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Championing artisanal independent watchmaking since 2002.
I’m an AD for this niche aspect of Horology.
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It’s a serious watch with some serious wrist presence that’s a whole lot of fun! Serious fun, you say? It all comes together in this OG @speakemarin Piccadilly watch — one of the early watches designed and built by visionary independent British watchmaker Peter Speake-Marin as he established his namesake brand. It’s striking and avant-garde on the wrist with its large steel drum-shaped case, prominent sculptural column-like lugs, and diamond-shaped Louis XV-style pleated crown. But the dial is classical through and through, made of fired Grand Feu enamel with elongated Roman numerals, heat-blued “Foundation” hands, and a single screw head in the dial — a tribute to adjusting screws on old clocks. It’s a fabulous (and fun to wear) piece of independent watchmaking history. . . . @horologybythesea @independentintime @collectivehorology @horologicallyinclined @fourdigitcharmer @topperjewelers @shespeakswatch #speakemarin #speakemarinwatches #speakemarinpiccadilly #peterspeakemarin #enameldial
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There’s something beautifully poetic about the impressive @arnoldandson CTB (Chronograph True Beat). There’s the handsome frosted dial and small subdials for timetelling (at 12 o’clock) and for the chronograph minutes (at 6 o’clock). But the real star of the show are the two impressively and delicately thin and long second hands — one, with the open counterbalance, is the running second hand for the watch, and it is a deadbeat seconds, jumping crisply once per second — the other, with the closed counterbalance, is the chronograph second hand, and it runs smoothly when the chronograph is actuated. There’s a wonderful dance between the two when the chronograph is running, which you can see in the video. It’s a real celebration of the heritage of British chronography and watchmaking with a truly modern flair. . . . @topperjewelers @shespeakswatch #arnoldandson #arnoldandsonwatches #arnoldandsonctb #ctb #deadbeatseconds
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It’s great to bring back a new watch after a bit of time off the wrist. How does it wear? How does it look? How does it feel? Well, I can tell you, the incredible @awake.concept Son Mái - Guilloché Main “Sunset” looks and feels amazing. The creative, dynamic and hypnotic guilloché wave pattern that is hand-engraved into the dial combines with the multi-layered applied Vietnamese purple lacquer to create something truly magical. While impressive indoors, out in the sun it truly explodes in energy and intensity. It’s a true artistic achievement by this brilliant French brand! . . . @topperjewelers @shespeakswatch @lilian_awake.watches #awakewatches #awakewatch #awakesonmai #awakesonmaiwatch #awakesonmaisunset
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It seems simple, clean and elegant at first glance, but there is a lot of depth and history here. The @jaegerlecoultre Geophysic True Second celebrates the scientific timepieces of the brand’s past focused on precision and readability. It has an innovative movement that features an unusual Gyrolab balance wheel, improving timing efficiency and accuracy, and an uncommon deadbeat seconds complication, where the second hand ticks each second rather than moving continuously. This emphasizes the chronometric accuracy and precision of the movement. It also has a wonderful hidden feature where you can jump the hour hand in one-hour increments from the crown (similar to a GMT watch) without stopping the movement. I just love the way this watch sits on my wrist at 39.6mm in diameter and 11.5mm thick with wide lugs. It’s a seriously classy and beautiful watch, especially in rose gold! . . . @topperjewelers @shespeakswatch #jaegerlecoultre #jaegerlecoultrewatch #jaegerlecoultregeophysic #jlcgeophysic #deadbeatseconds
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The Sartory Billard × CronotempVs CT12 is a fun watch to keep revisiting, and there’s always more there is to discover, so here is a 10-photo macro walkthrough of what is probably one of the most interesting dials I’ve had the opportunity to photograph. @sartorybillard x @cronotempvs There were only 30 CT12 watches made, and with the owners given an enormous amount of freedom to customize their watches, no two necessarily look alike. This particular example belongs to @watchsymmetry, whose inspiration came from outer space, starting with the beautiful meteorite dial center. Given his love for titanium, it should come as no surprise that the outer circular-brushed blue section is titanium, with a pad-printed sapphire layer sitting above it. And that sapphire layer is one of the few visual elements shared across the CT12 series. The dial architecture uses a bright red 12 o’clock numeral surrounded by a thick white border, accompanied by numerals at 2, 4, 8 and 10 o’clock and an outer railroad-style minute track. The printing is impressively crisp, but I particularly like the dimensionality created by printing onto a transparent sapphire component sitting above the titanium below. If you’re a regular to this page, you’ll know how much I enjoy seeing brands experiment with sapphire for more than just crystals, whether that is MING, Andreas Strehler, De Bethune, Holthinrichs, or, in this case, Sartory Billard. Separating the meteorite and titanium sections is a substantial brushed metal ring, and even this relatively small component gets a neatly polished bevel along its edge. The same design language is repeated around the tourbillon at 6 o’clock, helping tie together what could otherwise have been a fairly complicated collection of materials, colors and textures. There is another lovely little detail underneath the 12 o’clock marker in the form of the Sartory Billard nameplate. It has a brushed upper surface surrounded by polished bevels, with the brand name engraved and filled with an enamel-like paint. Again, it is a tiny component that could have been executed much more simply, but receives the same attention to finishing as the larger elements around it.
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Autumn has arrived, and along with it, my perennial watch to observe the passage of the seasons. It’s the one and only @ochsundjunior day/night, which tracks the daylight and darkness hours around the periphery of the dial, now evenly divided for the equinox. You can see the spherical golden sun rising in the sky, and the polished platinum moon deep beneath the horizon in the starry night sky. This watch has a true handcrafted quality with its brushed and patinated natural metal surfaces and incredible dial depth. It’s a miracle on the wrist thanks to the brilliant and creative watchmaker, Ludwig Oechslin! . . . @topperjewelers @shespeakswatch @ochsfam @kornelia4819 #ochsundjunior #ochsundjuniorwatch #ochsundjuniorwatches #ochsundjuniordaynight #ochsfam
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It’s a golden delight! The multi-patterned hand-engraved guilloché dial of the @laine_watches V38 is certainly the highlight, but this whole watch sparkles with beauty. ✨ From the mirror-polished Breguet numerals and leaf hands to the wonderfully decorated @vauchermanufacture micro-rotor movement that fills the 38mm case, everything comes together beautifully. It’s elegance, craftsmanship, and beauty on the wrist — and it’s only Monday! . . . @topperjewelers @shespeakswatch #laine #lainewatches #lainev38 #salmondial #microrotor @torstithursday
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One of the very few fully hand made watches with traditional way of true watchmaking ⚔️🕰️
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#GP_opera_two #westminister_carillon_chimes 🔨 🔨
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