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Baselworld 2016 Round Table: What We Liked And What We Didn’t Like

by Elizabeth Doerr

It’s already our tradition to discuss big watch events, so please join our Quill & Pad round table discussion on Baselworld 2016.

Our participants are:

IS Ian Skellern, co-founder of Quill & Pad
ED Elizabeth Doerr, co-founder of Quill & Pad
AS Amr Sindi, founder of The Horophile and contributor to Quill & Pad
GG GaryG, resident collector at Quill & Pad

IS: My overall impression of Baselworld 2016 was that it was a good, but not great, fair. Visitor numbers appeared to be down a little over last year, and while there were few exciting watches that everyone was talking about, there were still more than enough great new watches to make the week at Baselworld well worthwhile.

ED: I actually liked the quieter nature of this year’s Baselworld: fewer crowds, less journalists in the press room, a much more manageable amount of watches to see. The latter is quite important as it puts the focus on what should be most important: the spotlight watches.

I find it interesting that Baselworld’s numbers in the closing press release don’t seem to quite match my perceptions: the fair organization claims +2.3 percent journalists and -3 percent exhibitors, buyers, and visitors over the 2015 numbers. Of course, perceptions can be deceiving.

Angelus U20 Ultra-Skeleton Tourbillon

Angelus U20 Ultra-Skeleton Tourbillon

AS: For once in my nine years in the watch scene, I felt that a number of brands had solid lineups of “bang for horological bucks” timepieces. I know this one’s not for everyone, but take Angelus for example: A skeletonized flying tourbillon with some hand-finishing for less than $30,000? An automatic tourbillon chronograph with rattrapante and double column-wheel flyback for less than $70,000?

Angelus U30 with tourbillon, flyback split-seconds column wheel chronograph, and a power reserve indicator for good measure

Angelus U30 with tourbillon, flyback split-seconds column wheel chronograph, and a power reserve indicator for good measure

I don’t really care how the market will react; as a collector with more opinions than funds, this is a refreshing change of pace.

ED: Amr, you are absolutely correct to bring that up. Arnold & Son and its sister brand Angelus really did a bang-up job of surprising visitors this year with such a great, creative, and well-priced collection.

And I also felt that with this being such a “we need to be careful” year, many other brands also showed lines that are great value for money.

Grönefeld 1941 Remontoire in red gold with frosted sterling silver dial

Grönefeld 1941 Remontoire in red gold with frosted sterling silver dial

Best of show: a watch of exceptional merit

IS: My pick for “Best of Show” – and what a difficult choice this was – has to go to the Grönefeld 1941 Remontoire as this timepiece ticks all of the boxes for me: interesting movement, great watchmaking, high precision, distinctive (but not too flashy) good looks, and an interesting and horologically useful complication. The slim case is very refined, and at 39.5 mm is very wearable. The Grönefeld 1941 Remontoire was neither the most complicated watch at Baselworld 2016, nor even the most noticeable, but in my view just quietly epitomizes everything that makes great horology great.

GG: Sadly, my best of show watch is one that can’t be shown! It was a truly remarkable one-off version of Romain Gauthier’s Logical One Secret that its owner wants to keep out of the public eye.

Hermès Arceau Tigre

Hermès Arceau Tigre

A great metiers d’art piece that was on display and can be shown is the Hermès Arceau Tigre. And it was even greater to meet the artist behind the intricately engraved and enameled dial, listening as Olivier Vaucher described his methods.

Grönefeld 1941 Remontoire in white gold with orange solid silver dial

Grönefeld 1941 Remontoire in white gold with orange solid silver dial

AS: I’d like to say this one’s a no-brainer. Without any exaggeration, the Grönefeld 1941 Remontoire left the biggest impression on me . . . not only of any watch at Baselworld 2016, but of any watch I’ve seen in years. I’m not talking about the super-complications and concept watches out there, but things that are sort of attainable with a timeless appeal. I’m currently experiencing the biggest watch crush of my life.

After the Remontoire, looking at the case backs of 99 percent of watches out there has only led me to disappointed disheartenment. I applaud the loveable Grönefeld brothers for coming out with the perfect watch at the perfect time and – perhaps most importantly for a budding collector such as myself – the perfect price.

ED: For me, though, it is really almost too hard to call as I saw so many incredible timepieces again this year at Baselworld – the fair is a time when the enthusiast in me really kicks in and I come away with a huge sense of optimism by the end regardless of whatever else might have been looming over the atmosphere.

There are so many watches I could single out here, but the objective is to name just one.

Slim d’Hermès Email Grand Feu

Slim d’Hermès Email Grand Feu

And so I will go with the one that I would have least expected to pick had I been asked before the show: the Hermès Slim d’Hermès Email Grand Feu (for the full details on this, please see the story I published on the first day of Baselworld: Introducing The Exquisite Slim d’Hermès Email Grand Feu).

The Slim d’Hermès really, really caught my eye last year as a daily wearer expressing understated elegance and style in any situation. I would never have believed it myself, but the addition of the high-fire enamel dial by Donzé Cadrans adds so much more to it than I would have ever thought. And like a true Hermès product, this addition is nuanced: you have to look for the difference. But once you see it, you can never unsee it, and it sticks with you like the taste of a very fine French wine you sipped weeks ago.

Urban Jürgensen Jules Collection Reference 2240 with grenage (frosted) dial and red gold case

Urban Jürgensen Jules Collection Reference 2240 with grenage (frosted) dial and red gold case

Urban Jürgensen Jules Collection Reference 2240 with enamel dial and red gold case

IS: And then there was the Urban Jürgensen Jules Collection Reference 2240 RG. The only reason this watch doesn’t rate higher for me is that I’d prefer that sensational grenage (frosted) dial “uncut,” meaning without date aperture.

GG: At our week-ending dinner, other members of our small group of enthusiast collectors had a range of picks for best of show that included the Bulgari Octo Finissimo Minute Repeater, the Breguet La Tradition Minute Repeater, and the Rolex Daytona with Cerachrom bezel.

Hautlence's non-horological Playground Labyrinth

Hautlence’s non-horological Playground Labyrinth

Worst of show: really bad or just disappointing given its potential

IS: Luckily this category isn’t more specific and did not read “Worst Watch of Show” as I would have had to put a lot more thought into this selection. However, as it stands Hautlence is a clear winner for me in this category. The Playground Labyrinth is best described in the brand’s own words as “an entirely essential yet fundamentally useless object.” But that’s not really true; it’s really only a fundamentally useless object as an interesting game for the wrist. And if the watches we wear make a statement about us, I fear that the Playground Labyrinth isn’t saying anything nice.

The Playground Labyrinth is a result of what happens when a small brand has already shown its new models at the SIHH in January and is desperate for a Baselworld talking point. I will give Hautlence kudos for creating a talking piece − and as I’m giving the brand free publicity here, it clearly worked − but as far as I’m concerned the Playground Labyrinth is just a clutching-at-straws non-event. Apparently there are plans to extend the Playground collection, but I’d suggest that the brand’s efforts might be better focused on what they do best: making interesting watches.

