The Theme: "Your watches from the back. Show us the movements!" This is one of my personal favorites. The brand "flies under the radar" and the movement is sublime. Let's see your favorite. HAGWE, Mike ...
It is the standard release Masterpiece Chronograph. The custom/ in-house movement design was a collaboration between ML and Andreas Strehler. Its got a nice dial design ( at least I enjoy it a lot). The little dots of lume and the lumed chrono hand shine ...
brand with their complications. I think they took a little breather after their attempt to move upstream didnot go as well as they had hoped with Memoire 1. At least now they are vertically integrated with a varied collection of mechanical watches. Thanks...
. . . this manual wind effort from Omega. Fingers crossed on both hands the next-gen Railmaster comes equipped with a dateless version. While I have a few interesting movements in my collection, the most attractive is one I let go of. Hamilton cal 921, en...
I'm going to show you two solid case backs, not a saphiire case back with movement. Boring? Maybe not. 1/ GP Cambre Carree, special commission to the Sultan of Oman with the Sultan's coat of arms. 2/ and the GP Vintage 94 with the engraved GP Tourbillon. ...
Hi Nicolas, I don't know an awful lot, but I read a few things here and there. From the catalogues I have, the Ref 2499, which is the two subdial Chrono without date of the more common Cambre Carree 2498 always appears only with the white dial. So far, ev...
Here we go: I'm sorry but it was on my wrist and there are portions of my DNA there: The back in B&W is also ... Sexy: Here is the front. A Good Planet in full glory: A great weekend to all, Nilo ...
From an accuracy perspective, it is impeccable. From an aesthetic point of view, the colors and use of black plus the snailed waves gives it a look that is so different from the usual.
About the aesthetic of the movement , it\'s fine if we consider the industrial manufacturing. One point that I like is high quality if the dial, markers and hands. Cheers, Nilo
Of all my watches, this one took the longest to reach me from the point of deciding to buy it. However, it was so well worth the wait. To have a movement designed and painstakingly hand finished by one chap, Keaton, tucked away in central Oregon, is a thr...
I like the name plate and the multiple but simple finishing techniques that Keaton demonstrates on his watch. How long did you have to wait? Best, Mike
Great to hear from you. It took almost 2 years, however since then, the process has been fine tuned, as many of the tools required to make parts in my watch, are allready created. The current timing is approx. 8-10months I believe. The exciting aspect is ...
A Paul Gerber P10 with THREE rotors :-) When that model was announced, it was spoken for after 24 hours. I was on vaca and when I returned, it was too late. Thanks for sharing, Best, Mike
This one has got the black, white and blue sorted out perfectly :-) It's clearly my favorite in my small collection...it got a whopping 98 days of wrist time in the last 6 months. Perfect proportions, genuinely versatile and very comfortable. ...
is very limited. I thought I would be only seeing Reversos on this week's wristscan. How could I forget watches like the Breguet La Tradition and the Panoinverse? Thanks for sharing, Like Nicolas said : Nice Backface :-) Cheers, Mike
This watch reminded me of a Chopard story of love, passion, and loyalty, constant through time. The sort of mutual love and respect that extracts something more than extraordinary from the human core than we realise; a love that sparked this memorable inc...
As static judge just a pity they are on the wrist my friend....!!! ;) Hope you are well and I'm thinking a trip to London is well overdue so just let me know when in March or April is good and I'll be down :) Yours dude, Andy.
A double cased Longines from 1918. Amazing that this engraving is not actually visible as a second plain caseback covers it. A Longines 13.33 movement, around the same time period, refined, delicate and mesmerising. HAGWE. This message has been edited by ...
That is why if they could produce beautiful movements like your Longines almost 100 years ago, I cannot believe half of the stuff PR departments try to feed us through their releases! Thanks for sharing, Mike
The 13.33 by Longines was first produced around 1913 and was the only Longines chronograph wristwatch movement until the early Thirties when it was replaced by the better known 13zn. It was only ever used by Longines and was produced totally in-house. Fro...
chronograph was between the Thirties and the Fifties. It's a little like the music produced between 1968 and 1974, somehow before that the technical quality wasn't developed enough and after that, well Disco happened, but that period feels golden, an alch...
