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Tweet Independent watchmakers and the ‘BIG name’ brands are very different. Yet they all aim for the same goal, which is making (and selling) beautiful watches. In a series of articles i will share some observations and thoughts. In my first chronicle about Independent Watchmakers & the ‘BIG name’ brands I wrote about the difference...
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Tweet The Grönefeld Boutique opens it doors on December 19th and is the first boutique representing Independent Haute Horlogerie brands in the Netherlands. Tim and Bart Grönefeld already made name with their own highly complicated wrist watch, the Grönefeld GTM-06. On December 19th they will open the doors of their new boutique, representing Independent...
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Tweet The Dutch watch magazine Watching gives attention to Independent Watchmakers. The recent issue features the first article about an independent… this time: Sarpaneva. Yours truly is the writer of the article and i want to thank Watching for paying attention to Independent Watchmakers. This article is first in a series called ‘opgeMERKt’ which...
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Tweet The high-end watch market shows some remarkable extremes. BIG brands, mostly part of large investment groups, and small independents… some observations. Most well-known BIG brands are gathered under the wings of huge groups like LVMH, Richemont and the Swatch Group. And than there are the small independent watchmakers. Of course there are many,...
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Tweet Water resistance to 5000 meters. A watch capable of this can easily be called the ultimate dive watch. Pita, a innovative Spanish watch brand, made this ultimate dive watch. The Pita Oceana. Pita Barcelona is Aniceto Jiménez Pita’s watch brand. And guess where he’s from…. Aniceto Pita (1947) is a self-taught watchmaker who...
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Tweet The Watch Factory was a small sideshow exhibition at Baselworld 2009. Although it was the first time for this extra exhibition for Independent Haute Horlogerie, it was a huge success. Next year it The Watch Factory will be over the course of the SIHH and Baselworld. During this year’s Baselworld (2009) i spent...
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