ED: At the risk of being a “me-tooer,” I couldn’t agree with Ian more. Sorry, guys, this one just didn’t work for me for all of the above-mentioned reasons.

GG: I was really disappointed with the Breguet La Tradition Répétition Minutes. It’s a piece that from an engineer’s perspective should be the greatest sounding chiming watch ever, but while the sound was certainly big its tonality wasn’t to my taste at all.

Breguet Reference 7087 Tradition Répétition Minutes Tourbillon: those unusually curved bars dial side are the repeater gongs

Breguet Reference 7087 Tradition Répétition Minutes Tourbillon: those unusually curved bars dial side are the repeater gongs

IS: I agree Gary, it appeared to me that Breguet’s movement designers and watchmakers managed to get the sound that they were after and hat’s off to that. But that target sound (as played on a computer) sounded dead. For all the work that Breguet put into the La Tradition Répétition Minutes I found the result very disappointing.

AS: I wouldn’t call the one I’m about to name the worst of the show, but for me it was the biggest letdown because it’s a watch that’s so close to perfection, but not close enough for me to buy it: the Tudor Black Bay Bronze.

Tudor Black Bay Bronze

Tudor Black Bay Bronze

It had all the makings of a modern classic. And while I didn’t mind the brown dial (I would’ve still preferred it to be darker and richer), the modern Explorer-style layout with applied 3-6-9 makes no sense to me on a vintage-inspired diver’s watch. Also, the aluminum-bronze alloy Tudor is using is quite inert and doesn’t have the same patina potential. So don’t expect that underwater buried treasure look to develop on the case. At best it will tarnish and darken to, well, brown. That’s it.

MB&F HMX Black Badger

MB&F HMX Black Badger

Another disappointment for me was the MB&F HMX Black Badger edition, not because of the watch itself, which I actually dig like just about everything my friend James “Black Badger” Thompson does (I own two of his rings and his Sarpaneva collaboration Northern Lights piece), but because of the message it carries vis-a-vis the way the original series was presented as a sort of “thank you” for longtime supporters of the brand, and that it would be a one-shot run. If I had bought one of the original HMX models, I would be pretty upset with MB&F’s self-contradiction, to say the least.

Patek Philippe Reference 5396 Annual Calendar

Patek Philippe Reference 5396 Annual Calendar

GG: Other “pans” from our collector dinner included the Ulysse Nardin Grand Deck Marine Tourbillon (a piece that I’ll confess I rather liked), the Omega Constellation Annual Calendar (cited for the somewhat fussy month notations in the recesses of the pie-pan dial), and the new white and red gold versions of the Patek Philippe Reference 5396 Annual Calendar with prominent Patek Philippe logos and Breguet numerals (“everything that’s wrong with Patek Philippe design today”).

ED: Perception is a funny thing, Gary. I quite like Patek Philippe’s Reference 5396!

Watch you would buy with your own money?

IS: It took me quite a few years to understand Arnold & Son enough to really appreciate the brand, but now that I do I’m continually blown away, both by the quantity of new models − all with specially developed in-house movements − and the superb quality of manufacture and finishing.

Arnold & Son Nebula: a real bargain at $14,500

Arnold & Son Nebula: a real bargain at $14,500

“All models with specially developed in-house movements . . . ” is worth repeating: consider just how few brands can claim to have developed a completely new movement for each new model/collection (or thereabouts)? Perhaps Greubel Forsey, F.P. Journe, A. Lange & Söhne, Romain Gauthier, and Jaeger-LeCoultre. But that’s about where this sort of exceptional way of working halts.

Close look at the dial side of Arnold & Son's Nebula

Close look at the dial side of Arnold & Son’s Nebula

And then there’s the very competitive pricing. Arnold & Son is evolving into my perfect brand. The new Nebula, at $14,500 in a very wearable 41.5 x 9.73 mm stainless steel case, is not just a great watch, it’s great value for such an exclusive watch as well (see A New Astral Body Is Born: The Arnold & Son Nebula).

ED: At the risk of sounding like a parrot once again, I wholeheartedly agree with Ian’s assessment and had already tagged the Nebula as a possible future purchase for myself after our Baselworld meeting. Not only was I drawn by its visuals (technical and airy all at the same time), but its price blew me away.

The stunning GoS Sarek with it's distinctive Damascus steel dial

The stunning GoS Sarek with it’s distinctive Damascus steel dial

Another I may have tagged for myself is the new GoS Sarek, though upon putting it side-by-side with the Winter Nights, I became torn between the two. I am a real sucker for damascened steel, and the way that Gustafsson and Sjögren use this artisanal metal really melts my heart.

GG: The Grönefeld 1941 Remontoir was one of the sensations of the fair, and it’s my “own money” watch pick for Baselworld 2016. I was particularly impressed by how dramatically Bart and Tim updated the case design relative to their earlier pieces while at the same time making the aesthetics of the highly inventive movement even more engaging than their earlier work.

Gronefeld 1941 Remontoire in white gold with black solid silver dial

Gronefeld 1941 Remontoire in white gold with black solid silver dial

AS: My “own money” watch is probably also the Grönefeld, even if it means I have to liquidate a good portion of my humble collection to make it happen (and I will). It’s that good, and frankly even at its suggested retail price of €49,000, it is a bargain.

GG: Other members of our collector group picked the guilloche-dial re-edition of the Breguet Hora Mundi, the updated Rolex Explorer with Chromalight display, and once again the new stainless steel Daytona.

Watch you would buy if money were no object

IS: You are at Baselworld having a great time and then somebody points a gun against your head and says, “Quick, pick any watch at the fair for yourself, money no object, I’ll pay. Choose well or else.” And it’s for you to keep, not to sell.

Take me to your leader: the Miki Eleta BY2112ME

Take me to your leader: the Miki Eleta BY2112ME

The mind-blowing BY2112ME by Miki Eleta

The mind-blowing BY2112ME by Miki Eleta

Well, I will zig while others zag here and not pick a complicated wristwatch, but a crazy clock instead: Miki Eleta’s BY2112ME. This incredible piece of highly animated mechanical art features the following (I suggest taking a deep breath here): retrograde minutes, jumping hours, indications for weekday, moon phase, and world time in what looks like a flying saucer. Then there’s the fact that the moon phase display is three-dimensional and the regulator is Eleta’s own constant force gravity tourbillon with chronometer escapement. That will do nicely, thank you, don’t bother to wrap.

Andreas Strehler's Sauterelle à Lune Exacte has a moon phase display accurate to two million years

Andreas Strehler’s Sauterelle à Lune Exacte has a moon phase display accurate to two million years

GG: The new-for-2016 watch for me, if I’m spending your money, is the Sauterelle à Lune Perpetuelle Exacte from Andreas Strehler with its mind-blowing two-million-year moon phase accuracy and precise Vernier-scale display of the age of the moon. There aren’t that many objects in this world that are both accurate and precise!

If I get to cheat a bit, my second choice here would be another Strehler watch: the Papillon d’Or in rose gold with its “mystery” hands and wonderfully carved butterfly bridge. Too many great watches, too little (of your) money, I suspect!

