Throwback Sundays: Six Recommendations for a Luxurious Tool Watch for Any Occasion, from Our Archives
“Remember the days when the sex was fun and the diving dangerous?”…
Category: jaeger-lecoultre
Does Hand Finishing Matter? A Collector’s View Of Movement Decoration (Archive)
Like many people, my starting point for serious watches was with a well-priced brand long known for its expertise in developing movements, justly viewed as offering good value for money – but not necessarily for the refinement of its movement finishing, at least on its less expensive pieces. What have I learned since then?
Spot the Watch: Watches of the Silicon Valley
It is 6:30am in the Silicon Valley. You wake up in the morning to a string of emails, messages on slack and instinctively pop up your calendar to check out your day by the hour. After a speedy Nescafé shot and a mashed up banana to swallow down on your way, you book a Lyft to get you to downtown Menlo Park. You hop on the ride and dial the…
The Collector’s View: WatchTalk with Glenn Chiang
Glenn Chiang is a 31-year-old watch collector based in Melbourne, having moved from Taiwan when he was just 5 years of age. He is currently a lawyer at a leading Australian law firm specialising in construction and major projects, and also owns and operates multiple cafes and restaurants throughout Melbourne. This is his watch journey. …
Where does the name of your favourite watch model come from?
Ever wonder how watches got their names? A few weeks ago we told you about the brand names and their origin. Today we’re going to look at the watch model names. With hundreds of past and present watches, what has been the inspiration for watchmakers and brands to call them certain names? Some are pretty …
Throwback Sundays: Six Recommendations for a Timeless Watch, from Our Archives
There are many watch designs out there: from different case designs to even varying dial patterns. Aesthetics is a realm littered with the corpses of dated designs with time’s passage, while others remain as classics. Few are the designs which remain fashionable after decades of existence, and these legends of timeless design…
Throwback Sundays: Six Recommendations for Unisex Watch, from Our Archives
Over the last few weeks, we have covered watches that we reckon are versatile for different occasions. This week, we are going a notch higher. We will be featuring six watches that we think will look good on the wrists of either gender. …
Jaeger LeCoultre Reverso: 85 Years an Icon
Birthed in the throes of the Great Depression, Jaeger-LeCoultre celebrated the 85th birthday of the heralded Reverso with a brand new SIHH 2016 collection. Here at the crossroads of yet another global recession, the Reverso brings much needed salve to a weary world as it once did: a follow up edition of the Reverso à Eclipse with a enamelled…
Review: Jaeger LeCoultre Master Ultra-Thin Perpetual Calendar
Since its introduction back in 2013, the Jaeger LeCoultre Master Ultra-Thin Perpetual Calendar has become one of the defining timepieces for JLC apart from the Reverso collection. The aesthetics and mechanical purity of the watch has attracted a fair share of collectors and devotees alike.…