patrick_yModerator Patrick_y gives a thorough introduction to Fountain Pens in this informative article about pens and how luxury pens are seeing an increase in interest around the globe. Fountain pen photo by Montblanc. This is Montblanc's special fountain pen, known as "Peter the Great" and was designed to pay homage to the Czar. WatchProSite members! We should all be using fountain pens more often! Fountain pens will be the last bastion of sophistication – watches are totally mainstream now and hip hop musicians .....Story

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amanico11 years with the Volvo P1800! I never had a car for such a long time. Sometimes, you get tired of a car, after several years of ownership. Here, it is not the case at all. The more I use it, the more I love it...Story

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amanicoThe LUC 1963 Heritage Chronograph certainly looks familiar to many of our dear members and / or readers, here. Indeed, in 2014, the PuristS Team worked in collaboration with Chopard on a project, a manual winding, no date, chronograph. in a decent size, in steel. Chopard agreed, and we had the.....Story

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amanicoIn 2019, I had the pleasant surprise to discover the Master Grande Tradition Minute Repeater Perpetual in white gold, guilloché blue enamel dial version. I couldn't see the white dialed version till recently, during my last visit at the Manufacture. The Guilloché Blue Enamel version: To sum up my feelings of the moment, I wrote that I was fearing the combination of a minute repeater and an automatic movement, mainly because, most of the time, an automatic movement is not at the level of such a prestigious ... ...Story

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patrick_yPanerai just opened their latest corporate-run boutique in city of Palo Alto, California a few weeks ago at the Stanford Shopping Mall near Stanford University. Palo Alto is a town about 20 miles (30 kilometers) South of San Francisco in Silicon Valley. Panerai is a brand experiencing a resurgence in popularity. Panerai culture peaked right around 2010 in the West and interest in the brand started stagnating - partially driven by the Great Recession and the Mortgage Crisis...Story

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patrick_yURWERK HAS DONE IT AGAIN! They've made another incredible creation! A SUPER COOL NIXIE CLOCK! It stands 1.6 meters tall! Weighs 40 KG!!! What kind of box does this come in? A crate? EIGHT! 8! Eight Nixie tubes displaying hours, minutes, seconds, and hundredths of a second. The bottom tubes are probably a blur! The whole thing looks like a Lightsaber! Any Star Wars fans amongst us? This is just awesome! The URWERK piece is made out of a solid piece of metal. Look at how magnificent these tubes are! The tubes ... ...Story

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amanicoAnother surprise, from Arnold And Son, this year, with this UltraThin Tourbillon. More sober, less spectacular than the GlobeTrotter or the Double Tourbillon, more classic, probably, too, this UltraThin Tourbillon plays the card of Elegance and Classicism. I would not say that it is objectively ultra thin as its 41, 5 mm case is 8, 3 mm high, but thin would have been enough for me. Nonetheless, this case is superb, the slim bezel doesn't ruin the purity of this watch, the crown is discreet, and the lugs have .....Story

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patrick_ySynopsis: How does IWC justify the high pricing of its new INGENIEUR line? Patrick_y examines value in today's Swiss Watch Industry. Could IWC be milking the market with a high price for the INGENIEUR model? No, I have to say it in a nicer more constructive way... Could IWC be overcharging slightly on its new INGENIEUR model? Okay, that's going to be too subtle, but I want to be keep an open mind. IWC is charging around $11,700 USD for their new INGENIEUR line...Story

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patrick_yA lot of people have opinions. And a lot of people think their opinion is right. But these people often don't consider other perspectives and the valid opinions of those perspectives. Thus, this post is designed to help build some empathy for the industry professionals who make the horological products we watch collectors adore...Story

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amanicoThe Double Tourbillon from Arnold and Son is not what we can call a novelty as it was first unveiled in 2014. BUT this year, the brand issued two sublime pieces unique, one with a Malachite dial, the other with an aventurine dial, adding some extra poetry and romanticism to these already exquisite watches. The malachite dial: The Double Tourbillon is a milestone in terms of balance and symmetry with its two tourbillons at 3 and 9 o' clock and the two different time subdials, offering two time zones, at 12 ... ...Story

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