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Hands-on – Junghans Meister Chronoscope Terrassenbau Limited Edition

It’s not often that a watch brand can celebrate the centenary of a milestone in their history, but Junghans is doing just that with a pair of watches that commemorate a nine-stepped terrace building in Schramberg, Germany. This industrial building by Philipp Jakob Manz, considered to be an architectural masterpiece, was the centrepiece of the Junghans factory for decades. Junghans was the largest clock manufacturer in the world at the start of the 20^thcentury and the terrace building was erected out of necessity to increase factory space in the crowded valley of Schramberg. Built directly on a slope and resembling a staircase, the building provided direct daylight into the windows of each ascending floor, with the top floor reserved for the painstaking assembly and regulation of chronometers. Today we have two limited edition Meister Chronoscope Terrassenbau timepieces to pay homage to Junghans’ renowned structure.

6 Car-Inspired Watches From Baselworld 2017

Speed is equal to the distance traveled divided by the time. Here we are, the link with watchmaking is easy to get. Mechanical fascination does the rest: gearheads are inevitably attracted by watches. This natural fit has long inspired watchmakers. We take a look at 6 automotive-inspired watches from Baselworld 2017.

Hands-On – Junghans Form A (Defining Bauhaus and Minimalism)

If looking for “the total package” in terms of heritage, well designed, mechanical watches at an affordable sticker price, you simply shouldn’t overlook Junghans. We’ve seen in the past that the brand is capable of offering watches with a very strong design following its own identity to the letter, with basic but reliable movements that won’t cost you an arm and a leg. Always leaning on automotive inspiration or following the Bauhaus movement, Junghans brings the Form A (for Automatic) to Baselworld 2017.

#TBT – Junghans Bundeswehr Chronograph

As most of you know we try to bring a diverse selection of vintage watches to #TBT week after week. It’s obvious that among vintage watches we (at least Mike and I definitely) have a soft spot for complications. Nowadays the most sought after of these happen to be chronographs, but you all know this […]

Throwback Sundays: Six Watch Recommendations to Celebrate a Bonus, from Our Archives

The bonus season is around the corner, and many of us are already thinking of different ways to reward ourselves for the hard work and effort that we had put in this year. While there are various means to spend our bonuses, but Watch-Idiot-Savants (WIS) like us will probably use the money to get ourselves a new timepiece to add into our…

Review: Junghans Meister Telemeter

The history of Junghans may surprise many haute horlogerie collectors. The firm began in 1861 in the Black Forest region of Germany and was one of the largest watchmakers in the world till the quartz crisis wiped out many of their suppliers in Switzerland. They continued with quartz watches and to innovate with solar and radio controlled…

Throwback Sundays: Six German Watches to Add Into a Watch Collection, from Our Archives

Over the last few decades, German watches have experienced a renaissance. The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 was the catalyst. Prior to the period, German watches were relatively low profile. Many of the manufacturers were behind the Iron Curtain, making utilitarian watches for the Communist public. While those in West Germany, like Junghans…

Meister and Kalendar: The Journey of Junghans

If one were to trace the beginnings of German watchmaking (a whole other story unto itself), one would find that the history of Junghans is not very much unlike its famous German watchmaking cousins in neighbouring Glashutte. Established by Erhard Junghans in 1861, Gebr Junghans Uhrenfabrik was a partnership with Franz Xaver, supplying clock…

Watches & Pencils #18 – Olympic Watches

Olympic Watches Since we are in the middle of the Olympic Games 2016 I thought it would be nice to publish a Watches & Pencils special with a gold angle. We take a look at a few (historic) ‘Olympic watches’ and try to reveal their sportive ‘core’. Most of these watches are quite rare so […]

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