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Welcome to the breakthrough issue
We don’t really believe in magic numbers, but we couldn’t let the 10th issue of Watch Around go by without remarking upon it, even going so far as to cast modesty aside and give you the unvarnished truth about ourselves....
The grand-strike clock-watches: the Everest of complications
The news spread with the opening of the Basel watch and jewellery fair in spring 1992. The first wristwatch that chimes the passing hours and quarters had appeared. The grand-strike wristwatch, secretly developed by Philippe...
Filing swing tool
Around 30 of you gave the correct answer, mostly Englishspeaking readers from the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and Singapore. Some Germans got it right, as of course did some from Switzerland. It was in fact a...
Collecting Patek Philippe
Ten kilos! That is the weight of paper auctioneer, Osvaldo Patrizzi, needed to express his devotion to Patek Philippe, the Geneva watchmakers. The three fat volumes end with a special tribute to the company’s Nautilus model and...
Omega highlights
Compiled and published by the producers of A. Lange & Söhne highlights, this booklet doesn't have the same appeal. It goes over the familiar past and present of a well-known brand, already exhaustively covered by Marco...
Audemars Piguet, master watchmaker since 1875
Audemars Piguet is one of the watch brands firmly in the sights of watch enthusiasts and collectors, which amply justifies the publication of this abundantly illustrated book recounting the AP epic since 1875. Since it was...
Classic wristwatches
The 2011/2012 edition of Classic Wristwatches is a guide to the wristwatches traded at auction, and gives the estimated value of more than 1,300 watches with an arrow to show the price trend. Watches from the big, wellknown...