Papillon d’Or by Andreas Strehler

Papillon d’Or by Andreas Strehler

ED: My colleagues saw it in my face during our appointment at the A.H.C.I. booth, and I will make absolutely no secret of it: if money were no object, I would have spent 240,000 Swiss francs of your money to order Antoine Preziuso’s latest oeuvre right then and there, the new Munionalusta Stella Polare, a tourbillon watch with many main components cut from meteorite.

Munionalusta Stella Polare by Antoine Preziuso

Munionalusta Stella Polare by Antoine Preziuso

In fact, I was so enamored of the perfect fit and sparkly visuals (sparkle without resorting to gemstones, mind you) of this timepiece, I wanted to name it to my WatchesTV Top 5 Ladies’ Watches segment. But as it was not really conceived as a ladies’ watch, I decided against putting it in the lineup with other “true” ladies’ watches.

AS: My money-no-object watch would be the Dominique Renaud DR01 (see Dominique Renaud’s DR01 ‘Twelve First’ With Blade Resonator, Experimental Rotary Escapement, And Panoramic 360° Views), even though it hasn’t materialized just yet. I do believe it’s more than doable, especially after visiting Dominique at his workshop and seeing all his scale models of the various escapement parts working. Though if money were indeed no object, I’d have them redesign the entire case and dial just for me.

GG: My collector friends named a diverse set of pieces that included the simpler update of the Antoine Preziuso Tourbillon of Tourbillons (it seemed that cleaner versions of ornate watches were quite popular this year), the De Bethune DB28 Kind of Blue (also my wife’s favorite at SIHH where we saw it under embargo), and two watches from Kari Voutilainen: his Kaen watch with Japanese inlay dial and movement and a unique gem-set version of his mainstay Vingt-8.

The eye-catching dial of Kaen by Kari Voutilainen

The eye-catching dial of Kari Voutilainen’s Kaen

Once our conversation got going, two other current production watches from Patek Philippe, neither of them brand-new this year, got some love: the outgoing Reference 5074R Minute Repeater Perpetual Calendar and last year’s hit, the Reference 5370P split-seconds chronograph.

An investment watch

GG: Using my friend Terry’s definition of an “investment” watch as a piece with relatively predictable value that can serve as a foundational part of a collection, I’m led directly to the new Rolex Daytona with its ceramic bezel.

Rolex Daytona with ceramic bezel

Rolex Daytona with ceramic bezel

At a much higher price point, I loved the Patek Philippe Reference 5204R split-seconds perpetual calendar: it’s one of those instances for me in which changing the color palette of an existing watch completely transforms it, in this case from stark black and white to a rose-and-cream beauty.

AS: People actually buy modern watches thinking they’re investments . . .? Maybe the Kari Voutilainen Kaen, then, which is just wow.

The movement of Kari Voutilainen's Kaen is as superlatively decorated as the dial

The movement of Kari Voutilainen’s Kaen is as superlatively decorated as the dial

ED: I understand your sentiment there, Amr, but, yes, there are people who consider certain wristwatches as investments – which is definitely riskier than the stock market!

Here I would have to agree with Gary’s favorite investment watch. That ceramic bezel on the Daytona won me over, though probably unlike my male counterparts here I am drawn to the white version rather than the black.

Stepan Sarpaneva K3 Northern Stars with black enamel dial

Stepan Sarpaneva K3 Northern Stars with black enamel dial

A patronage watch

GG: Looks as if my overall choices are pretty heavily skewed toward the independents, which I guess is no surprise to those who know me. A “patronage” piece is almost by definition bought to encourage the work of a deserving independent watchmaker, and this year I was bowled over by Stepan Sarpaneva’s K3 Northern Stars in a red gold version with deep black enamel dial.

Akrivia Regulateur Tourbillon with hand-chased gold dial

Akrivia Regulateur Tourbillon with hand-chased gold dial

By the way, if you’re still buying (see the “money no object” segment above), I’m also heading over to Akrivia for the Regulateur Tourbillon with hand-hammered gold dial.

IS: Thanks to Hermès, the meeting we had with Geneva engraver Olivier Vaucher was one of the highlights of Baselworld for me. The incredible art and craft that went into creating the exquisitely intricate dial of the Hermes Arceau Tigre was superlative on all scales (except its modest size). And this was the first watch dial created using the incredibly detailed “shaded enamel” technique!

Engraver Olivier Vaucher working on what will eventually become the dial of the Hermès Arceau Tigre

Engraver Olivier Vaucher working on what will eventually become the dial of the Hermès Arceau Tigre

An engraved dial (before enameling) of the Hermès Arceau Tigre

An engraved dial (before enameling) of the Hermès Arceau Tigre

When Vaucher first thought about creating a dial using the “shaded enamel” technique, he knew what a labor-intensive (aka expensive) project it was that he would have to sell. His first thought was Hermès, and what a result that partnership has achieved. Ownership of an Hermès Arceau Tigre won’t simply put a smile on your face every time you look at (or think about) the dial, it also makes you a patron of the arts.

ED: I could also have put this as my “money no object” watch: I was extremely enamored of Kari Voutilainen’s Kaen watch with Japanese inlay dial and movement. And if I were the type of solvent collector who could afford to buy patronage watches, this would probably be my first stop.

Akrivia Regulateur Tourbillon

Akrivia Regulateur Tourbillon

AS: This one’s tough as there are many independents I’d love to support. Akrivia would get my vote, as I feel they’re on the verge of doing extraordinary things. Sure, these pieces still have a very homemade feel, which I actually find charming, but I have a good feeling about the future of the Rexhepi brothers.

I also absolutely loved Andreas Strehler’s Lune Exacte, which contains the most accurate moon phase in a wristwatch without really looking much like a moon phase watch.

Another timepiece that caught me completely off-guard was by young independent watchmaker and A.H.C.I. candidate Kim Djapri: his new venture Bélier.

Bélier by Kim Djapri

Bélier by Kim Djapri

ED: I met the very friendly Kim Djapri a few years ago as he works with Marco Lang at Lang & Heyne. I recognized then how talented he is, and I am so happy for him in his new role as an A.H.C.I. candidate. This is a very lust-worthy piece, and also worthy of becoming a patronage watch.

The Tudor Black Bay Bronze

The Tudor Black Bay Bronze

A fun watch

IS: While it’s not so much a “fun watch” as “the watch I’d most likely wear while having fun,” the Tudor Black Bay Bronze is another in a series of homeruns for this reinvigorated brand. A C.O.S.C.-certified in-house caliber with automatic winding, 70-hour power reserve, non-magnetic silicon balance spring, and water resistance to 200 meters. . . . and all of that for just $3,975? That’s fun!

Omega Speedmaster Co-Axial Master Chronometer in blue

Omega Speedmaster Co-Axial Master Chronometer in blue

GG: A piece that I can afford, may or may not keep forever, but would love to have on my wrist right now? It’s the Omega Speedmaster Co-Axial Master Chronometer – the deep blue one.

Stepan Sarpaneva’s Korona Joker

Stepan Sarpaneva’s Korona Joker

ED: Probably a watch I would never wear, but I have to admit that I was instantly drawn to for its “fun” quality is the Stepan Sarpaneva Joker.

