Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Hometime

At SIHH Officine Panerai presented the P.999, a new hand-wound mechanical movement entirely designed, developed and produced at the Neuchatel manufacture. The new movement has a 12 ligne or 27.44 mm diameter, making it suitable for Panerai’s smaller timepieces like the Radiomir 42 mm. Caliber P.999 has 19 jewels, a single barrel providing a 60-hour power reserve and small seconds at 9 oclock. It is comprised of 154 components and beats at 3 Hz or 21,600 alternations/hour. Equipped with ad........

One of the most important and prestigious American watch manufacturers was the Gruen Watch Company, founded by a brilliant father-and-son team of horologists, Dietrich and Fred Gruen. Among the first companies to sell wristwatches, the Gruens split their manufacturing between two continents, exporting American technology to Germany and Switzerland, and bringing German and Swiss traditions of craftsmanship to America.Dietrich was born in Osthofen, Germany, in 1847, and started his watchmaking car........