Boegli M900 Mozart. Horology and Music combine.
It winds to tell the time and it winds to play a melody. The Boegli musical watches are an intriguing mix of horology and musicality.
It winds to tell the time and it winds to play a melody. The Boegli musical watches are an intriguing mix of horology and musicality.
Wind the crown at 3 o'clock and hear Mozart's Magic Flute ring out from your wrist. The pusher at 4 will begin and end the musical experience.
The crown at 9 will keep you on time.
Housing: Completely made of stainless steel
Coating: IP coating
Housing Back: Transparent back with 6 screws
Glass: sapphire glass on both sides
Clockwork : New round module with mechanical music system with 17 notes and automatic movement ETA 2671. Decoration with "Côtes de Genève"
Crowns: a crown at 3 o'clock for the music play-on and a crown at 9 o'clock for the time setting
Button: A button to "stop and start" the melody
Dial: Made on 3 levels with "Côtes de Genève" decoration
Date: Calendar at 6 o'clock on the small time zone
Hands: Full-color hour, minute and second hands
Watch strap: Genuine alligator leather strap with folding clasp
Limited edition: 99 pieces
Size: Ø 47,00 mm
Panerai Radiomir PAM 210
This Panerai Radiomir painting was a commission from very early this year. That time feels like another life. I've lived in 5 different homes since then, moved overseas, and the United States has a new president.
Right now I'm in Rome, Italy. The last 2 months have been packed with seeing Italian and Roman architecture and history and drinking lots of coffee, both moka and espresso.
Sharing this Radiomir now is apt, an Italian brand watch while I'm living in Italy. Only recently have I read into the difference between a Radiomir and a Luminor. I've been saying both of those words for the better part of three years, completely ignorant of their meaning. Thank you to Wrist Weapons I can now confidently distinguish between the two (read his article here).
Life size painting of a Panerai Radiomir PAM210. Just kidding, it only feels that way.
Get to know a little more about the PAM210 at the links below.
WristWatchPhoto
Youtube QuanNimir
Buy one for yourself at one of the links below.
A. Lange & Sohne 1815
The A. Lange & Sohne 1815
This overview is taken from alange-soehne.com, where you can find all the technical info.
The name 1815 stands for the birth year of Ferdinand A. Lange, who established Germany’s precision watchmaking industry in Glashütte. The design of the 1815 is characterised by traditional style elements: with blued hands, Arabic numerals and the railway-track minute scale, it is a worthy ambassador of Lange’s watchmaking heritage.
If you're part of the Sunflowerman email Team then you read something about birds at the end of the A. Lange email. I don't know what I was talking about lol. But if you want to join the Sunflowerman Team and get my thoughts and paintings in your inbox sign up below. I promise that sometimes I will say some weird things.
Zenith 150 Years
Celebrating 150 years of Zenith Watches in the world.
Together with iW Magazine I created a series of illustrations celebrating the grand milestone of 150 years of manufacture.
Starting with founder Georges Favre Jacot.
Moving on to the original El Primero.
Getting fancy with Hennessey and the Elite 6150.
Enjoying an adrenaline rush with the El Primero Sport.
And finally celebrating the storied and significant Zenith Pilot Extra Special watch.
Each illustration is featured in the iW Magazine print edition.
Artisanal Hermes
A look at the Hermes Artisan crafts in watchmaking with iW Magazine.
Millefiori Watch
Millefiori
'1 Thousand Flowers.' Millefiori is a technique in glassworking which creates unique patterns in Glasswear designs.
Enameling
Enameling is the process of adhering powdered glass to another surface. This specific technique is Cloisonné Enameling, where raised metal barriers are used to separate individual sections of enamel.
Marquetry
Marquetry is creating decorative patterns with pieces of veneer, specifically straw veneer in the Hermés designs.
Engraving
Engraving is the act of carving a surface and reducing it's raised sections to a decorative design.
Porcelain
Porcelain is a specific type of ceramic heated at extremely high temperatures and often characterized by a translucent quality. The Hermés porcelain dials are also hand painted.
Saddle Stitching
Saddle Stitching is a staple of the Hermés repertoire. Perfected by founder Thierry Hermés in the 1800's and still used in the leather work of the company to this day.
Setting
Setting is the process of hand placing the jewels that adorn the body of an Hermés watch.
Read more at iW Magazine
Longines: Military COSD
Longines Watercolour Watch Project.
The Longines Heritage Military COSD watch was launched at Baselworld 2015, but didn't get rolled out until this month, October 2015. It's been some time since Baselworld, since I painted this piece for the Watercolour Watch Project in collaboration with Time+Tide Watches. I now present to you, Longinges Military Heritage, 2015.
Based on a piece of equipment used by the British Special Forces during the 1940s, and marked with the COSD label to identify it as produced for the Combined Operations Command. Longines has once again reached back into its history to produce beautiful works of art for the wrist.
From the utilitarian design, the luminova hands to the green khaki nato strap the watch exists as a tribute to it's original design as a useful tool for the soldier. I imagine that if the date window existed back in the 40's it might have been included on the watch. No one wanted to advance from the trenches a day early, or a day late.
The case sits neatly at 40mm. The Caliber is an L619, Self winding mechanical movement beating at 28'800 vibrations per hours and providing 42 hours of power reserve.
