Author: watchesandwords

Owner review: Ophion 786 Vélos

I can remember my reaction when I saw the Ophion 786 Vélos back in the days (during the COVID period). I instantly thought: “What a beautiful looking and tasteful watch.” My second thought was: “This is too good to be true, either it will be enormously costly or the waiting time will kill my patience”…
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05/05/2023
Owner review: Union Glashütte 1893

A manual wind classic chronograph with a white and shiny enamel lacquered dial surface, railway minute track, beautiful black arabic numerals, bluish hands, stainless steel case, made in Glashütte, Saxony, Germany. “Not bad … yes, sure, I am fine with it, I will take one. Holy shit, that costs as much as a year’s salary,…
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06/04/2023
Owner Review: Torsti Laine – Laine V38 Black Guilloche

The Laine V38. In 2021 I visited Torsti Laine in Le Locle (Switzerland) for the first time and wrote a longer text about it for Quill and Pad in spring 2022 (“Visiting Torsti Laine”). Torsti Laine was born in Finland and lives and works in the center of watchmaking in Switzerland. He is a graduate…
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28/02/2023
Owner review: Vacheron Constantin Quai de l’Ile

A very fancy case: The Vacheron Constantin Quai de l’Ile is an extremely large and rather unusual watch in terms of design – it is very huge, very wide, very uncommon, rather less elegant. It has a clear, excellently legible modern sector-style dial and a Vacheron Constantin movement with the Poinçon de Genève (the Hallmark…
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25/01/2023
Owner Review: Kudoke 1 – Meet the Kudokes

If you want to meet some of the nicest people in the world of watches – consider a visit to the Kudokes. It was more than 10 years ago that I first became aware of the watches of Stefan Kudoke (watchmaker and engraver) from Saxony, Germany. The name, which is written on the dial and…
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11/12/2022