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Start / | Jaeger – LeCoultre the porthole in yellow gold Story In 1951 Jaeger – LeCoultre introduced the Futurematic reference E501. Showing an unique feature at that time, these watches did not have a visible crown. Mounted on the back side of the case, only setting time was possible with it. Reference 501 was fitted with the automatic calibers 497, 497/1 or 827. All these calibers featured two hack mechanisms, one for the sub second when sliding the crown…

Start / | Lange & Söhne the Lange 1 moon phase Story In October 1994 A. Lange & Söhne introduced the Lange 1. The model, which is most probably the syombol of the brand and one of the most iconic watches in the industry. Or like Jack Forster of Hodinkee said once, the Lange 1 is a watch that isn’t just iconic, it’s a watch that is so iconic that saying so is one of the biggest clichés in watch…

Start / | The Doxa with sector dial Story Doxa was founded by Georges Ducommun in Le Locle in 1889. At the beginning the company predominantly produced pocket watches, mainly for the Eastern European Market. On September 17th 1907, the company with the Swiss patent number 33236 received the patent for a watch with an eight-day movement. This movement was also used in automobiles, including Bugatti. After the death of Georges Ducommun in 1936, his son-in-law Jacques Nardin, son of…

Start / | Mathey – Tissot the tropical chronograph Story Edmond Mathey – Tissot established his watchmaking business in the village of Les Ponts-de-Martel in 1886. After it was founded, the company soon began producing chronographs. During the first world war, Mathey – Tissot supplied the United States Army with chronographs in large quantities. During the second world war the company continued to supply the U.S. Army and then the Royal Navy too. In the 1950’s Mathey – Tissot was…

Start / | Doxa spillmann chronograph Story Here we offer a beautiful Doxa Antimagtique chronograph housed in a Spillmann case. Spillmann cases were used by various brands such as Mulco, Bovet, Universal, Omega and the most prominent is probably Rolex. Therefore it is not suprising, that Spillman is next to François Borgel and Taubert & Fils one of the most important case makers of the last century. The case of this watch seems to be unpolished, only the pusher at…

Start / | Junghans the Olympic chronograph Story In the late summer 1972 the Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad, was held in Munich at this time West Germany. Junghans, a company founded 1861 in the black forest and therefore looks back on a long tradition in the watch industry, was selected as the official timekeeper for this event. For this occasion Junghans released the so called Olympic collection. With its orange accents and the…

Start / | IWC the Pocket Ingenieur Story In the late seventies and early eighties pocket watches had a short renaissance. Therefore during 1982 IWC introduced a pocket watch their appearance is heavily based on the Ingenieur SL wristwatch, which was designed in 1976 by Gerald Genta. This pocket watch got the reference 5215 and has a three body waterproof case in stainless steel. According to IWC the Ingenieur SL pocket watch is the first waterproof pocket watch in the…

Start / | Gruen the Ocean Chief Story Finding a tool watch in all original and extremly well preserved condition like this Gruen Ocean Chief is a rare occurrence. Rarely because, this type of watches was used to extinction often. Obviously this watch, described below, was handeld very well during its lifetime. Although she is more than sixty years old, this timepiece remains in an excellent condition. Case and bezel show almost no signs of wear, only the case back…

Start / | F. P. Journe the Chronometre souverain Story Introduced in 2005 the Chronometre Souverain was inspired by marine chronometers of the 19th century. Initially offered with a 40 millimeter case, a little bit later this model was also available with a 38 millimeter case, which is discontinued now. An interesting aspect of this watch is the position of the power reserve. It is said , that Journe wanted to put the power reserve in context with the crown…

Start / | Jaeger – LeCoultre the Porthole E 502 Story In 1951 Jaeger – LeCoultre introduced the Futurematic reference E501. Showing an unique feature at that time, these watches did not have a visible crown. Mounted on the back side of the case, only setting time was possible with it. Reference 501 was fitted with the automatic calibers 497, 497/1 or 827. All these calibers featured two hack mechanisms, one for the sub second when sliding the crown for…