Company profile: Graham was founded in 1995 by Eric Loth, who was born in Bienne in about 1959, grew up in Swiss watch town Le Locle, and studied engineering in Neuchâtel. This was followed by post-graduate studies in metallurgy, and then in business administration. He worked for many companies, including ABB, Rado, and then the…
At SIHH in January, Richard Mille announced that at that show they would be presenting just two watches, with others arriving later, so as to ensure the appropriate amount of media attention for each piece. True to their word, they are now providing a first look at the RM 27-02 tourbillon made in cooperation with…
This is a new edition of a historic Longines chronograph present in the brand’s museum and dating back to the first half of the 20th century, with a steel case housing a column-wheel chronograph with a single pusher within the crown, and with a tachymetric scale on the dial. It is available in two versions,…
A brief digression on a watch that took me by surprise, that was presented in 2013 as a limited edition, that is a type that I think we will see more of over the next few years. Eric Loth founded his company Graham in 1995, and though I can’t help being a bit suspicious of…
After its role in Interstellar, Hamilton is back in cinemas, appearing in the film The Martin directed by Ridley Scott. Usually, Hamilton doesn’t pay to appear in films, and their watches, whether production models or specially-made, have appeared in about 450 movies, by virtue of their long-standing relationship with Hollywood as exemplified by Elvis Presley and…
This large, military-style watch is made by Graham, a company based in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Swiss watchmaking town par excellence, and founded in 1995 by Eric Loth. The name comes from English clockmaker George Graham (1673-1751), who made several improvements to the pendulum clock and introduced the so-called Graham escapement, in actual fact invented in about…
In this watch, Ulysse Nardin does a lot of new stuff and presents it with a remarkable degree of understatement. Each of the watches is encircled by baguette diamonds, or coloured sapphires, but the particular setting technique and the fact that the stainless steel case, 45.8 mm in diameter, is coated in matt black rubber…
In Switzerland they’re good at making watches, but they can also fly, with the Patrouille Suisse performing tight-formation aerobatics since its foundation in 1964 (exactly 50 years after the foundation of the Swiss Air Force, 1914). In 2013, the Swiss defence minister announced that the squadron would be disbanded by early 2016, but it seems…
The Marine Chronometer series by Ulysse Nardin comprises mostly men’s models, but the two new pieces for this year are limited editions for women. A comparison between the men’s piece closest to these two new watches shows that they are very similar (see photo below), with the same 43 mm diameter case, the same dial…