Le Phare Minute Repeater 49 mm ~1890’s
Repeater function striking hours, quarter-hours and minutes with two hammers on two gongs. Spectacular complicated movement view through caseback crystal. New made case, diameter 49 mm.
PRICE (£): 2450
LeCoultre Calibre 50 Grande Complication
Vintage LeCoultre & Co ‘Calibre 50’ minute repeater split seconds chronograph perpetual calendar enamel dial moonphase movement for custom watch commission project.
Audemars Freres Petite Sonnerie Carillon Gold Case Creation
Gold Watch Case Design and Manufacturing Our initial plan for this watch was just to rehouse the movement into a newly made gold case. However, not only did we want to give it a new case, we also wanted to make this watch as beautiful as possible, to make it an absolute pleasure to behold.
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RBTH – “Watches from the Soviet Union”
An article about USSR watches, some thoughts and stories from German Polosin are included.
Patek Philippe and the Chamber of Secrets
A charming story for true pocket watch collectors. This watch is special and unique because of its age and quality. The watch was made in 1903 by Patek Phillipe Geneve manufacture and is in an excellent condition for its 114-years age. Although the original watch box was old, with the cover cloth all rubbed and broken, has revealed
Ulysse Nardin Gold Watch Case Creation
This project demonstrates a rather simple case production in a classic ‘antique’ design, and shows how we reconstruct the traditional manual wristwatch case creation process of the early 1900’s. Old Swiss Movement This noble little movement is ready to be a new watch. It was produced in the 1890’s by Ulysse Nardin manufacturing and based on
Audemars Piguet Minute Repeater Tourbillon – manufacturing a new watch case
Alternative Casing for a Complicated Audemars Piguet Timepiece Here we will take a look at a very complex Audemars Piguet watch – the minute repeater model. This watch is incredibly clever. But why, in particular, is this watch so special? It is because, by turning the oscillating system around its axis once a minute, the
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‘Scarab Beetle’ Gold Pendant Watch Restoration, circa 1850’s
Very rare pendant watch made in Switzerland circa 1850’s. As a sacred symbol in Ancient Egypt, ‘Scarab amulet’ artefacts became quite popular during the Victorian era, when expeditions to Egypt became particularly popular. These ‘Beetle’ watches were usually designed to be a spectacular ladies pendant that swung from a long gold chain. Solid gold hand-made
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DH-D-DU German military WW2 watch archive
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z The pictures on these pages I have taken from the internet or they have been sent to me, via email. On some occasions the owner of the watch has given me
H.R. Ekegren Mainplate Pattern Refinish
А Weekend Job Last week I re-cased a homeless pocket watch movement made in the 1880’s by famous Danish watchmaker Henri-Robert Ekegren from Copenhagen. H.R. Ekegren worked for top horological companies Jules Jurgensen, Winnerl Paris, Golay Geneva, etc. In 1891 the Ekegren manufacturer was taken over by Edouard Koehn, the director of Patek Philippe. In