Posted in Timepieces on Apr 17th, 2008
To date, although I had yet to get a real Tourbillon watch; I had already been inspired by the concept and how it works as shown in many videos like the one above. This Tourbillon is the King of all Tourbillon in my opinion; it is called the GyroTourbillon from Jaeger Lecoultre.
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Posted in Timepieces on Apr 11th, 2008
After I had inspired by my very first mechanical watch which I had purchased a few weeks ago, I got myself another Open Heart Mechanical Watch. The design is different but it has the same concept; the “Open Heart” concept. Ok, beside some minor faults I had mentioned below; it is considered a pretty good watch [...]
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Posted in Timepieces on Apr 6th, 2008
I had just purchased a cheap and affordable mechanical watch (IK colouring) about 1 week ago. Is it accurate and precise in time keeping? Well, when using a 10x loupe; I noticed that the small second hand seem to totally stop at certain instance for about 1 to 2 sec and then start to move again. Just now, upon [...]
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Posted in Timepieces on Apr 1st, 2008
Today, I put my newly purchased beloved watch in my shirt’s pocket and accompanied me to work. I could not wear it as the metal bracelet is too long for me. I had tried to browse the web and forums on how to shorten the bracelet but many seem to recommend to go to the watches shop for [...]
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Posted in Timepieces on Mar 28th, 2008
My first mechanical watch had just arrived. I am new to watches and this is my first mechanical watch. I was overjoyed. For the pass 10 years or so, I had never wore a watch. I had depended on my mobile phone for time. But now, after get to know about a masterpiece from JLC’s [...]
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Posted in Timepieces on Mar 17th, 2008
Last week, I had passed by an antique shop after a lunch break. For whatever reason, I was drawn into that shop. It was a small antique shop and nothing really catch my eyes. In my mind, I was actually looking for decent vintage tuner. But, this shop do not carry those. On my way out of [...]
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