‘Time Piece’: If You Only Watch One Film On Independent Watchmaking, Watch...
The short film "Timepiece" features two of the world's best living watchmakers, Philippe Dufour and Vianney Halter and provides insight into what makes the watches by these masters so special. The post...
View ArticleWhy I Bought It: Vianney Halter Deep Space Tourbillon
This is the first in a planned series of “why I bought it” articles that will unfold here over time. Of course, there will be photos – and lots of them – but I hope you’ll find my commentary on a...
View ArticleRoundup of SalonQP 2014: London’s Premier Watch Exhibition
SalonQP, London's premier watch exhibition, ran from the 6th through the 8th of November 2014 at the prestigious Saatchi Art Gallery in central London. It was bigger and better than ever in terms of...
View ArticleGaryG’s Year in Review 2014
It seems like only yesterday, but it was all the way back in January of 2014 that I had the opportunity to sit down for the first time with Elizabeth and Ian and hear their plans for Quill & Pad....
View ArticleThe Harry Winston Opus Series: A Complete Overview From Opus 1 Through Opus 13
Following the Swatch Group’s takeover of Harry Winston, a continuation of the Opus series with an Opus 14 seemed in doubt to me, though at Baselworld 2015 Dr. Nayla Hayek, chair of the Swatch Group’s...
View ArticleArtisans Du Temps: 30th Anniversary AHCI Exhibition At MIH Museum In La...
In 1985, Svend Andersen and Vincent Calabrese founded the AHCI: Académie Horlogère des Créateurs Indépendants. The aim was to help independent watchmakers survive at a time when large brands and quartz...
View ArticleYou Are There: Visiting The Vianney Halter Workshop
One of the great things about making friends in the watchmaking communities is that sooner or later, one starts receiving invitations to visit the places where the beautiful handwork in horology...
View ArticleIs Independent Creative Horology Dead?
In the early 1990s, I was facing the same dilemma as today: should I buy modern or vintage? The problem was that the modern watches actually all looked vintage, right down to the sizes. There was...
View ArticleThe Top 10 Most Popular Posts Of 2015 On Quill & Pad
It’s pretty interesting to us to find out what you like to read most, and we hope that it’s interesting for you to read, too - particularly at the end of the old year. For this reason, we bring you the...
View ArticlePhoto Caption Competition No. 3 Starring Vianney Halter
Thanks to all who submitted entries to our Photo Caption Competition No. 2 on Facebook, Twitter, and in the comments of this post. Here are the best captions from Photo Caption Competition No. 2, plus...
View ArticleHow Contemporary Haute Horlogerie Stacks Up Against Contemporary Haute...
Contemporary watchmaking has been making waves in the generally calm waters of traditional watchmaking for nearly two decades and has radically changed perceptions as to what haute horlogerie might be....
View ArticleWhy I Bought It: Vianney Halter Antiqua
A piece that for me is a long-term keeper, is the wonderful Antiqua by Vianney Halter. The truth is that I fell for the Antiqua when I first saw one more than a dozen years ago; while many of my...
View Article‘Time Piece’: If You Only Watch One Film On Independent Watchmaking, Watch...
The short documentary film 'Time Piece' features two of the world's best living watchmakers, Philippe Dufour and Vianney Halter, and provides insight into what makes the watches by these masters so...
View ArticleWhy I Bought It: Vianney Halter Deep Space Tourbillon (Archive)
I hope you’ll find this commentary on a collector’s mindset and the motivations, delights, and possible misgivings behind why I bought a Vianney Halter Deep Space Tourbillon interesting and helpful....
View ArticleBehind The Lens: Twice The Fun With Two Vianney Halter Antiquas
It’s no secret that I’m a big fan of Vianney Halter and his work. I strongly believe that one of the defining moments of my development as a collector was taking the plunge and buying an example of his...
View ArticleWhy I Bought It: Vianney Halter Deep Space Tourbillon (Archive)
GaryG bought a Vianney Halter Deep Space Tourbillon and hopes that you will find his commentary on a collector’s mindset and the motivations, delights, and possible misgivings interesting and helpful....
View ArticleUrwerk AMC: Atomic (Clock) Mechanical Control Is A 21st Century Version Of...
Here’s a prediction by Ian Skellern: the relatively nondescript AMC movement Urwerk presented at the 2018 SIHH will not only become one of the horological highlights of the year but will take its place...
View ArticleBest Exhibition Of Independent Watchmaking Of 2018 (Outside SIHH): Philippe...
'Watchmakers: The Masters of Art Horology' is an international traveling exhibition of watches by 13 of the world’s best independent watchmakers and horologists. This special exhibition of horological...
View ArticleYou Are There: ‘Watchmakers: The Masters Of Art Horology’ At The Maxxi...
I had the good fortune to visit Rome on Thursday for the opening of 'Watchmakers: The Masters of Art Horology' at the Maxxi Gallery in Rome, and if you have a few minutes I'd like to share the evening...
View Article‘Time Piece’: If You Only Watch One Film On Independent Watchmaking, Watch...
The short documentary film 'Time Piece' features two of the world's best living watchmakers, Philippe Dufour and Vianney Halter. It provides insight into what makes the watches by these masters so...
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