It’s a brand called Minase and they just launched their new Uruga range. These 42mm watches feature a design based on a traditional Japanese puzzle, bit like those old boxes you see in films sometimes, with secret buttons and twist-to-unlock features. That would be cool if the Uruga did that, but all you can see is that the case and bracelet has no visible screws … Continue reading Handmade in Japan? There’s an Alternative to Grand Seiko
Minase are a Japan based artisan watchmaking brand. Not for them the factory production lne, or off the shelf templates for dials, cases or bracelets. Nope, this is old school stuff and if you have the spare £4500-£6000 lying about, an investment in elegant timepieces too. The latest 7 Windows range might share a name with the bland, adequate software operating system that conquered the … Continue reading Minase 7 Windows: Handmade, Bespoke and Classic Lines
Proper watchmaking is still a human thing, depsite the steady march of the AI controlled machines. Sure, Rolex can bang out over a million watches a year and partly, that is down to automated machinery which designs, cuts, shapes, polishes and finishes all manner of parts and even assembles some of them using the sort of robots usually seen on hi-tech operating theatres. But there … Continue reading Grand Seiko Notes Govt Honour For Master Watchmaker
It’s easy to rest on your laurels and keep making the same watches indefinitely, just vary the dial colours each year, maybe add a limited edition or two. So it’s refreshing to see Omega try something different with two stunningly engineered chiming chronographs. One taps into its Olympic timing heritage, with a 1930s design that’s rather like a marriage watch; that is a pocket watch … Continue reading Omega’s Chrono Chime Is Billionaire Watchmaking, But Interesting
If you want something made by hand then you have to pay decent money, that’s how it is with classic cars, guitars, clothes or watches. So when we got an email from Adammbommb with pics of his hand-sanded Fordite dials, we thought it was well worth posting the news. In fact this week NWC mag is showcasing all things MOD watch, as we love customising … Continue reading MOD Watch Week: Adammbommb Dials Deluxe
Grand Seiko is producing some outstanding work this year and Watches & Wonders is the place to see it. Just superb detailing, next level craft. Respect. The price? About £310,000 says the FT today. Yeah that beautiful art costs lots of time and money. Here’s the word from GS; Grand Seiko reaches a new milestone in its sixty-two year history with the introduction of its … Continue reading Grand Seiko Kodo Tourbillon is Something Special
The latest from Armin Strom is a limited edition engineering masterpiece, as you would expect. Quite pricey too at 22,900 swiss francs, or about £18,600. Only 15 pieces available. Here’s the word Armin Strom has unveiled a new limited edition of its game-changing Gravity Equal Force timepiece with a striking off-center Jungle green dial featuring a hand-guilloche pattern. The independent Swiss luxury brand will produce … Continue reading Ltd Editions: Armin Strom Gravity Equal Force
Yes, we have spotted it. The Schofield Small Wall Clock is the perfect accessory to that grantite-topped, velux-lit & bi-folding doors kitchen that you are planning for your lavish country pad. Or urban hipster retreat. Whatever. This is a retro, 1950s factory type of clock, which requires sturdy fixing, and beautifully made – it has to be said. The finishing on the metalwork, the retro … Continue reading The Finishing Touch For That Grand Designs Project