AS: Perhaps an erotic watch from Svend Andersen, those are always a hoot. If by fun you mean something affordable, then perhaps the Oris Carl Brashear, a bronze diver done right for less than $3,000.

A fantasy/money no object watch

GG: A complete fantasy watch is, of course, one so stratospheric in cost that I wouldn’t ever ask you to spend your money on it – but I’d be delighted if you did!

For me at Baselworld 2016 that was the Patek Philippe Grandmaster Chime in its newly purposeful white gold incarnation. The highly ornate launch version wasn’t for me, but I’d happily own this one any time – and eagerly strap it on my wrist for the most special occasions.

Bulgari Serpenti Incantati Tourbillon Squelette in white gold

Bulgari Serpenti Incantati Tourbillon Squelette in white gold

ED: In that same vein, I will go with the Bulgari Serpenti Incantati Skeleton Tourbillon. This is a 41 mm round watch – yes, round, even though it’s a Serpenti model. The new Serpenti Incantati line features a redesigned head and body coiling around the case.

This Skeleton Tourbillon houses just what its name promises: a beautifully skeletonized tourbillon that Bulgari and Daniel Roth fans may remember from the Tourbillon Lumière. This, fellas, is a female watch aficionado’s dream – with a price tag to match.

My only problem would be that – much like wearing big jewels – I’d have nowhere acceptable to wear it except watch GTGs or the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève’s fancy red carpet evening.

Ulysse Nardin Marine Deck Tourbillon

Ulysse Nardin Marine Deck Tourbillon

IS: I honestly cannot think of any even remotely conceivable occasion − outside of a watch collectors’ meeting − in which I might comfortably (in terms of the right watch for the occasion) wear a Ulysse Nardin Grand Deck Marine Tourbillon. But that wouldn’t bother me in the slightest as it looks and feels like such a horologically well-executed piece of pure nautical joy. Watch that huge retrograde minute hand boom swing across the deck for more than a few minutes and you start to smell the salt in the air.

And was that a parrot?

