In love with a leviathan   It is January and half the population have New Year’s resolutions, many of which undoubtedly relate to body image. It seems vast numbers of people are unhappy with their physique. This is no revelation. There is a huge ...

A cold morning at Geneva Airport and I joined fellow journalists on the mini-bus, destined for a location in the Jura mountains. A regular occurrence, several of the usual suspects were present. We often visit ateliers en-masse to view the craftsmanship in the land of chocolate, cheese, banking and of course, haute horology.

I usually choose to write about watches which have simplicity and classic form as a preference but I find this watch fascinating.     I tried to rationalise this attraction.   I think it the organisation of the sub dials and the vista through the...

Its groundbreaking achievement of liberation from gravity, its risk taking in creating such a high frequency has brought its reward in this honour resulting in the Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève, 1st prize in "Complicated Watch Category".