The village of Ste. Croix up in the the mountains of the Swiss Jura only 10 miles or so from Yverdon-Les-Bains, which lies at the southern tip of Lake Neuchatel, is home to Janvier SA. Vianney’s manufacturing facility Read the rest of this entry »

I’m always eager to visit with UN in Basel. Possibly my most exciting appointment other than over in the AHCI arena. “Basel Novelties” as the trade likes to call them, are brought out with great fanfare, eager retailers and equally if not more eager watch journalists, view, snap pictures and take notes for their clients… Read the rest of this entry »

With the mass media hysterically printing the usual “if it bleeds, it leads” type of bad news from round the world and at home, it is no wonder people pause Read the rest of this entry »

Nicolas Delaloye cut his teeth at Patek, where he honed his complication skills meanwhile developing his concepts for his own watch that one day he was destined to make. Read the rest of this entry »

A photo essay, I’m going to let the images do the talking… Read the rest of this entry »

Otherwise known as “Thomas in Town” with “Triple Axis Tourbillon”. The first weekend in November we were treated to a world’s first Read the rest of this entry »

A couple of pieces we recently completed:

A unique pair of earrings containing a very rare pair of natural green diamonds… Read the rest of this entry »

Our friends Richard & Maria Habring, AKA HABRING² joined us for the second time in California. Their visit last December was great fun and we hit it off well. Their philosophy of watchmaking is simple, well designed, reliable and not too fussy watches, cased in their 42mm designed case. Yes, the ladies have to do with 42mm! Maria was wearing a fabulous version with a mother of pearl dial in the new Automatic 2007, that with a pale blue “Kashmir” strap from Hirsch made for quite a lovely ladies watch. They liken themselves to a personal tailor of old. The ability to customize your watch or “tailor” it to your liking is one of the aspects that make these guys stand out. Read the rest of this entry »

To some of the watches that we had here for this exhibition:
Vianney brought two exquisite pieces never seen before in Redwood City, let alone the US. I had had the pleasure of seeing one of them in Basel back in April. Treats that I still relish, and am glad to have friends take some wonderful pictures! The Janvier Classic I saw in Basel, the red gold Trio I did not! First let me remind you of the Janvier Classic, named as a tribute to Vianney’s company of dedicated & loyal watchmakers in Ste.Croix at Janvier SA. Read the rest of this entry »

Honored once again by the presence of horological genii…
October 5-8th, 2007
We have just completed our second Watch History in the Making event here in Northern California together with a Southern California evening downtown LA co-hosted by our friends at thePurists.com. It has now been 4 years since starting to work with Peter Speake-Marin, the first of the Independent watchmakers to be willing to work with us. Read the rest of this entry »