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      • Happy Chinese New Year With Goat Watches By Jaquet Droz, Ulysse Nardin, Vacheron Constantin And Arnold & Son
      • Historic Swiss Brand Angelus Is Back And Presents The U10 Tourbillon Lumière
      • Monthly News Roundup: Audemars Piguet, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Hublot, George Daniels and Roger Smith, Speake-Marin, MB&F, Arnold & Son, Jaquet Droz, Grieb & Benzinger, Chronoswiss
      • Roundup of SalonQP 2014: London's Premier Watch Exhibition
      • The Arnold & Son Golden Wheel Offers Animated Wandering Hours
      • The Twelve Watch Days Of Christmas
      • The Ute’s A Beaute: Arnold & Son UTTE Skeleton
    • ↓ Auctions
    • ↓ Audemars Piguet
    • ↓ Behind the Lens
    • ↓ Bélier
    • ↓ Bell & Ross
    • ↓ Blancpain
    • ↓ Boutiques
    • ↓ Bovet
    • ↓ Breguet
    • ↓ Bremont
    • ↓ Breva
    • ↑ Bulgari
      • Baselworld 2016 Round Table: What We Liked And What We Didn't Like
      • Bulgari Daniel Roth Carillon Tourbillon: Passion Begins Early
      • Bulgari’s Beloved Serpenti: A Brief History
      • Complete List And Photos Of All Pre-Selected Watches In The 2015 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève
      • Quill & Pad’s Predictions For The Jewellery Category Of The 2015 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Geneve
      • Quill & Pad’s Predictions For The Men’s Category Of The 2015 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève
    • ↓ Cabestan
    • ↓ Carl F. Bucherer
    • ↓ Cartier
    • ↓ Chanel
    • ↓ Chopard
    • ↓ Christiaan Van Der Klaauw
    • ↓ Christophe Claret
    • ↓ Clocks
    • ↓ Collectors and Collecting
    • ↓ Corum
    • ↓ Cyrus
    • ↓ Czapek & Cie
    • ↓ De Bethune
    • ↓ de Grisogono
    • ↓ Dior
    • ↓ Eberhard
    • ↑ Events, Fairs & Exhibitions
      • #mybaselworld: Exquisitely Emotional Baselworld Wristshots Shot With A Leica Q
      • 12 Watches You Need To See From Hong Kong’s Watches & Wonders 2015
      • 15 Watches You Need To See From Hong Kong’s Watches & Wonders 2014
      • 2015 International Chronometry Competition Now Underway, But Does Anyone Care?
      • 360° Views Of Baselworld 2014
      • 8 Reasons To Visit SalonQP In London, The 'Goldilocks' Watch Exhibition
      • 9 Brand-New Pre-SIHH 2016 Watches By Jaeger-LeCoultre, Richard Mille, Piaget, Monthblanc And More
      • A Regal Cast Of Wrist Candy On The Eve Of Queen Elizabeth’s 90th Birthday
      • Ace: A Rolex Explorer, Wimbledon, And The Maurice De Mauriac Lawn Tennis NATO Strap
      • Aiguille d’Or: Round Table Discussion Of The Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève 2014
      • All Watches (With Photos) Competing In The 2016 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève
      • Announcement: 9 Independent Brands Join SIHH 2016 And Ralph Lauren Leaves
      • Art Basel 2015: Synchronicity And Resonance Characterize Audemars Piguet Installation With Robin Meier
      • Artisans Du Temps: 30th Anniversary AHCI Exhibition At MIH Museum In La Chaux-De-Fonds
      • Artistic Crafts Pre-Selected Watches: Round Table Discussion Of The Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève 2014
      • Baselworld 2016 Round Table: What We Liked And What We Didn't Like
      • Baselworld Vs. Art Basel: A Look Between The 2015 Fairs
      • BOOM! Montblanc’s Explorer-Inspired Heritage Chronométrie Collection
      • Calendar Pre-Selected Watches: Round Table Discussion Of The Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève 2014
      • Celebrating 25 Years Of SIHH
      • Chronograph Pre-Selected Watches: Round Table Discussion Of The Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève 2014
      • Collectors Speak: Picks And Pans Of SIHH Week 2015
      • Collectors Speak: Picks And Pans Of SIHH Week 2016
      • Complete List And Photos Of All Pre-Selected Watches In The 2015 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève
      • Complete List Of Prize Winners In The 2015 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève
      • Does My (Super)Butt Look Big In Carbon Fiber? You Decide
      • Dubai Watch Week Inaugurates In October 2015
      • Dubai Watch Week: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly
      • Einstein’s Theory Of Relativity, The Future In Progress, And Watchmaking At The 2015 Federation De La Haute Horlogerie Forum
      • Eleven Regal Timepieces From Patek Philippe’s Grand Exhibition At London’s Saatchi Gallery
      • Enlightenment And Nothingness: Roger Dubuis Excalibur Automatic Skeleton
      • FHH 2016 Homage To ‘Passion’ And ‘Talent’ Awards For Chopard’s Karl-Friedrich Scheufele And Enameler Anita Porchet
      • Full List Of Watches Competing In The 2015 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève
      • Geneva International Motor Show 2015 Photo Essay: Warning, Supercar Heavy!
      • Give Me Five! Bronze Watches At Baselworld 2016 From Hautlence, Urwerk, Bell & Ross, Tudor, And Oris
      • Give Me Five! Dead Beat Seconds At Baselworld 2015
      • Give Me Five! Perpetual Calendars From SIHH 2014
      • Give Me Five! Scintillating Ladies Watches From SIHH 2015
      • Give Me Five! Skeleton Watches From SIHH 2015
      • Give Me Five! The AHCI Celebrates 30th Anniversary At Baselworld 2015
      • Give Me Five! Tourbillons From Baselworld 2014 Part 1
      • Give Me Five! Tourbillons From Baselworld 2014 Part 2
      • Give Me Five! Tourbillons From SIHH 2015
      • Greubel Forsey’s 2016 SIHH: An Overview Of Watches Presented
      • Heartbeat: Hermès' Eye-Catching Displays At SalonQP 2014
      • Initial Impressions Of Dubai Watch Week
      • Inside A Second: Chronograph Exhibition Featuring Many Of The Most Important Chronographs Ever Made
      • Is This The World's Oldest Known Watch? A Peter Henlein Mystery From 1505
      • Jaeger-LeCoultre Fights Ovarian Cancer With Collector Events
      • Kiss Drummer Eric Singer Joins The 2015 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie De Genève Jury
      • Legendary Explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes And The Tudor North Flag With In-House Movement
      • Lighting Up With Lume At Baselworld 2015. Warning: Sunglasses Advised!
      • Live Video Stream Of The 2015 Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Geneve
      • Mechanical Exception Pre-Selected Watches: Round Table Discussion Of The Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève 2014
      • Men’s Pre-Selected Watches: Round Table Discussion Of The Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève 2014
      • Montblanc Celebrates 110 Years With 2 Pocket Watches And Special Edition Wristwatches From The 4810 Collection
      • My Favorite Watches From SIHH 2016 As Shot With The Leica Q
      • New Jury And Categories At The 2014 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève
      • Only Watch 2015: Full List With Photos Of The Unique Piece Watches At Auction
      • Petite Aiguille Pre-Selected Watches: Round Table Discussion Of The Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève 2014
      • Philippe Dufour And Henry-John Belmont Win FHH Homage To 'Passion' And 'Talent' Awards
      • Pre-Selected Ladies: Round Table Discussion Of The Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève 2014
      • Presenting EMC2 Time Hunter By Urwerk: Ugly Duckling Takes First Step To Swanhood
      • Quill & Pad Baselworld Awards 2014
      • Quill & Pad Baselworld Awards 2015
      • Quill & Pad SIHH 2015 Awards
      • Quill & Pad’s Predictions For The 2015 Aiguille d’Or, The Top Prize Of The Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Geneve
      • Quill & Pad’s Predictions For The Artistic Crafts Category Of The 2015 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève
