The ‘Grand Siècle’, which saw the art of engineering reach a pinnacle of refinement, still echoes down to us three centuries later, in the second decade of the 21st century. Not all the explorers of the future have turned to the promised miracles of ‘smart’ technology. Some of them, without the slightest trace of nostalgia, continue to tread the traditional paths and pursue the art of mechanical mastery. May their quest be a long and happy one.

DB28 GS by De Bethune

BREGUET TRADITION AUTOMATIQUE SECONDE RÉTROGRADE 7097 by Breguet

ACADEMY GEORGES FAVRE-JACOT by Zenith

HMS TEN by Romain Gauthier

20-SECOND TEMPOGRAPH by Louis Moinet

INSTRUMENT COLLECTION DSTB by Arnold & Son

MONACO V4 PHANTOM by TAG Heuer

HLRS01 HONEYCOMB by Hautlence

Source: Europa Star March 2015 Magazine Issue