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Urwerk.

In 1997, two Swiss Germans decided a watch did not need hands, and today @urwerkgeneve remains their argument about what time should look like.

@thorsvaboe sits down with founders Felix Baumgartner and Martin Frei to discuss satellites, Freaks and clinging on for dear life…

Link in Bio! 🤎

#brassheartweekly #watchjournalism #watchmedia #watchcommunity #urwerk

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Drop day!

They say the second album is the hardest, but we’re just getting started 💪🏻

For week two we’re kicking off with how @urwerkgeneve redefined watchmaking, @moserwatches’ racing relationship with @alpinef1team, why you should know the designer behind the @hamiltonwatch Ventura and pairing quiet British luxury with @fearswatches and @bentleymotors

Articles by @thorsvaboe, @elizabethdoerr? @gurneygraph and @alistair_charlton, with plenty more on our website - link in Bio.

Share any feedback below or slide into our DMs, we’d love to hear from you! 🤎

#brassheartweekly #watchjournalism #watchmedia #watchcommunity #dropday

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@alexandre.martin.watches was the name on everyone’s lips at Geneva Watch Days, and the 1965 is why.

The Belgian-born watchmaker passed through Greubel Forsey and Petermann Bédat before building this single prototype himself, preferring to show clients the watch in the metal rather than sell them a render.

It’s 38mm in stainless steel time-only, measures 9.35mm thick, and arrives with a textured grey dial, applied white gold indices, and an oversized small seconds in eggshell-finish grand feu enamel from Anita Porchet’s atelier. Beneath it, a vintage Cyma 586 base has been comprehensively reworked and hand-finished down to the interior angles.

Just 12 pieces will be available in the first series - set to be delivered in 2027 - with a price of CHF 65,000 (around A$112,000).

@thorsvaboe goes hands-on with this remarkable watch over on hodinkee.com.au

📸 @thorsvaboe and @alexandre.martin.watches

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Back in the Netherlands for the week to record some episodes of #FratelloTalks and I thought I'd bring my most orange of watches with me: the @rzewatches UTD-8000-CKO 📸
This shot is from when I first saw it, on the 15th of June, when the homie @deepdials swung by the Hague. I knew I had to have a UTD-8000 the moment I saw one, but it wasn't until I saw this orange Cerakote version that I was sure which one it had to be 🔥
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#NCGwatches #rze #rzeutd8000cko

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Don't scroll away! This is not a normal smartwatch, nor does it want to be connected to anything but your own wrist. What is it then? The @moserwatches Off-Grid is an analogue quartz watch that also sports a subsidiary digital screen, thanks to a bespoke movement from Swiss self-charging smartwatch experts Sequent. It's ana-digi - a 1980s term that also fits a Seiko Arnie or Breitling Aerospace - but it's not a normal ana-digi, as its name and manufacturer immediately suggest.

It's also the most affordable Moser ever, retailing for just under A$7,000, cased in a Streamliner case and featuring a dial that's half electronics, half classic Moser craftsmanship. In short, it's bloody weird, hard to explain, and very cool. @thorsvaboe has more at hodinkee.com.au ⚡️

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This year's edition of @geneva_watch_days was particularly stacked with new watch releases. Now that we've had a week to digest, we asked our man on the ground @thorsvaboe for his top 3 favourite watches from the fair - a hard task - and he's chosen a solid trio from @berneron, @danielrothofficial and @naoya_hida_co.official 🇫🇷🇨🇭🇯🇵 What was your favourite release from Geneva's summery week of watches, though? Let us know below 👇

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Being our first issue, we themed Volume 1 around firsts, and once you start turning the pages, you’ll find them everywhere. There’s Reuben Schoots, the first Australian to build a watch by the George Daniels method, working alone out of a Canberra garage; Mark Webber, still the only Australian to win an F1 Grand Prix and a FIA WEC title; and Sam Kerr, the only footballer to have won Golden Boots in three different leagues on three different continents. The watches are also on theme, from 100 years of the Rolex Oyster to Vacheron Constantin’s first non-limited titanium tool watch. Three covers, 23 stories, 156 pages, and now, the magazine is officially on newsstands around the country. Find out more on hodinkee.com.au.

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Very proud to see Anoma featured in today’s edition of The New York Times. Thank you to @thorsvaboe for taking the time to tell our story.

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Happy Father's Day! Did you have a chill weekend? @thorsvaboe didn't - he was busy getting hands on with watches at @geneva_watch_days 🇨🇭 Here's his day 3 highlights, including @richardmille @zenithwatches @laurent_ferrier @naoya_hida_co.official @mauronmusy and @krayon.ch - that's a lot of watches!

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@berneron didn’t just redesign a watch — they mirrored it. The new Mirage Miroir runs on Calibre 283, a movement built as the reverse of the original: gear train flipped, hands stacked backward, hour markers cut straight into the bridges.

Solid 18k gold. Hand-wound. 72-hour reserve. Just 36 pieces per color, every year, for a decade.

Video by: @thorsvaboe

Discover the full story on our website 👉🏼 Timekeepersmag.com

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Geneva's really putting it on 🇨🇭 here's our @geneva_watch_days day 2 highlights, including @danielrothofficial @bvlgari @greubel.forsey @renaud.tixier and @atelierwenwatches x @massenalab - what's your favourite from the fair so far? Let us know below 👇

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