James Stacey – A. Lange & Söhne (Germany)

A. Lange & Söhne doesn’t need much introduction but this small German watch manufacturer has been producing one of the finest watches over the years. Germany has been had a strong watchmaking history in the past and A. Lange & Söhne has paved a good part of it. Their watches are full of uniqueness while being gorgeous and distinctive. They focus on featuring watches that are beautifully subtle with complexity. A.Lange & Söhne is the heart of German watchmaking.

Jack Forster – Grand Seiko (Japan)

Grand Seiko is one of those brands that really shows you do no have to be a Swiss brand to succeed in the watchmaking world. The Japanese brand has been designing amazing watches since the start of the 20th century and since then has had a name for themselves. The philosophy of quality that informs them is so characteristically Japanese which makes it so incredible. Grand Seiko doesn’t aspire to resemble a great Swiss watch; instead, it strives to be the best possible Japanese watch. Grand Seiko has shown great evidence that you can be at any part of the world to create such a wonderful timepiece.

Stephen Pulvirent – Sarpaneva (Finland)

Many people would not think as Finland as a country for watchmaking rather one for hockey legends or  telecom companies like Nokia. Sarpaneva has been producing watches from the center of Helsinki. Their watches have a completely different feel to them having a rock n’ roll feeling to them. With the signature moon grinning back at you from the often layered dials. They also has a line of slightly lower priced pieces under the brand S.U.F that are intended for the Finnish domestic market and play off local culture and use local materials. It is very fascinating to see a watch brand like this using their own materials and building watches in their own turf while making watches that are nothing alike to the ‘Swiss’ style.

Audemars Piguet has continued on their development path and in 2000, while celebrating their 125th anniversary, their first model with Equation of time, sunrise, sunset and perpetual calendar was released.  To this day, Audemars Piguet watches are still meticulously handcrafted and designed by watchmakers.

In the video below, a clip will be showing how a Swiss watch is made & assembled from beginning to end. The video is very eye catching and should be interesting for those who love their wristwatches. This will give you an insight of how all these small mechanical parts come together to form a majestic timepiece like this AP.

Mazzuoli wanted something other than conventional designs. Instead of the basic dials, he chose to draw inspiration from a pressure gauge. The word “manometro”, in fact, translates to pressure gauge in English. Although many collections such as the Contagiri, Manometro has always been the flagship collection.

The Manometro Camouflage is a time-only watch with three hands from the center. The watch features a chunky 45.5mm x 13.5mm case, offset winding crown at 2 o’clock,  and is powered using the trusty ETA 2824 movement. Hence the name, the “camouflage” pattern is available in four different colors – forest green, navy blue, desert beige and urban black. And equipped with the dial and strap of each matching and respective watch in a complementing colour.

Its case is made strictly in Italy, in Mazzuoli’s Florentine, Tavarnelle Val di Pesa laboratories using a composite material of coloured resin in a great labour-intensive process. These colors can be achieved by using pigments extracted from stones and minerals and have a high resistance to both light and heat.

The time taken to build each and every one of these watches must be absurdly long. These watches are not cheap for no reason, the mechanics and time taken making and single-handly build the watches are crazy. As Cool Tech describes the properties and reason why each of these watches keep in the mind the price before you fall in love.

In the video you will see the first watch is one that you could tell time without looking at the watch. It is designed for touch when you cant easily use sight. For those who are blind this is a perfect watch. The watch brand is called Eone and goes for a price of $285 USD.

The second watch you will see is a watch from Weiss Watch Company. It is a simple mechanical watch that fits nice. It is completely mechanical made by hand in the US. The colors vary by dial and band color/material. The minimum price of one is up for $950 USD.

Last but not least is the wondrous Girard-Perregaux Jackpot Tourbillion. This timepiece is up for a whopping $700,000 USD. The coolest feature besides the mechanics and the tourbillion is the fact that you can play a miniature size slot machine. You can pull down the mini lever and the slot machine will randomize your 3 symbols to either win or lose.

Enjoy!