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It Costs How Much? – A Visual Exploration Of What Drives Value (Part.3)
Well, it’s the final installment in our photo essay on the remarkable Marin 2 Thalassa by Peter Speake-Marin and what a journey it has been. Through this process we hope to have given you an intimate glimpse into the incredible craftmanship, attention to detail and above all time required to realize these mechanical masterpieces, and [...]
Interview With Guy Lucas de Peslouan – The Master Behind The Lens
Guy Lucas de Peslouan. Although you may not immediately recognize the name, this extremely talented individual is single-handedly responsible for so many of the photos of some of the world’s most desired timepieces, including offerings from brands such as Richard Mille, Thomas Prescher, Audemars Piguet and Van Cleef & Arpels that you would almost certainly [...]
Guy Lucas de Peslouan, le sculpteur de lumières
Il est l’auteur de tant de clichés chez Richard Mille, Thomas Prescher, Audemars Piguet ou encore Van Cleef & Arpels, que vous avez nécessairement déjà vu son travail. Auteur de 6 ouvrages de références sur les plus prestigieuses marques de l’industrie horlogère, Guy Lucas de Peslouan a réussi à s’imposer en Suisse comme l’un des [...]
It Costs How Much? – A Visual Exploration Of What Drives Value (Part.2)
Yesterday we brought you Part.1 of our special feature on the concept of value in luxury timepieces. We have chosen to present this series in the form of a photographic essay, using fantastic images of independent master watch-maker Peter Speake-Marin’s all new Marin 2 timepiece. Speake-Marin is renowned for his superb craftmanship and attention to [...]
X-Rays Reveal Perfectly Preserved 300-Year-Old Pocket Watch
It looks like some crusty old rock, but this is actually an exquisite 17th century pocket-watch. And now, state of the art x-rays have revealed that its 300-year-old mechanisms are still perfectly intact inside its rusting shell. The watch was found by a diver off the coast of Scotland in 1970, amidst a shipwreck that [...]
It Costs How Much? – A Visual Exploration Of What Drives Value (Part.1)
One of the questions we get asked most often here on The Watch Lounge is why some timepieces cost what they do. In some instances it is easier to explain as the overt designs and exposed complications make the level of skill and craftsmanship, not to mention hours of labor, required apparent, even to the [...]
A Special Interview With Meehna Goldsmith – The Luxury Timepiece Expert
Many of you that are regular readers of The Watch Lounge, and indeed any number of other well known publications, will no doubt already be familiar with the name Meehna Goldsmith. Not only are we fortunate enough to have her contribute to this on-line magazine, she also writes for a number of other
Wow Watch Wednesday: The Telôs Watch Experience
You may not know the name, but you’ll definitely recognize the face, or rather, faces! After all, you have been seeing them everywhere over the last few years, even if you didn’t know it! Greubel Forsey, Patek Philippe, Girard Perregaux, Montblanc, Parmigianni, the list goes on. But who are they? They are none other than [...]
Baume & Mercier Doesn’t Just Talk To Its Clients. It Also Listens.
How many Web pages and brochures have you read on miscellaneous watch companies, each one more eloquent than the other about their story? One is the oldest, another holds the biggest number of patents, while still another would be as close to perfection as possible. All of them claim a unique patrimony. Only a few [...]
Baume & Mercier donne la plume à ses clients
Combien de pages web et de brochures avez-vous lu sur différentes manufactures, toutes plus en verve les unes que les autres sur leur histoire ? L’une est la plus ancienne, l’autre détient le plus grand nombre de brevets, quand une troisième serait au plus près de la perfection. Toutes se réclament d’un patrimoine unique. Peu trouvent [...]
An Afternoon With Master Watch-maker Vianney Halter
On a beautiful summer’s day there can be little in the world more pleasurable than a drive through the Swiss countryside and up into the Jura mountains. At the end of this particular road was the small town of Sainte-Croix; while not perhaps the prettiest town it does have the virtue of being the home [...]
Horology And The Internet: When Will The Two Get Along?
The internet sometimes presents a strange paradox for luxury watch consumers and enthusiasts. On the one hand, it has become a daily, essential tool for millions of people the world over in little more than a decade, and yet on the other hand it is still considered with a degree of mistrust by many brands [...]
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