have kept it unworn for a month. Placed on my desk, after wearing it almost daily for several months.It has a matt appearance, very "wood" like in nature, as if the case was carved from a heavy, solid piece of teakwood. Very unusual, it does not even look like metal, a very very pleasing and strangely "zen" like quality of serenity about it.Now, when the first pieces arrive in Singapore for Tempus, we MUST compare them! ...

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Reasons behind design? To convey a very bold and mechanical look - no superluminova, only bold carved-in materials. It is a watch from another time, between the 1920's African/Art Deco period and the futuristic "Predator" Steam Punk era. Giger..Swiss...Computer era...vs tribal drums... The design is a mixture of Art Deco and African Art (which was an influence on Art Deco). These inspirations came from the idea of allowing a revival of the "hunter's watch" represented by the first Gefica - by reconsidering ...

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Part of my "job" last year was to give my personal opinion to private banking folk, I was approached to share with them my personal views.The study done had nothing to do with me, but I did give certain inputs, all personal points of view...as this was what they wanted. Not industry, and not niche collectors, but they were hoping to "sample" or "biopsy" a collector, and so I end up in Geneva with these words as recorded verbatim in an interview.Recording: 2006 summer Geneva:PW inetrviewing Dr Bernard Cheong...

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