Christie’s Important Watches auction teaser
Opening reception of Christie’s Dubai auctions and a little preview of the upcoming “Important Watches” auction in Geneva
Fine Watchmaking
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Uncomplicate complications – Geneva stripes
“Geneva stripes” or “Côtes de Genève” is one of the most widely-used decoration techniques in high-level movements.
Uncomplicate complications – Anglage
In part 3 of Uncomplicate complications we learn a few things about “anglage”.
Uncomplicate complications – Movements
Aaron Becsei is an independent watchmaker, and member of Académie Horlogére des Créaturs Indépendants. He guides me with the experts’ knowledge through the secrets of fine watchmaking. In the series of Uncomplicate Complications we discover...
Uncomplicate complications – Entrée
Looking at watches purely from the aspect of their purpose, they are meant to measure time. On the next level, when you think of them as a fashion item and accessory, they become a messenger of self-expression, matching your clothes or mood. As...
Diplomatic mission
Nowadays you can buy anything practically anywhere. A few years ago in the middle of a trip through the jungle in Bali we met local youths selling Coke, and mineral water. In Tasmania we set off in a small fishing boat to look around the island,...
Heart art
At the beginning of the 19th century, Éduard Bovet, a man from Switzerland discovered the Chinese market for himself with his reliable artisan watches. He soon became very popular; the Bovet name has become a synonym for the watch in China. At the...
Delicacy from SIHH 2013, Part 3
Cartier has been participating at the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie every year since 1991 and is one of the five founding members. True to tradition, the brand’s presence is very impressive, an exhibition and the press launches are...
Delicacy from SIHH 2013, Part 2
Van Cleef and Arpels The fairy-tale white-purple-pink world of the Van Cleef and Arpels stall fit beautifully with the watches that the brand showcased at the SIHH; flowers, butterflies, kites framed the beautiful timepieces on show. The elegant...
Delicacy from SIHH 2013, Part 1
Perhaps only Cartier’s snow leopard did not feel the cold in Geneva between 21-25 January, when the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie was held for the 23rd time at the Palexpo Hall. The rather ordinary building showed an entirely different...
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