritage Bi-Compax Annual that we went hands-on with a few months ago. You can read the entire story of the watch and its technical specifications here — and you can…
Hands On: Corum Golden Bridge 43 Art Deco, In Stores Now
This past summer, we here at ATimeyPerspective were the first to break the news of an all-new Corum Golden Bridge watch that the company quietly released. Thanks to a unique formation of a vertical baguette movement, two suspension points and skinny cables, the watch is truly incredible. Now that it is out in stores, we…
What SIHH Gains From Huge Show Changes, Name Change to Watches & Wonders Geneva
Billing its announcement of a new show name and new format as the largest move the former SIHH (Salon International de la Hate Horlogerie) has made in its history, show organizers FHH (Fondation de la Haute Horlogerie) may be spot on. Now calling the exhibit Watches & Wonders Geneva, and giving it a two-prong approach…