HeyJaredRobin Swithinbank
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Robin Swithinbank: I've seen the world's rarest and most valuable watches with my own eyes. Now, you can too (opens the original)
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Patek Philippe’s seventh ‘Watch Art’ Grand Exhibition begins in the Italian city on Friday and will showcase hundreds of watches and clocks, but the biggest draws will be the Swiss watchmaker’s Calibre 89, Star Calibre 2000 and Grandmaster Chime, a trio of so-called ‘supercomplications’. The Calibre 89 pocket watch became the world’s most complicated mechanical watch when it was unveiled in 1989 to mark Patek Philippe’s 150th anniversary. With 33 complications — or functions — including a star c
Why don't more people know about the Bodmin-born horologist who helped put Britain — quite literally — on the map? (opens the original)
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I may be wrong, but I don’t feel lists of greatest Britons are drawn up as often as they once were. Mostly, they’ve been replaced by affections for the animal kingdom. I’m all for Eurasian curlews, but as a substitute for Sir Winston Churchill? As it is, even when these rankings appear, the name of John Arnold (1736-1799) doesn’t tend to register. This despite the fact the Bodmin-born horologist was one of (and perhaps the most significant of) a group of 18th-century horologists who — quite lite
Plutocrats, presidents and pioneers: The watch maketh the man — or is it the other way round? (opens the original)
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In a list of the greatest watches, you will seldom find one that isn't in some way linked to one of the greatest human beings — and, particularly, to a man on whom history has bestowed greatness. The relationship between these men and their watches is eternally curious. It’s symbiotic, but it’s not always clear which party, if either, benefits most. The prima facie conclusion is that the watches benefit immeasurably more. Omega’s Speedmaster, for example, would be far less but for NASA’s moonwal
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