This Patek Philippe Ref. 5711 Jumbo Nautilus in platinum with rubies is anything but an average Nautilus - if such a thing existed. This version is in the Patek Philippe books as Ref. 5711/112P-010. This
For almost 100 years Urmaker Bjerke has been selling some of the world’s most exciting and exclusive watches. Now the Norwegian watch retailer opens a store in the middle of Oslo’s luxury street, Nedre Slottsgate 11, to do these miniature objects of art justice. “The store is a place where customers feel well taken care of. Watch enthusiasts can come over to have a chat or to get service on their watches”, says Halvor Bjerke. With 470 m2 the store will be the largest Nordic watch store in the haute horlogeriesegment. The store extends over two floors and has a special booth for those who want a viewing without interruption.
The new DeWitt Twenty-8-Eight Skeleton Tourbillon has that unmistakable architectural quality you see in every DeWitt creation. At the heart lies the calibre DW8028s that uses age-old, recognized and highly reliable technical parameters in its
The team consisting of Andrea Vesco and Andrea Guerini in a 1934 FIAT 508 S Balilla Sport were the winners, for the fourth consecutive year, of the Nuvolari Grand Prix, now in its 25th edition. Their prize was two highly sought-after Tazio Nuvolari watches offered by the race’s official timekeeper Eberhard & Co., which was celebrating 25 years spent alongside one of the most enjoyable races dedicated to classic cars.
The BR-X1, a high-tech chronograph with sporty looks, which is as robust as it is sophisticated, marked the arrival of a new Bell & Ross line and the beginning of a whole new chapter in the saga of the brand. Revolutionary in its design and also inspired by aeronautical flight instruments, the BR-X1 line expands with a new exceptional Haute Horlogerie version: the BR-X1 Chronograph Tourbillon. This precious measuring instrument combines the extremely virile aesthetic codes of the brand with the technical refinement of Bell & Ross’ Haute Horlogerie.
Last night Ace & Dik Jewelers, located at the Van Baerlestraat 46 in Amsterdam, officially reopened their boutique after a month of complete renovations. The new boutique has a modern and luxurious appearance and offers space to a careful selection of the world’s best jewellery and watch brands.
A birdcage with a diameter of 47mm would seem to be on the small side – certainly for two adult birds and a nest filled with two babies, as well. Still, Jaquet Droz has managed to find a comfortable home for these feathered friends. The birds are happy, as evidenced by the cheerful sounds they produce. But all joking aside: this mechanical creation with singing birds is too astonishing to fully get the effect across in mere words.
Early 1980s, Japan. Kikuo Ibe continues to smash watches and his colleagues and superiors are quietly starting to worry. Ibe refuses to stop and in 1983 his perseverance is rewarded and his colleagues and superiors are reassured, when the shock-resistant G-Shock hits the market. The vulnerable watch has been rendered invincible by means of triple protection for the components, the movement and the case, becoming first an American and then a global success.
A watch made of 797 components, 575 of which are needed to make the fusée and (18cm) chain transmission of the highly complicated movement. We're talking about a strictly limited and expensive birthday watch. Birthday as in ‘anniversary piece’, not ‘present’.
At first glance you may think “Oh no, not another retro model”, but upon closer inspection of the Oris Divers Sixty-Five the suspicious watch aficionado learns that this is about more than convenient retro just to be fashionable. What Oris has done is translate a vintage model from 1965 into a watch for today, and in such a way that the price remains extremely reasonable.
Here at 0024 we are in the business of time. And right now we really hate time. We want to turn back time because our founding editor Karel Hubert has passed away last Thursday, April 16 at the early age of 65 and we really, really miss him. It was his own choice to stop his time here on earth and we respect that. But that doesn’t mean we don’t want to go back in time to be able to listen to his incredible anecdotes, his snappy one-liners or hearing him talk about an obscure artist he discovered recently.
