James Harris, a student on the Horology BA degree course at Birmingham City University, has launched Harris Horology, a website to showcase his watch plans (the Hilhouse) and his dissertation piece (a table clock – the Woodes). I think I first stumbled across James on Instagram, although it may have been on…
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There’s an Egyptian deity associated with creation and rebirth, Bennu. Bennu was often portrayed in the guise of a heron, or possibly a wagtail, and played an important role in the ancient Egyptian creation myth as well as being a focal point for sun worship at Heliopolis.
Fraser Timepiece Company (@frasertimeco) is a new brand from Scottish-born product designer, architectural model maker, CG visualiser and photographer Gordon Fraser. Fraser has a background in Rapid Prototyping, and has spent the last two years designing a range of quartz and mechanical watches with a strong design DNA, and simple,…
Jaeger-LeCoultre were showing strongly at SalonQP 2010, with the new Master Compressor Extreme Lab 2 GMT (Tribute to Geophysic). But alongside that impressive piece, was a gentleman, a desk, and a great deal of very, very small jewels. I was offered a loupe and a guided tour of one of…
SalonQP saw the pre-Basel 2011 launch of Bremont Watch Company‘s new B-1. The B-1 is Bremont’s first in-house produced piece, a marine clock which draws on the memory of John Harrison’s marine chronometers from the eighteenth century, while applying the aeronautical cues for which Bremont has become so admired. The…
