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Girard-Peregaux announced this month that Dominique Loiseau has joined its manufacturing team during the last quarter of 2011. Dominique Loiseau has worked for more than 30 years at the very top of complex horology (one of his creations is the famed Blancpain 1735) and his latest watch, named Loiseau 1f4, is the most complicated automatic watch, with eight patents in its movement.

when I looked at these pictures of a stunning ref. 16570 from the 1990's. Just LOOK at the wnderful dark patinaned tritium against the squeaky white dial. Oh why of why did I sell this wonderful critter? Confused about the NATO-strap? Don't be. I just like to wear 16-18 mm NATO straps as bracelets. No watch attached.

Last year Gerd-Rüdiger Lang (now 69 years) retired from Chronoswiss, the Munich-based watch company he founded twenty-nine years ago. As his daughter Natalie, also a watchmaker, declined to take over the family business, the fate of Chronoswiss was uncertain. Now it has been announced that Chronoswiss – the entire factory in Karslfeld outside Munich and all employees – have been taken over by a Swiss investor family from outside the watch industry.

Only 3 weeks till the world’s biggest event in the watch and jewellery industry: BaselWorld 2012, that will take place from 8 till 15 March. It is here that you can see the new collections, creations and innovations of the year. The world’s most renowned brands showcase their collections at this international watch fair. The 00/24 team will be there with 8 people for all our editions: 00/24 Horloges in the Netherlands, 00/24 WatchWorld in the United Kingdom, 00/24 WatchWorld in the Nordics and 00/24 WatchWorld in North America.