Revenge of the Watch Nerds
I am a nerd, of sorts. I am a watch nerd. I realize that my obsession with timepieces goes beyond most guys' casual interest. This dawned on me once during a meeting with a big stock broker. He was wearing a
HUBLOT Unico Technical Specifications
UNICO movement The integration of the various production stages should give the Manufacture even greater autonomy. The UNICO movement, a chronograph developed entirely by Hublot's Research & Development department, is now in its "functional prototype" stage until the end of 2009.
Jaeger-LeCoultre Calibre 101 – 80 years of inspiration
While the history of Fine Watchmaking is studded with inventions and technical accomplishments, one of them in particular opened up whole new vistas for the entire field: Calibre 101. Created in 1929 in the workshops of the Manufacture Jaeger-LeCoultre, this
Vulcain Cricket Revolution
The era of self-winding alarm movements dawns at Vulcain In a historical new move for Vulcain in 2009, the famous Cricket mechanical alarm movement is available for the first time in a self-winding version. The unprecedented Calibre V-21 is powering the
Vulcain Calibre Cricket V-21
Vulcain sounds its first ever automatic alarm A new era is dawning for Vulcain: with the launch of the Calibre V-21, the Manufacture in Le Locle proudly presents its first self-winding alarm movement. Over 60 years after the legendary hand-wound Cricket