IWC celebrates 35th anniversary of the Ocean 2000
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Cnidarian dreams: MB&F’s HM7 Aquapod
Disclosure: there is no financial relationship between the #watchnerd and MB&F. I paid for my own travel and accommodation during my visit to SIHH in Januar...
SalonQP 2015
SalonQP was launched in 2009. Since moving to the Saatchi Gallery from Number One Marylebone, the annual event has continued to gather momentum and reputation, ...
Holding hands
OnlyWatch is a biennial charity auction of specially-designed, one-off pieces from some of the best watchmakers and manufacture in the world in aid of research ...
Watch Art: Patek Philippe’s Grand Exhibition
In 2001, Patek Philippe SA, under Thierry Stern, opened a museum in Geneva; looking back, I suppose the only surprise is that it had taken them so long. The fir...
90° North: Jaeger-LeCoultre’s Géophysic
The International Geophysical Year – or, to be exact, the International Geophysical Year and a Half (it ran from 1 July 1957 to 31 December 1958) –...
The Bronze Age
The Bronze Age marks a significant stage in the development of modern humans; not only was some of the most interesting early sculpture flourishing within civil...
The Schofield Beater
Giles Ellis is surrounded by people, which is no surprise, he is, after all, here at SalonQP to launch a new watch, the Beater. What is, perhaps, more surprisin...
Evolution, not revolution
Evolution can be defined as the change in the inherited characteristics of a population over successive generations, and might well be used describe the approac...
An inordinate fondness for divers…
There’s a quote, possibly apocryphal, attributed to the great J. B. S. Haldane in response to questions about what could be learned of the Creator from th...