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<p><meta charset="utf-8"><span data-teams="true">Spend a day in Saint-Blaise, discovering Phimphrachanh's workshop and his vision of traditional watchmaking, encapsulated within his craft.</span></p><p><a class="read-more" href="https://www.acollectedman.com/blogs/journ…
<h1> <meta charset="utf-8"> <span>Watchmaker Bernhard Zwinz started with a blank sheet when dreaming up what became the calibre CW03. It powers his latest reference, evocatively named Heart Return...</span> </h1><p><a class="read-more" href="https://www.acollectedman.co…
<p>Straddling the worlds of craft and art, enamel is often seen as separate to watchmaking, used to adorn dials and held in an exalted position that can elevate a piece but is never quite reconciled with the mechanics and clockwork that underpin a watch. </p><p><a clas…
<p>In this final, and mammoth instalment of our guide to Urban Jürgensen & Sønner, we study the watches the brand serially produced between 1982 and 2010.</p><p><a class="read-more" href="https://www.acollectedman.com/blogs/journal/urban-jurgensen-wristwatches">More…
<p>Bernhard Zwinz is reviving the name and work of a 19th century watchmaker - J.T. Winnerl. Fusing elements across time and space, Zwinz’ perfectionism is evident in each hand-hammered dimple on his dials, entirely absorbed by the desire to create work that fits seamle…
<p><meta charset="utf-8">A rarely seen combination of complications, we dive into the history and making of the gongs found in Hazemann and Monnin’s Montre École Souscription watches.<br></p><p><a class="read-more" href="https://www.acollectedman.com/blogs/journal/hm-go…
<p>In the second installation of our guide to Urban Jürgensen & Sønner, we closely examine the innovation and craft behind the pocket watches with which the brand was resurrected. </p><p><a class="read-more" href="https://www.acollectedman.com/blogs/journal/urbanjur…
<p><meta charset="utf-8"><span>If the period between 2013 and 2017 and the AK-06 represented two distinct phases in Rexhep Rexhepi’s story so far, the watchmaker decisively shifted gears again in 2018. His first taste of wider success with the AK-06 gave the watchmaker…
<p>Currently located in Rumilly, France, Cools’s workshop makes around 12 watches a year with only two watchmakers at work – himself and his partner. Despite this, the work continues at an unrelenting pace, as his inaugural Tourbillon Souscription pieces have just been…
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