      • Quill & Pad’s Predictions For The Calendar Category Of The 2015 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève
      • Quill & Pad’s Predictions For The Chronograph Category Of The 2015 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève
      • Quill & Pad’s Predictions For The Jewellery Category Of The 2015 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Geneve
      • Quill & Pad’s Predictions For The Ladies Category Of The 2015 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève
      • Quill & Pad’s Predictions For The Ladies’ High-Mech Category Of The 2015 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève
      • Quill & Pad’s Predictions For The Mechanical Exception Category Of The 2015 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève
      • Quill & Pad’s Predictions For The Men’s Category Of The 2015 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève
      • Quill & Pad’s Predictions For The Petite Aiguille Category Of The 2015 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève
      • Quill & Pad’s Predictions For The Sports Category Of The 2015 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève
      • Quill & Pad’s Predictions For The Striking Category Of The 2015 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève
      • Quill & Pad’s Predictions For The Tourbillon Category Of The 2015 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève
      • Reflections On The 2014 Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève
      • Reflections On The 2015 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève
      • Round Table: Reflections On Baselworld 2015
      • Round Table: Reflections On SIHH 2015
      • Roundup of SalonQP 2014: London's Premier Watch Exhibition
      • SalonQP 2015 Roundup With A Few Of My Favorite Watches From The Fair
      • Seeing Baselworld Through New Eyes: Connecting People
      • SIHH 2015 Photo Essay Monday: Ralph Lauren, Richard Mille, And Montblanc
      • SIHH 2015 Photo Essay Sunday: De Bethune, Urwerk, Laurent Ferrier, Revelation, Christophe Claret, Speake-Marin
      • SIHH 2015 Photo Essay: Greubel Forsey
      • SIHH 2015 Photo Essay: Jaeger-LeCoultre
      • SIHH 2015 Photo Essay: Richard Mille
      • SIHH 2015: Greubel Forsey In Black, Gold, And Understated
      • SIHH 2015: Impressions Of A Newbie
      • Snapshots From Baselworld 2014
      • Splashes Of Color That Brightened Baselworld 2014
      • Sports Pre-Selected Watches: Round Table Discussion Of The Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève 2014
      • Striking Pre-Selected Watches: Round Table Discussion Of The Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève 2014
      • Stunning Automobiles At The 2014 Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este On Lake Como, Italy
      • The 2015 Gaïa Awards: Giulio Papi, Anita Porchet, And Jonathan Betts Honored
      • The 2015 Red Dot Has A New Watch Category. And The Winners Are . . . .
      • The Goodwood Festival Of Speed 2015: A Celebration Of Cars, Watches, And Beauty
      • The Jaguar Lightweight E-Type: Iconic Automobile History Reborn
      • Unexpected Answers: A Round Table Discussion Of SIHH 2014
      • Urwerk Of Art: The EMC Pistol
      • Videos Of Dubai Watch Week
      • WAG And SIWP Independent Watch Exhibitions In Geneva, January 2015
      • Want To Launch A High-End Watch Brand? What The 9 New Independents At SIHH 2016 Teach Us
      • Why The Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Grande Complication Is Disruptive
      • Why The International Chronometry Competition Needs To Change Format Or Sink Into Total Irrelevance
      • William & Son, London: A Destination For The Unique, The Unusual, And The Fantastic
      • You Are There: Attending The Only Watch Auction 2015 With Patek Philippe
      • You Are There: Breguet’s Art And Innovation In Watchmaking Exhibition
      • You Are There: San Francisco Collector Master Class With Audemars Piguet
      • ↓ 360° Panoramas
    • ↓ F.P. Journe
    • ↓ Fabergé
    • ↓ Fiona Krüger
    • ↓ Fonderie 47
    • ↓ Franck Muller
    • ↓ Frédéric Jouvenot
    • ↓ Girard-Perregaux
    • ↓ Give Me Five!
    • ↓ Glashütte Original
    • ↓ GoS
    • ↓ Got a Minute?
    • ↓ Graff
    • ↓ Graham
    • ↓ Greubel Forsey
    • ↓ Grieb & Benzinger
    • ↑ Grönefeld
      • Baselworld 2016 Round Table: What We Liked And What We Didn't Like
      • Copernicus, Alignment Shift, And The Grönefeld Parallax Tourbillon: A Nerd Story
      • Give Me Five! Dead Beat Seconds At Baselworld 2015
      • Give Me Five! Tourbillons From Baselworld 2014 Part 2
      • Grönefeld 1941 Remontoire In The Horological House Of Orange
      • Grönefeld One Hertz – A Collector’s Journey
      • Heartbeat: Unique Piece Platinum Parallax Tourbillon by Grönefeld
      • Photo Caption Competition No. 9 Featuring A Grönefeld One Hertz, Snow, And Dogs
      • The Twelve Watch Days Of Christmas
    • ↓ H. Moser & Cie
    • ↓ Habring2
    • ↓ Harry Winston
    • ↑ Hautlence
      • Baselworld 2016 Round Table: What We Liked And What We Didn't Like
      • Complete List And Photos Of All Pre-Selected Watches In The 2015 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève
      • Give Me Five! Bronze Watches At Baselworld 2016 From Hautlence, Urwerk, Bell & Ross, Tudor, And Oris
      • Give Me Five! Skulls Grinning From Behind The Crystal At Baselworld 2016 Featuring Speake-Marin, Hautlence, Edelberg, HYT, And Hublot
      • Hautlence, Branding, Eric Cantona, And The 10-Year Anniversary
      • More Changes For Hautlence Expected In 2016
      • Quill & Pad’s Predictions For The Mechanical Exception Category Of The 2015 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève
      • The Hautlence Vortex: Is This The World's Slowest Tourbillon?
      • Want To Launch A High-End Watch Brand? What The 9 New Independents At SIHH 2016 Teach Us
      • Why So Serious? Lighten Up With The Hautlence Labyrinth
    • ↓ Heartbeat
    • ↓ Here’s Why
    • ↑ Hermès
      • Artistic Crafts Pre-Selected Watches: Round Table Discussion Of The Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève 2014
      • Baselworld 2016 Round Table: What We Liked And What We Didn't Like
      • Complete List And Photos Of All Pre-Selected Watches In The 2015 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève
      • Complete List Of Prize Winners In The 2015 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève
      • Guillaume de Seynes Of Hermès On Wristwatches And The Power Of Orange
      • Heartbeat: Hermès' Eye-Catching Displays At SalonQP 2014
      • Hermès Presents Seriously Playful Springtime Watches At Baselworld 2014
      • Hermès Puts Pen To Paper With The Nautilus
      • Hermès Veils Time With Dressage L’Heure Masquée
      • Hermès Watch Straps: Quality Without Compromise, Suppleness Guaranteed
      • How Hermès Transforms Crystal Into The Colorful Dial Of The Arceau Millefiori Watch
      • Introducing Slim d’Hermès: The Elegant New Backbone Of The Hermès Collection
      • Introducing The Exquisite Slim d’Hermès Email Grand Feu
      • Jewellery Pre-Selected Watches: Round Table Discussion Of The Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève 2014
      • Koma Kurabe: The Slim d’Hermès With Authentic Japanese Porcelain Enamel Dial
      • Laurent Dordet, CEO La Montre Hermès, Talks Watches, Authenticity, And Iconic Leather Handbags
      • Mille Fleurs Du Mexique: The Slim d’Hermès ‘Visits’ Mexico With Mother-Of-Pearl And Miniature Painting
      • Oblivion, The Holy Trinity, And The Jaeger-LeCoultre Hermès Atmos
      • Quill & Pad’s Predictions For The Calendar Category Of The 2015 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève
