3-Watch Thursday #2
MING, Neo-Vintage and Cal. 360
Hey Team,
Hope you’ve had a good week and enjoyed last week’s edition of 3-Watch Thursday.
Before we get going, a huge thank you to all new subscribers in the last week. Many were directed this way from trendsetter Tony’s mention in Rescapement earlier this week.
All said it’s been a relatively slow week. But that won’t stop this week’s 3-Watch Thursday.
Ming's First Tourbillon Reminds Me How Much I've Grown
Published a week ago, this article was James’ (@waitlisted) first written piece on Hodinkee and my word it was good.
James is someone I “met” during the weird clubhouse phase of the pandemic and inspired me to better my watch photography and now photography in general. The story he tells here is his close affinity for Ming and his journey into photography by learning from Ming Thein.
Since then he has gone from strength to strength now photographing auction lots and events for Hodinkee.
His article is beautifully written and tells the story of how with some motivation you can become one of the most prominent and recognisable watch photographers.
I really enjoyed this one. Thank you James.
The Rise Of Neo-Vintage Watches
This week has been a bit of a slow one in the watch world. That’s why I’m looking backwards for articles that I enjoyed and wanted to share.
This one from A Collected Man about the rise of neo-vintage watches from last month sprung to mind.
I’m usually a fan of most articles from ACM, and I love this one.
There’s been increasing chatter in the last couple of years about neo-vintage and you can see it in auction results and the offerings from the likes of ACM and Subdial.
This piece explores the concept of neo-vintage, first defining it as:
"More importantly than just the period itself, these pieces sit within the liminal space between old and new, tradition and progression."
and subsequently goes on to discuss the varying factors that have made the watches what they are.
I couldn’t write about this article without showing you this image though:
Do yourself a favour, give this article a read here to stare at a higher resolution version of this image all day.
You deserve it.
In-Depth: The Longines Observatory Chronometer Cal. 360
Going even further even back to this In-Depth piece from SJX about the Longines Cal. 360.
I’ll admit I’m a little bit biased.
SJX gave me my first writing opportunity online for a watch publication, but I love the technically focused articles. This one by Dr Christian Müller is no exception.
The cal. 360 was a world-beating chronometer and Müller goes into immense detail describing the cal. 360.
Everything from movement design to hairspring materials is covered and it’s the type of article that just gets you hooked.
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