Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Now what are the most beautiful watches in terms of the front view, i.e. the dial , hands and bezel? Here are…
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. So what are the most beautiful watch movements? Each person certainly has his/her own view. Here are my personal top 5 of…
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This essay originated from one of my old posts on watch forum 名表论坛 watchbbs.com in 2007, and was re-written in 2011. Obviously, it doesn't cover any Lange or Journe references…
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Girard Perregaux Ref 90200 S. F. Foudroyante, full name Scuderia Ferrari Chronographe à rattrapante à seconde foudroyante, is the best lookng split second foudroyante chronograph so far to my eyes.…
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在我看来，这是一只具有哲学意味的表，它纯粹而内敛，简洁到极致，洗尽浮华，返璞归真。 The Simplicity is an ultimate simple watch by the great watchmaker Philippe Dufour. It is a grail watch for many watch collectors in the world. How so? Well, hard…
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Among all the complicated functions of a watch, chronograph is my favorite. And among my favorite chronograph wristwatches, no doubt Datograph is at the top tier. 简单表之外的诸多功能中，我最爱计时，只因它于我最为实用，而实用之外纯粹把玩也最具互动性。在我有幸见识过的计时款中，最喜欢A. Lange & Söhne（朗格）的Datograph。时而听到有人说Datograph是有史以来最好的一款计时手表，这个论断自然很主观且极端，因我接触的计时表数量极为有限，对此无从亦无心细究，但无疑在我眼中Datograph是至今见过的拥有最美机芯的手表。…
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An essay about Anniversary Langematik, my first love in watch collecting. This is before I got into independents, Patek and vintage Rolex... 每一个人都有他心中最爱，爱表之人必定也有他最爱的表，或许还不止一只。我最爱之表，如果只允许有一只，则是Anniversary Langematik，现代A. Lange & Söhne（朗格）的一款珐琅面小三针简单自动表。 Anniversary Langematik是那种令一见钟情我的表。和女人一样，它之所以吸引我，首先很自然是因为它美丽的外表。有的表，第一眼并不喜欢，却很耐看，慢慢地就着了迷；有的表，初次见面为之惊艳，但那份靓丽和新鲜感并不长久，渐渐就失去兴趣；也有极少数的一些表，一见倾心并百看不厌，Anniversary Langematik正属于此类。…
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Sonus Faber Guarneri Homage, arguably the best speaker ever made for playing violin, also my most favorite bookshelf speaker along with B&W Silver Signature and few others. I am very…