      • Quill & Pad’s Predictions For The Ladies Category Of The 2015 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève
      • Quill & Pad’s Predictions For The Petite Aiguille Category Of The 2015 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève
      • Roaring Into Life At Full Gallop: Hermès Arceau Tigre Email Ombrant
      • Scarab Beetle Elytra Marquetry Makes The Hermès Arceau Pocket Ailes Et Ecailles Particularly Uncommon . . . And Beautiful
      • The First Wristwatches From Breguet, Hermès and Patek Philippe Were Made . . . For Women
      • The Hermès Arceau Temari: Stones Here And Stones There
      • The Top 10 Most Popular Posts Of 2015 On Quill & Pad
      • The Twelve Watch Days Of Christmas
    • ↓ History
    • ↓ Hublot
    • ↓ HYT
    • ↓ Ikepod
    • ↑ Independents
      • ‘Time Piece’: If You Only Watch One Film On Independent Watchmaking, Watch This One
      • A.H.C.I. Member Marc Jenni Loses Name And Has To Find Another
      • Akrivia Tourbillon Chiming Jump Hour: Manifest Destiny Or Gut Feeling?
      • Antoine Preziuso Tourbillon Of Tourbillons: Fractals Meet 'Inception'
      • Artisans Du Temps: 30th Anniversary AHCI Exhibition At MIH Museum In La Chaux-De-Fonds
      • Back In Black: Romain Gauthier’s Logical One Black
      • Baselworld 2016 Round Table: What We Liked And What We Didn't Like
      • Behind The Lens: McGonigle Tuscar One Of Ten
      • Behind The Lens: Philippe Dufour Duality
      • Breva Génie 02 Terre: It's Got The Altitude, If You Have The Attitude
      • Can Nothing Be Something? Andreas Strehler And The Time Shadow
      • Clockwise, Sunwise, & Reverse: Introducing The Bélier Reverse By Kim Djapri
      • Collectors Speak: Picks And Pans Of SIHH Week 2015
      • Collectors Speak: Picks And Pans Of SIHH Week 2016
      • Complication 1 By Emmanuel Bouchet Featuring A Giant Swiss Lever Escapement
      • Dominique Renaud: A Horological Grand Master Then And Now
      • Dominique Renaud’s DR01 'Twelve First' With Blade Resonator, Experimental Rotary Escapement, And Panoramic 360° Views
      • Everything Is Possible: De Bethune DB28 GS
      • Exclusive: The Giulio Papi No. 1 Pocket Watch
      • Fiona Krüger's Unusual Petit Skull Watches Have Made Me A Fan
      • Fiona Krüger’s Celebration Skull: Life, Death, Mortality . . . And Watches
      • Forget Ploughs To Ploughshares: Fonderie 47 Transforms AK-47s Into Haute Horlogerie
      • Forget Ploughs To Ploughshares: Fonderie 47 Transforms AK-47s Into Haute Horlogerie (Archive)
      • Give Me Five! The AHCI Celebrates 30th Anniversary At Baselworld 2015
      • Give Me Five! Tourbillons From Baselworld 2014 Part 2
      • Give Me Five! Tourbillons From Baselworld 2014 Part 3
      • Grieb & Benzinger St. George
      • Habring2 Gets Happy (And Serious) With Felix, Featuring First Austrian Movement
      • Heartbeat: De Bethune DB16 Perpetual Calendar
      • Heartbeat: De Bethune Dream Watch 5
      • Heartbeat: EMC By Urwerk
      • Heartbeat: Legacy Machine No. 2 By MB&F
      • Heartbeat: Linde Werdelin Oktopus Moon Tattoo
      • Heartbeat: Urban Jürgensen Montre Observatoire Enamel
      • How And Why To Build A Clock: Gato Long Clock By Dilip Sivaraman, AHCI Young Talent Finalist 2016
      • How Contemporary Haute Horlogerie Stacks Up Against Contemporary Haute Cuisine: Netflix's 'Chef's Table' Offers Tasty Lessons
      • In The Face Of Complexity, Simplicity Rules: The Konstantin Chaykin Genius Temporis
      • Inspired Interstellar Exploration: Miki Eleta BY 21Dez12ME Starship Clock
      • Interconnectivity And Independence: The McGonigle Tuscar
      • Is Independent Creative Horology Dead?
      • It's Transparently Brilliant! HM6 SV By MB&F
      • Kari Voutilainen Masterpiece 8 Decimal Repeater
      • Kari Voutilainen Wins The 2014 Gaïa Award For Artisanal Creation
      • Kees Engelbarts’ Unique Platinum Tsuba Features Rare Crafts And Imaginative Interpretations Of Japanese Art Forms
      • Konstantin Chaykin’s Diana Romances The Moon
      • Lebeau-Courally: From Gunsmithing To Haute Horlogerie
      • Making My First Watch: Adventures Of A Beginner
      • Men’s Pre-Selected Watches: Round Table Discussion Of The Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève 2014
      • Miki Eleta’s Timeburner: A Salute To Noise, Grease, Chrome, And A Special BMW Motorbike
      • My First Auction Purchase: Alain Silberstein Pendant Watch
      • New Blue Chips In Grieb & Benzinger’s Blue-Tone Polaris And Tulip Collections
      • Objects Of Desire: Independent Watches At Baselworld 2016
      • Photo Caption Competition No. 19: A Horological Fairground
      • Pre-Selected Ladies: Round Table Discussion Of The Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève 2014
      • Quill & Pad’s Predictions For The Men’s Category Of The 2015 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève
      • Reflections On The 2014 Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève
      • Reunited: Giulio Papi And The G.N. Papi Number 1 Pocket Watch
      • Skeletonized Or Skeleton-Ized: Stefan Kudoke Knows
      • Sneak Peek – New Voutilainen SIHH 2016 Wristwatches With Live Photos
      • Stepan Sarpaneva’s Man In The Moon
      • Surprising Ties That Bind: Chanel And Romain Gauthier
      • Ten Years Of Giuliano Mazzuoli: An Independent Made in Italy
      • The 8 Most Accurate Moon Phase Wristwatches Today
      • The Kees Engelbarts Tourbillon Organic Skeleton
      • The Mechanism That Sparked A Passion: Thank Heavens For The Girard-Perregaux Tri-Axial Tourbillon
      • The Top 10 Most Popular Posts Of 2015 On Quill & Pad
      • The Twelve Watch Days Of Christmas
      • Tour De France Races Against Both Time And The Time-Eating Chronophage Corpus Clock
      • Tourbillon Pre-Selected Watches: Round Table Discussion Of The Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève 2014
      • Urwerk And The Gustave Sandoz Clock That Doesn't Tell The Time
      • Video: Dan Spitz Of Anthrax, Watchmaker
      • Want To Launch A High-End Watch Brand? What The 9 New Independents At SIHH 2016 Teach Us
      • Why I Bought It: Vianney Halter Antiqua
      • Why I Bought It: Vianney Halter Deep Space Tourbillon
      • Why Independent Russian Watchmaker Konstantin Chaykin Is A Movie Star
      • Why Philippe Dufour Matters. And It’s Not A Secret
      • Worldtimers, Erotic Watches, And Poker-Playing Dogs: A.H.C.I. Co-Founder Svend Andersen Has (Semi-) Retired, But His Brand Lives On
      • You Are There: Visiting The Vianney Halter Workshop
      • You Asked For It: Out-Of-This-World Video Of Miki Eleta's BY 21Dez12ME Interstellar Clock
    • ↓ IWC
    • ↓ Jaeger-LeCoultre
    • ↓ Jaquet Droz
    • ↓ Jean Daniel Nicolas
    • ↓ Jean Dunand
    • ↓ Kari Voutilainen
    • ↓ Kees Engelbarts
    • ↓ Kick Me Five!
    • ↓ Kobold
    • ↓ Konstantin Chaykin
    • ↓ Kudoke
    • ↓ Ladies watches
    • ↓ Lang & Heyne
    • ↓ Laurent Ferrier
    • ↓ Leroy
    • ↓ Linde Werdelin
    • ↓ Louis Moinet
    • ↓ Louis Vuitton
    • ↓ Ludovic Ballouard
    • ↓ Manufacture Royale
    • ↓ Maurice Lacroix
    • ↓ MB&F
    • ↓ McGonigle
    • ↓ MCT
    • ↓ Montblanc
    • ↓ Montegrappa
    • ↓ Monthly Roundup
    • ↓ Nomos Glashütte
    • ↓ Ochs und Junior
    • ↓ Officine Panerai
    • ↓ Omega
    • ↓ Parmigiani
    • ↑ Patek Philippe
      • 175 Years Of Heritage And Legacy: The Patek Philippe 5304R Grand Complication
      • 4 Record-Setting Stainless Steel Patek Philippe Models Auctioned At Phillips. Is A Fifth Coming?
      • Baselworld 2016 Round Table: What We Liked And What We Didn't Like
      • Behind The Lens: Patek Philippe Advanced Research Reference 5550P Perpetual Calendar
      • Behind The Lens: Patek Philippe Ref. 5950A-001 Split-Seconds Chronograph
