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Although I'd put a lot of functional complexity in here, at heart this is an automatic minute repeater, perpetual calendar with a 24 hour function, all elements that the Patek 3974 had in a 36mm x 12mm case in 1989 (though, to be fair, it doesn't have the carillon or cathedral chime). Everything els

Thanks for the thoughts - the planetarium stuff is cool but wasn't something I wanted in a world timer; the astronomical watch would be another of the four forever pieces. And no clever software; I just mocked up in ppt!

A post a little while ago by Art Collector (“3 watches that sing to me”) made me ponder that oft-considered rhetorical question “what is the minimum number of high-end watches that could represent a forever collection?”. Even assuming an exemption for relatively low-cost fun watches, of which part o

Hi, I'm afraid my phone camera isn't up to much so the differences may be hard to see. However, the H1 dark dial takes on the light that you throw at it. So in normal light conditions it looks like this, with a greyish tinge: In relatively dark light, it is pitch black - I can't photograph this but

Here is what the sonnerie sounds like - amazing to think it's over 120 years old... Turler G&PS chime

A fair challenge. For Vacheron, I'd have taken the Les Historiques chrono (in platinum with salmon dial) over the Blancpain, but at the time I couldn't afford it. And a vacheron minute repeater (especially the skeleton in rose gold) would be lovely, but is even further out of financial reach. Bregue

I'm not sure why, but my watches and I have never all been in the same place at the same time before and, for various reasons, they are today. I thought I should mark the occasion, before winding everything up and setting the calendars, by taking a picture, though unfortunately the resolution/lighti

Alas, it will be a month or two before i get to pick it up but will post pictures and thoughts once i've got it. The wait will be painful but i'm sure it will be worth it....

Just bought one. You could say I'm excited....

Nicolas, Yet another great post from you on this watch - and fabulous pictures again. I am also celebrating an eight year anniversary of sorts with it; I first tried one on in NYC in 2004 and it's weighed on my mind ever since - after all this time, I finally bought one a month ago and am two weeks