The Most Interesting Watches From Geneva Watch Days
Geneva Watch Days wrapped up last week and with it came a slew of new releases from the world of high end watchmaking. This offers us a chance to indulge our penchant for the overly complex, beautifully finished, and just plain strange (in the best ways). We’ve pulled aside a selection of watches that caught our attention, and while we don’t expect to be adding any to our own collections any time soon, they remind us why we love the hobby as much as we do, and why we don’t wear smart watches.
We won’t get too deep into the weeds on the technical stuff, but you will see the term constant force appearing more than once. For the record, the term constant force, when used in the context of mechanical watch movements, is referring to the application of a consistent level of energy (force) to the escapement regardless of the amount of energy stored within the mainspring. With that, let’s jump in.
Bernhard Lederer Central Impulse Chronometer
This one is for the movement nerds among you. Bernhard Lederer is a German watchmaker who mostly makes mechanisms for other watchmakers and brands. That means he?s not particularly famous, but he?s certainly well known and respected in the world of high end watchmaking, especially in circles where old school chronometric precision is highly valued. His new watch, created under his own name, is the Central Impulse Chronometer, and is a working tribute to George Daniels, and, through him, Abraham Louis Breg...
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