CuratedBy Archives | Swisswatches Magazine https://swisswatches-magazine.com/blog/category/curatedby/ A horological journey Fri, 07 Jul 2023 17:28:27 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2 https://swisswatches-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/image-48x48.jpg CuratedBy Archives | Swisswatches Magazine https://swisswatches-magazine.com/blog/category/curatedby/ 32 32 169749213 Bucherer Masterworks: A New Retail Experience For Watch Enthusiasts https://swisswatches-magazine.com/blog/bucherer-masterworks-a-new-retail-experience-for-watch-enthusiasts/ Sun, 30 Apr 2023 23:00:00 +0000 https://swisswatches-magazine.com/?p=38504 What is watch collecting really about? For me, it’s primarily about discovering the myriad of ways in which humanity measures time. Time is not a physical but rather an abstract sequence, that we can neither change nor reverse. The way…

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]]> 38504 Made of Steel: Wempe Glashütte I/SA Iron Walker https://swisswatches-magazine.com/blog/made-of-steel-wempe-glashutte-i-sa-iron-walker/ Wed, 30 Nov 2022 16:00:00 +0000 https://swisswatches-magazine.com/?p=34305 When Wempe introduced its new watch line Iron Walker two years ago, it aroused our curiosity. Until then, our main interest had steadfastly been in precision mechanics from Swiss manufactures, but with the steel Iron Walker and its integrated straps,…

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]]> 34305 Louis Vuitton’s Ascension From High Fashion to Horological Heaven https://swisswatches-magazine.com/blog/louis-vuittons-ascension-from-high-fashion-to-horological-heaven/ Fri, 25 Nov 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://swisswatches-magazine.com/?p=33770 In order to understand this article as a watch enthusiast or a collector: forget the Louis Vuitton stereotype. Forget the queues going round the corner and burly bouncers at the door. Forget the logo. We are here to understand the…

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]]> 33770 Bucherer BLUE – Exceptional timepieces from Lucerne https://swisswatches-magazine.com/blog/bucherer-blue-exceptional-timepieces-from-lucerne/ Thu, 22 Sep 2022 11:58:00 +0000 https://swisswatches-magazine.com/?p=32575 One would think that the world’s largest watch and jewellery retailer would already have, well, more than enough to do with its business model. With more than 100 boutiques worldwide, 13 of them in Germany, Lucerne-based jeweller Bucherer ensures that…

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]]> 32575 Year Of The Tourbillon: The Story Of Abraham-Louis Breguet, The Man Who Defied Gravity https://swisswatches-magazine.com/blog/breguet-year-of-the-tourbillon/ Thu, 30 Dec 2021 13:00:42 +0000 https://swisswatches-magazine.com/?p=24601 Once upon a time, in the mid-eighteenth century, there lived a watchmaker named Abraham-Louis Breguet. Born in the quiet, misty medieval lakeside Swiss town of Neuchâtel (then a Prussian municipality), he grew up beneath the shadow of an ancient 12th century…

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]]> 24601 The History of The Patek Philippe World Time Watches https://swisswatches-magazine.com/blog/the-history-of-the-patek-philippe-world-time-watches/ Wed, 08 Dec 2021 09:00:59 +0000 https://swisswatches-magazine.com/?p=23754 A function on its own is never everything. This is not exclusive to watchmaking, but it is particularly true here. Take a watch, for example, with which you can dive thousands of meters deep (at least if you wanted to,…

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