Thomas Brechtel

Nov 29, 2024 | revolutionwatch.com | Thomas Brechtel |Sheng Yi Lee |George Pakkos |Neha S Bajpai

Best remembered for pioneering the now-ubiquitous sports steel watch trend, Gérald Genta’s design legacy encompasses some of the 20th century’s most iconic timepieces. Few watches are as instantly recognizable, cherished, and imitated as those crafted by Genta, including the Universal Genève Polerouter, Patek Philippe’s Golden Ellipse, and Audemars Piguet’s Royal Oak. Genta’s creative brilliance, however, truly shone with the launch of his eponymous brand in 1969.

Oct 30, 2024 | quillandpad.com | Ian Skellern |Thomas Brechtel

October 2024 is the 30 Year Anniversary of the most important watch from Germany: the Lange 1. A. Lange & Söhne celebrates the birthday of a legendary watch, the watchmaking flagship of our time: the Lange 1 collection featuring outsize date, asymmetrical dial, and an outstandingly finished mechanical movement is now extended with four new limited edition models. On October, 24th, 1994,  A.

Jun 15, 2024 | quillandpad.com | Thomas Brechtel

Every year in Geneva, you meet the most endearing people and their art, who are involved with watches of all kinds.

Jan 29, 2024 | quillandpad.com | Ian Skellern |Thomas Brechtel

French brand LIP has played, and still plays, an important role for the people and the watchmakers in Besançon, France. It was founded in 1893 as the Société Anonyme d’Horlogerie Lipmann Frères – Lipmann Brothers Clock Factory). Anyone who spends time in this region of France, which isn’t far from the Swiss border, or visits watch fairs or a Bourse d’horlogerie in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Morteau or Les Fins, is likely to come across LIP-watches.

Oct 9, 2023 | revolutionwatch.com | Thomas Brechtel

In the realm of luxury timepieces, the A. Lange & Söhne Datograph stands as a formidable testament to German watchmaking prowess. The Datograph’s journey began just before the turn of the millennium, five years after A. Lange & Söhne unveiled its first four watches at the Dresden Residenzschloss (the royal palace in Dresden) in 1994. However, it was officially launched at Baselworld 1999, rather than in Dresden. In the realm of chronographs, the Datograph holds a special place.