This is an interview with Stefan Ketelaars. Stefan is one of those guys with a magic touch who can create anything he sets his mind to. He started with refurbishing vintage watches and then moved to skeletonizing existing watch movements. […]
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Ligne is one of those terms that you may have seen before but not knowing exactly what it means. I certainly had never heard of it before I became interested in watches and watchmaking. When I did read about it,
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This time a very obscure watch on the bench. I couldn’t find any info about Marchal La Haye. All I know is that it’s a 1940s dress watch with an AS 984 movement, a lovely dial with a railroad minute
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This Omega Seamaster Cosmic with a 601 movement was a tough call. The dial, hands, and the front of the case are in good condition, but the back looks like it was used as a block plane. During the inspection,
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Another Buren Grand Prix on the workbench. I’ve had two close encounters with a Buren Grand Prix before. One of them even had the same movement, the Buren 1420. This one is from the 1960s and in great condition. The
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As far as watch complications go, a lot of them are reminders of earlier times. They were seen as novelties at the time, but they’ve since become obsolete. Some of them are even entirely pointless (I’m looking at you, moon
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