Watch Dandy

On a certain level, after wearing the Vacheron Constantin Historiques Cornes de Vache 1955 almost every day for a week, my feelings are as uncomplicated as “I like it. A lot.” On another level, to leave it at that would be to do the watch, and the history it represents, a disservice. The Cornes de Vache is a watch that challenges a tremendous number of assumptions many of us have about what exactly it is that makes a watch important. Though in its own way it’s a definitive, and even final, statement about a certain kind of watchmaking, it’s also the opening line in a whole new conversation about originality, design fidelity, and authenticity.

Last night KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo wrote a research note to investors in which he predicts that the first major update to the Apple Watch will be coming this year, as early as at next month’s iPhone release event. It’s been nearly two years since the Apple Watch was first unveiled at a special event in Cupertino, California – we were there live, with a first look at the limited demo units – and there’s been little indication of where the Watch is going since then.

MeisterSinger’s signature design is a watch with a lone hand marking the hours. This relatively young company (founded in 2001), based in Münster, Germany, has produced many iterations on the basic idea over the years, with watches like the Singulator, the Salthora and the Circularis, amongst others. The latter is available with a 120 hour hand-wound movement, with design input from Meistersinger on several key components, and now MeisterSinger has added a 120 hour automatic movement likewise produced to its specifications, with small date, to further expand the Circularis collection.