I was asked, what it was like to deconstruct a 200-year-old Breguet…
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Complicated Watches
Tourbillons, one of the most animated of mechanical complications, like ideas, will always defy gravity.
The development and execution of the X Fathoms including the use of different alloys and manufacturing processes to attain a precise and functional divers instrument resulted in an understated technical achievement. Combining watchmaking and micro-mechanics in a way that is rarely seen.
Perpetual calendar (QP-Quanitiéme Perpetual)
Calendar mechanisms that change the date at the end of each month taking into consideration mechanically the variation of days including the 29th February in leap years.
In a world in which we are inundated with information sometimes the most simple of things become complicated. One of the most common mistakes we hear is the confusion between two very different watches whose only real similarity is found in the first 5 letters of their name.
Diverse interpretations of a column wheel from 8 different watch houses.
Secrets cannot easily be kept, and on the basis that we all have an opinion, a little knowledge can be a dangerous thing…
When I was young, I was attracted by objects with a sense of explosiveness and power…