      • Calatrava Reference 2508 At Christie’s Patek Philippe 175th Anniversary Auction
      • Dawn On The Lake: Celebrating Patek Philippe’s Grandiose 175th Anniversary With Art And Collaboration
      • Does Hand Finishing Matter? A Collector’s View Of Movement Decoration
      • Drum Roll, Please: Drummers And Watches, Two Natural Timekeepers
      • Eleven Regal Timepieces From Patek Philippe’s Grand Exhibition At London’s Saatchi Gallery
      • Give Me Five! Ladies' Watches From Baselworld 2014
      • Keep Calm And Continue Collecting: Advice For An Up And Down Watch Market
      • Lighting Up With Lume At Baselworld 2015. Warning: Sunglasses Advised!
      • Patek Philippe Ref. 5160: An Overlooked Mechanical Delicacy?
      • Patek Philippe Reveals New Baselworld Booth In Hall 1.0
      • Patek Philippe’s 175th Anniversary Is A Swirl Of (Grandmaster) Flash And Emotion
      • Phillips’ Inaugural One Auction Preview Featuring Rolex, Patek Philippe, Blancpain, Longines And More
      • Phillips’ Inaugural One Auction: So How Did Watches By Patek Philippe, Blancpain, Rolex, And Longines Do?
      • The 8 Most Accurate Moon Phase Wristwatches Today
      • The First Wristwatches From Breguet, Hermès and Patek Philippe Were Made . . . For Women
      • The Secret For Eternal Youth: Patek Philippe Is 175 Years Young
      • The Twelve Watch Days Of Christmas
      • Two Exceptional Cushion-Case Chronographs For Women: Patek Philippe Ladies First And Vacheron Constantin Harmony Chronograph Small Model
      • Weekly Roundup 2 May: Richard Mille, Patek Philippe, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Ulysse Nardin And More
      • You Are There: Attending The Only Watch Auction 2015 With Patek Philippe
    • ↓ Philippe Dufour
    • ↓ Piaget
    • ↓ Quill & Pad
    • ↓ Ressence
    • ↓ Revelation
    • ↓ RGM
    • ↓ Richard Mille
    • ↓ Roger Dubuis
    • ↓ Roger W Smith
    • ↓ Roland Iten
    • ↑ Rolex
      • A Look Inside The Rolex Caliber 3135
      • A Touch Of Switzerland In Pebble Beach: Hispano-Suiza And Rolex
      • A Very Rolexy Rolex Discussion: 3 Reasons The Rolex Day-Date 40 Convinced Me
      • Ace: A Rolex Explorer, Wimbledon, And The Maurice De Mauriac Lawn Tennis NATO Strap
      • Afterglow: A 1967 Rolex Submariner Reference 5512 With Tritium/Zinc Sulfide Markers
      • Always Expect The Unexpected: Rolex Surprises Yet Again With The Oyster Perpetual Datejust Pearlmaster 34
      • Baselworld 2016 Round Table: What We Liked And What We Didn't Like
      • Celebrity Ambassadors: Good Marketing Or Terrible Waste?
      • Does Rolex Make Dress Watches? The Cellini Range Answers That With A Resounding Yes
      • Essential Facts About The Rolex 5-Year Guarantee
      • Give Me Five! A Radiant Rolex Rainbow At Baselworld 2015
      • Great Rolex Experiment With The GMT Master II Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Crown
      • In Honor Of Elvis Presley And His Watches
      • Inside A Second: Chronograph Exhibition Featuring Many Of The Most Important Chronographs Ever Made
      • My Wife, The Watch Collector
      • One Of The Rarest Rolex References Of Them All: The Oyster Zerograph Monopusher Flyback Chronograph Reference 3346
      • Phillips Stages Thematic Auction Of Stainless Steel Chronographs: A Reaction To Market Conditions?
      • Phillips’ Inaugural One Auction Preview Featuring Rolex, Patek Philippe, Blancpain, Longines And More
      • Phillips’ Inaugural One Auction: So How Did Watches By Patek Philippe, Blancpain, Rolex, And Longines Do?
      • Rolex And Wimbledon: A Match Made In Traditional (Tennis) Heaven
      • Rolex Sea-Dweller Reference 1665 With ‘Rare’ Rail Dial
      • Spending Time With The Most Complicated In-House Rolex: The Sky-Dweller
      • The On- And Off-Screen Watches Of Brosnan, Pierce Brosnan
      • The Top 10 Most Popular Posts Of 2015 On Quill & Pad
      • The Twelve Watch Days Of Christmas
      • Video: Racing Legend Sir Jackie Stewart Talks Rolex At Pebble Beach 2014
      • Video: Roger Federer Explains A Few Of His Special Rolexes
      • Watchspotting At The 24 Hours Of Le Mans 2015 Starring Chopard, Rolex, TAG Heuer, Rebellion, And Franck Muller
      • What Watches Would You Buy After Ripping Off $1.2 Billion In A Ponzi Scheme Like Scott Rothstein? Most Probably Not All Of These
      • Why I Pimped My Rolex
      • Why I’ve Never Owned A Rolex – And Why I Might Yet
      • You Are There: Attending The Only Watch Auction 2015 With Patek Philippe
    • ↓ Romain Gauthier
    • ↓ Romain Jerome
    • ↓ Round Table
    • ↓ Sarpaneva
    • ↓ Seiko
    • ↓ Silberstein
    • ↓ Soviet / Eastern Europe watches
    • ↓ Speake-Marin
    • ↓ Tag Heuer
    • ↓ Tutima
    • ↑ Ulysse Nardin
      • 5 In-House Calibers From Ulysse Nardin
      • 5 Of The Most Innovative Wristwatches Ever Made
      • Anchors Away: Ulysse Nardin Makes The Anchor Escapement Viable For The Wristwatch
      • Baselworld 2016 Round Table: What We Liked And What We Didn't Like
      • Boom Times! Ulysse Nardin Grand Deck Marine Tourbillon
      • Celebrating 20 Years Of Ulysse Nardin’s Marine Line
      • Complete List And Photos Of All Pre-Selected Watches In The 2015 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève
      • Complete List Of Prize Winners In The 2015 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève
      • From Sochi With Love: A (Instagram) Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words
      • Give Me Five! Righteous Rainbows From Kari Voutilainen, De Grisogono, Chopard, Ulysse Nardin, And Fabergé At Baselworld 2016
      • Give Me Five! Tourbillons From Baselworld 2014 Part 2
      • Got A Minute? Hartmut Kraft, CEO Kering North America Luxury Watch Division: Ulysse Nardin, JeanRichard, And Girard-Perregaux
      • Happy Chinese New Year With 8 Monkey-Themed Watches
      • Happy Chinese New Year With Goat Watches By Jaquet Droz, Ulysse Nardin, Vacheron Constantin And Arnold & Son
      • Living In Freaky Times: Ulysse Nardin FreakLab
      • Ludwig Oechslin Retires As MIH (International Museum Of Horology) Curator And Director
      • Moonstruck Again: How Ulysse Nardin Never Ceases To Amaze
      • Music Boxes And Heartfelt Causes: Ulysse Nardin Stranger
      • Quill & Pad’s Predictions For The Calendar Category Of The 2015 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève
      • Quill & Pad’s Predictions For The Ladies Category Of The 2015 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève
      • Quill & Pad’s Predictions For The Tourbillon Category Of The 2015 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève
      • The Collector’s View: Tattooist Mo Coppoletta On Watches
      • The Collector’s View: Tattooist Mo Coppoletta On Watches (Archive)
      • The Ulysse Anchor Tourbillon By Ulysse Nardin
      • Ulysse Nardin Marches On With The Hannibal Minute Repeater Westminster Carillon Tourbillon Jaquemarts
      • Ulysse Nardin Marine Diver Artemis Racing Watch Race Winner In Bermuda
      • Ulysse Nardin’s CEO Patrik Hoffmann Comments The Kering Takeover
      • Ulysse Nardin’s First Sponsorship: Artemis Racing, Iain Percy, And The America's Cup
      • Ulysse Nardin’s Freak Blue Cruiser
      • Ulysse Nardin’s R-Evolutionary Pierre Gygax
      • Understanding The America’s Cup Fascination With Time
      • Weekly Roundup 2 May: Richard Mille, Patek Philippe, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Ulysse Nardin And More
      • Why Do Ulysse Nardin’s Dials Look So Good? Because Donzé Cadrans Authentically Fires Enamel
    • ↓ Urban Jürgensen
    • ↓ Urwerk
    • ↓ Vacheron Constantin
    • ↓ Valbray
    • ↓ Van Cleef & Arpels
    • ↓ Vianney Halter
    • ↓ Video
    • ↓ Vintage
    • ↓ Zenith
    • Swatch Group’s Nick Hayek Shows Optimism Despite Weak Sales Results For First Half of 2016