Time: Revolutionary Thinking
Nov 03, 2003
The quality of the watch begins with the conception, explains Schweizer. A lighter cage improves performance—Girard-Perregaux’s tourbillon has 75 parts and still weighs less than .3 grams. "Larger size also helps," he adds, "as does a balance wheel with poising screws [the tiny screws laid out along the rim of some of the best balance wheels]. It....

Private Preview 2004: Watches: Worth Waiting For
Oct 01, 2003
Unlike a minute repeater, which produces sound with a set of wirelike, resonant gongs placed around the perimeter of the movement, Opera Three plays its tunes by plucking a graduated metal comb whose teeth represent a scale of notes. As with most full-size music boxes, the melody is determined by a rotating spindle with raised nibs that pluck the correct....

Features: The Real Deal
Apr 01, 2003
Vacheron Constantin's Le Grande Classique. (Click image to enlarge) The silver lining of this controversial topic is that as collectors’ watchmaking knowledge grows, so does their passion for complicated watches. And if much ado is made of the most tangled complexity and tiniest detail . . . well, these are watches we’re talking about after all. A. Lange....

Drive Time
Apr 01, 2003
The relationship between watches and cars is getting cozier as more watch firms focus on automotive brands, events, and designs to boost consumer awareness, build sales, and attract new customers. "The tendency of more watch companies is to align themselves with cars and car events to take their brands to the next level of business," says Carol Levey, senior....

PDN
Feb 01, 2003
EDITORIAL 1 The deepening divide 5 Gucci Timepieces TRENDS 11 The age where everything is possible An illustrated collection of Vintage, Tonneau, Skeleton, Colour, Diamonds and Sports watches 20 Girard-Perregaux' Luigi Macaluso: "Brand integrity" 26 The concept and styling of Armand Nicolet....

Watches: Historical References
Nov 02, 2002
With histories that are measured in centuries, venerable brands Patek Philippe and Girard-Perregaux can easily justify having their own museums. But Officine Panerai? Some might say a museum is a bit presumptuous for a company that produced only 300 wristwatches exclusively for military purposes between 1938 and its entry into the consumer market in 1993.....

Supplier News
Nov 01, 1995
Wittnauer International, New Rochelle, N.Y., has named Universal Watch Repair, Southfield, Mich., as official repair center for all Universal Geneve watches. Wittnauer is the exclusive North American distributor of Universal Geneve watches. Separately, Wittnauer announced its Zodiac brand Swiss Formula watches will be featured on the TV game show "Wheel of....