Watches
Now even the Vietnamese Speake-Marin
The Vietnamese market is a slippery one, for many foreign businesses. I have personal experiences of mis-adventures, but particularly so for the high end horology business.…
Author Peter Chong
Portraits
Do you Speake-Marin?
Peter Speake-Marin…one of the few English watchmakers living and working in Switzerland. I have known Peter for perhaps 10 years, since he was starting out as…
Portraits
Gronefeld One Hertz, the brothers and another watch
The Gronefeld brothers in Holland are one of the secrets of high end horology. Independents, they were both trained in the stables of Renaud et Papi.…
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Breguet Double Tourbillon
When Breguet announced the Double Tourbillon in , I was skeptical. Skeptical because it sounded more like a showoff watch than one which has true horological…
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Introducing Movements of Asia: Singapore brand
Introducing Movements of Asia. A home grown Singapore brand. Designed by Sean Wai…a tactiturn architect turned watch brand do-it-all in Singapore, assembled in Singapore with Chinese…
Watches
MBF Moonmachine: a collaboration of MBF and Sarpaneva
Max Bussier’s MBF is rather innovative…that’s an understatement. The watches coming out from his stable is truly stretches the imagination, and the wonderful stories he can…
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Exclusive pictures of a Stainless Steel cased Lange Tourbillon Pour le Merite
Exclusive pictures of the Stainless Steel Lange Tourbillon “Pour le Merite”In the early days of the manufacture, the leadership of the company, principally Mr Gunter Blumlein…
Watches
Peter Speake-Marin
I showed this photograph in my Facebook, and intended to use it in one of my food reviews, as it was one of the interesting watches…
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Malmaison by The Hour Glass at Knightsbridge: most beautiful store in the world?
Malmaison by The Hour Glass in Knightsbridge stands as one of the most beautiful stores purveying luxury in the world. A brainchild of Michael Tay, this…
Watches
Ladoire Black Widow
Ladoire’s Black WidowPhotographed on location in the Geneva Time Exhibition. I had some time to photograph the interesting Ladoire Black Widow. Known various as Mr. Green,…