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Manufacture Royale 1770 Micromegas Watches Hands-On
One of the new releases from Swiss Manufacture Royale is the 1770 Micromegas collection which is the first ever (that I know of) dual tourbillon watch where the tourbillons spin at different rates. The dial offers the time and a display for the two tourbillons that sit side by side over 6 o’clock. One spins at a relatively rapid pace, making a full rotation each 6 seconds, and the other tourbillon is more traditional in its rate, making a full rotation each 60 seconds.Visually, the Manufacture Royale 1770 Micromegas is very interesting as well as unique. The brand’s signature “odd” design ethos is getting a bit more mainstream, but I like that they are still doing things differently. I’ve always sort of placed them in the same aesthetic category as Louis Moinet, but I do feel that the finishing and quality of Manufacture Royale is a lot better – and they also reportedly happen to produce in-house movements, which is a big plus for collectors.
Bremont Explores The Past & Present Of Watchmaking In The UK
Sponsored Post written by co-founder of?Bremont Watches, Nick English.It is not completely unexpected to find that the world sets its time by Greenwich and not by Geneva. Whilst Geneva and Switzerland may be producing the vast majority of luxury wristwatches today, this certainly wasn't always the case. In 1800 half of the world’s watches, around 200,000 pieces a year, were produced on British shores by British watch?makers, which is a remarkable statistic. Another wonderful statistic is that probably over 60-70% of the innovations in a modern day mechanical watch has come from Britain, including every major escapement design. Bremont hopes to continue this tradition into the future, but let’s take a look at the history of watchmaking in the UK.