Cartier Pasha 18 ct gold automatic Kal. 20 Ref. 1990 Reviews

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The World Of Independent Watch Makers
After I (Meehna) posted an article on Roger Smith, I got several requests for an article on “independents.” By popular demand, here it is:An independent watchmaker brand is not an easy concept to define because there are so many shades of gray when trying to define it. There are lots of brands that are considered independent, but for the purposes of this article, I am referring to brands that have been established by actual watchmakers, who themselves more or less make the watches.
NOMOS Tangomat GMT Watch Review
NOMOS Tangomat GMTIn this post, I want to talk about the Tangomat model from NOMOS, which is a larger and automatic version of their classic Tangente model with the in-house ¦Î (Xi) movement—the manufacture’s most complex movement to-date which powers the Tangomat GMT (reviewed here), the Tangomat GMT Plus, as well as the Zurich Weltzeit (reviewed recently by Adi Soon).A frequent rule in serious watch collecting is to mostly acquire pieces from brands that only use in-house movements.? The implication is that if your watch is not fitted with an in-house caliber it is inferior. However, since in-house does not usually translate to greater value nor higher quality, a fair question to ask is why does in-house movement matter?