... And this is one of my favorites in my collection as it reunites two brands I like so much: Pam 190 with a movement made by JLC. This is a nicely finished movement with eight days reserve and a very smooth winding. I like to hear the tic toc in my watc...
Yes, especially Saxon watches (and let's include D.Dornblüth here, who is adhering to Glashütte design standards even if they are located in a different federal state) have a very distinctive look. A nice thing to have an identity of its own. Bye,Martin ...
. . . in equal measure, without a hint of excess: GUB cal 58 . . . . . . ca '09. You're most fortunate, Martin; that was the acquisition of a lifetime. Best, Art ...
is a concepts that always strikes a positive chord in me. But in this case there was so much more. And yes, we will see if ever another watch will make me jump from a tower as high as this one again. But I hope that it will remain the one. Thank you for y...
Just love the depth and layout.... Of course and that arrow...! But the finish, design and finish has to make this a favourite.... All in the detail... Cheers Andrew ...
I have a lot of respect for MB Villeret... magical pieces and this one leaves me wanting to look for another... will just have to sell a body part first :) Cheers Andrew
. . . one classic, the other, thoroughly modern. The Grönefeld resonates deeply; spectacular design and execution, highly evocative. It's one of very few new designs I'd want to own. Art
Let\'s start with one of my favorite casebacks : Chronometre Geomatic: Or the planisphere on another back Or let us have another solution: Recto Side: Reverso Grande GMT Verso Side: All the Best & HAGWE ! hs ...
One more for you !.. One of my favorites ! What I may have to work for, might be a real nice movement, to be enjoyed from the backside.. Thx & Best again, hs ...
Oh, yes please ! Apologies in advance for what will be an irresponsible number of shots in a wristscan thread, but it isn’t about the competition: this just happens to be the , and the more the merrier! First, a warm-up shot of a recognisable movement br...
This is almost a thread in itself and some beauties tucked in there for sure :) Hope you are well my friend and I hope your in England again one day. Yours, Andy.
...good to see you. How about posting some backs? Got that Extreme Lab yet? :-) There's a silly chance we'll share a pint or two this year: watch this space. Any news of G? He seems to have gone underground. Cheers, pplater.
a little secret I'm one of the judges....but just for you I'll post a backside shortly..!! I've been AWOL myself for a bit but I'm seeing G in May, then sunnier pastures end of Aug/Sept (Ming doesn't know yet..!!) so don't travel then as we'll have to kee...
By: Ares501 - Mr Green : February 28th, 2015-00:34
turn on the lights again :) I know that it will sound profane but I'm always happy to see that you have Cali in such eclectic collection Looks like I'm not wrong then when I crave for one :) Yours sincerely D
...manna from Heaven when OP re-released that (dare we say, 'iconic'?) dial: no way that one was going to get away! It still sees a lot of action, Damjan; you are right to have it 'on the list'. (p.s. - Haven't you won that competition yet???) Cheers, pp...
...that balance bridge was selected by default; it wasn't until some time later that it became apparent that the 'tourbillon style' bridge could have been an option (in which case it would have been the preferred option). Still, that's what they call a 'f...
. . . for your viewing pleasure. R17.8, ca mid-'40s. Nothing special, you might say, and you'd be right. However, there is a certain satisfaction in resuscitating a movement that was losing a minute a day. After fitting a new balance staff . . . . . . and...
. . . then yes, there is a spacer. You'll notice the Denison reference numbers 8 5 6 stamped into both the 18 kt case and the spacer . . . . . . which confirms they were issued together. ...
These were from Basel several years ago...a shame they were never realized other than these few proto pieces made for Marc, exhibited in 2009. Apologies for the poor quality of the following three images... This a Constant Force on the escape wheel. Recta...
As a 'balance wheel man', the Brogsitter/HWM watches were almost too much to take - this, of course, is years before Martin Braun's 'Slowrunner' blew the competition out of the water. They were also showing signs of impeccable finish: what a shame the mar...
to start off the thread! I just couldn't make it to the bank deposit box...It always throws me off that WrisScan starts on Thursday here in the USA! Thanks for contributing. Cheers, Mike