Bring a Loupe: A Very Rare Rolex, An Oversized Patek Calatrava, And Some Obscure Watches From Longines, LeJour, And Mathey Tissot

This week’s selection of watches starts with two heavyweights, absolute grails for many collectors. One is a Rolex, a very rare kind of Explorer with a single line on the dial that changes everything. The other is an oversized Patek Philippe Calatrava with a double signature. You will also find some less high-profile watches, from a Superman LeJour (yes, that is the actual name of this diver) to a great chronograph from Mathey Tissot. This is your Bring A Loupe for August 12, 2016.

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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. …

8 years ago

A. Lange & Söhne 1815 Chronograph Boutique Edition – Full Review with tons of Photos, Specs and Price

The A. Lange & Söhne 1815 Chronograph Boutique Edition is yet another example of the superlative chronographs, developed by the Haute Horlogerie brand from Glashütte, Germany. We were given the opportunity to test and wear the watch for a couple of weeks. To cut a long story short: we loved it. As we already introduced the watch to you earlier, in this article we will focus on the chronograph movement, more specifically its characteristics, what distinguishes it from other chronograph movements, and how it actually works. It looks great but what is what, and what does what? What is the purpose of all those wheels, levers, bridges and springs? Read on to learn how a chronograph actually works. 

8 years ago

MY WATCH STORY: Ted from Petrolicious and his Rolex GMT Master 1675

Editorial Director of Petrolicious, a site and production house dedicated to showcasing the world’s finest classic cars and their owners, Ted Gushue has an instagam feed (@TedGushue) that’s unsurprisingly dominated by breathtaking cars. So, when we began spotting the occasional timepiece dotted among the vintage BMWs and Porsches, we wanted to know more from this LA-based man of style – starting with this beautiful example of a Rolex GMT Master 1675.…

8 years ago

Janis Trading NTH Sub Watch Review

NTH? Janis Trading? Who, or what, is that? If you were not aware, Janis Trading is actually a brand you are probably already familiar with – they were formerly known as as Lew & Huey. As part of the rebranding, the NTH Subs are a completely new line that will hit the streets soon, and we recently got to spend some quality time with a pair from the new lineup.

8 years ago

WATCHSPOTTING: Comic legend John Cleese on his silly little watch and ‘unbelievable’ watch prices

John Cleese and his cheery plastic Swatch
Last night one of the elder statesman of comedy, John Cleese, appeared on Channel Ten’s prime-time news panel show The Project. Ostensibly Cleese was there to discuss a new stage version of Farty Owls – sorry, Fawlty Towers – but things got a little off track when one of the presenters asked him about his brightly coloured Swatch.…

8 years ago

“Stylish World Traveler: the Second ‘Drive de Cartier’….”

Drive de Cartier- Mens Only Cartier Last January when Cartier presented the ‘Drive de Cartier‘ watches at the 2016 SIHH in Geneva, there was a lot of traffic at the Cartier booth. Almost every journalist talked amongst each other about this new watch, in the corridors. Cartier is always presenting quite a few watches at […]

8 years ago

Editorial: Buy Quality But Be Patient

On November 10, 2015, Nu Couché by Amedeo Modigliani sold for just over US$170 million at Christie’s in New York, making the painting of a female nude the second most expensive painting ever sold at auction. That record was set despite mixed results at the season’s headline art sales in New York, which drove a […]

8 years ago

Private Time with Fabrizio Buonamassa Stigliani, Director of Bulgari Watches Design Center, Neuchâtel, Switzerland

By Victoria Townsend
“I wish I were a woman so I could wear a Serpenti!” Overhearing these words as I entered the Bulgari booth at Baselworld 2016 on my way to meet with the Director of Bulgari Watches Design Centre, Fabrizio Buonamassa Stigliani, I was surprised that the esteemed watch editor who pronounced them (and later confirmed to me) would cite a timepiece known more for its distinctive feminine design than for what makes it tick. My surprises were not over, as I discovered during my time at the booth.

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