After a year with my Horage Tourbillon
I have worn this watch for more than a year now. The journey was a little bumpy in the beginning. The watch had to be sent back to Switzerland twice for different reasons. I was quite worried as it was my first experience to buy a watch online and having to send it back to its place of production for repair and service. However, I was really impressed with how they resolved all my issues. Despite the frustrations of sending watches for repair and service via courier, I still think it is worth to own this piece of watch and I am still following their development closely. Love the way they pushed boundaries of watchmaking and it is good for the community of watch enthusiasts. The last time I set the time was more than 2 months ago and today it is only about 30 seconds faster. Still mesmerised by rotating tourbillon every time I read the time.
Just someone who love watches that has an empty pocket 🤪
I remember seeing a YT video on this watch. It’s a looker for sure! Love that labyrinth design on the barrel
Horage is definitely an interesting brand with a lot going for them. Making their own movements for such a young brand is pretty cool. The Supersede is the only piece that has interested me in recent years, but they have something new “coming soon”. Looks like it will be a dive watch.
Horage is definitely an interesting brand with a lot going for them. Making their own movements for such a young brand is pretty cool. The Supersede is the only piece that has interested me in recent years, but they have something new “coming soon”. Looks like it will be a dive watch.
Yeah. I hope they use their micro rotor movement. I feel lukewarm about their Supersede dial design but hopefully this one’s different
Gorgeous watch 😍
I’m ordering a Horage now! - will be a big glamorous reveal when I get it in a few months.
Super ballsy for a new company who got cut off from buying movements when they started out, so designed and built their own movements.
Glad you got everything fixed. I know they are great at communicating. All have personal stake caring for their young company
Gorgeous watch 😍
I’m ordering a Horage now! - will be a big glamorous reveal when I get it in a few months.
Super ballsy for a new company who got cut off from buying movements when they started out, so designed and built their own movements.
Glad you got everything fixed. I know they are great at communicating. All have personal stake caring for their young company
Congratulations! You won’t be disappointed. Quality is top notch.
Gorgeous watch 😍
I’m ordering a Horage now! - will be a big glamorous reveal when I get it in a few months.
Super ballsy for a new company who got cut off from buying movements when they started out, so designed and built their own movements.
Glad you got everything fixed. I know they are great at communicating. All have personal stake caring for their young company
Looking forward to seeing what you get! This thread made me look at their website again and as a photographer I’m REALLY interested in that Lensman 2. It costs the equivalent of like a Leica M10 though so not sure I’d ever be able to pull the trigger
can you share what was wrong that required sending it back to Switzerland?
can you share what was wrong that required sending it back to Switzerland?
The back plate in Blue PVD had a minor scuff, only visible under the loupe so they replaced it for me. When it returned the tourbillon stopped rotating by itself. It works fine after they replaced some parts for me.
Cool at least they eventually fixed it!
Looking forward to seeing what you get! This thread made me look at their website again and as a photographer I’m REALLY interested in that Lensman 2. It costs the equivalent of like a Leica M10 though so not sure I’d ever be able to pull the trigger
Our hobbies are brutal! - watches (us), cameras (you), and also for me - kayaks and bikes suck up my watch funds. My new kayak is worth a nice GS at retail price. 😢
For anyone into cameras, the Lensman 2 is hard to look past.
In my case, since Tudor sponsored a pro bike team this year, if they ever make some kind of specific bike themed watch I'll likely be stuck buying it. (my GS 413 out for a ride below)
BTW, a Q: I love photography as well, but really would prefer to just stay using with a I-phone to do it with. If I get one of the latest models, do you think I can get 95% as good shots using just that? Mostly nature and watch shots, but yeah, I like tricky lighting. If too long to answer don't worry - just curious for opinions!
Our hobbies are brutal! - watches (us), cameras (you), and also for me - kayaks and bikes suck up my watch funds. My new kayak is worth a nice GS at retail price. 😢
For anyone into cameras, the Lensman 2 is hard to look past.
In my case, since Tudor sponsored a pro bike team this year, if they ever make some kind of specific bike themed watch I'll likely be stuck buying it. (my GS 413 out for a ride below)
BTW, a Q: I love photography as well, but really would prefer to just stay using with a I-phone to do it with. If I get one of the latest models, do you think I can get 95% as good shots using just that? Mostly nature and watch shots, but yeah, I like tricky lighting. If too long to answer don't worry - just curious for opinions!
Haha! Yep I remember the pain of bike collecting, although I never had more than 3 at any given moment. I can really only afford one hobby at once, so now I only have a used Giant Defy with 105 that I picked up off of Craigslist for like $500.
Thank god my photography business is self sustaining or I'd be rocking a naked wrist RN. Speaking of which, I wonder if the Lensman would be tax deductible 🤔
That's a super nice ride. Are the CF chainrings a standard Campy part nowadays? It seems like technology has really passed me by since I bought my trusty Chorus 10 speed like 15 years ago. The larger pulley wheels also make a lot of sense from a friction standpoint.
As far as your question - I'm a strong believer in that the best camera is the one you have with you! I took these with my iPhone 13 Pro - the 3 focal lengths and and decent sensor does a pretty good job in really good lighting conditions. You can really get some good results if you use an iPhone Pro paired with the Snapseed app for post processing.
There are obviously limitations, mainly tough lighting conditions and focal length. Also in even the best of conditions, an iPhone shot is obviously not going to be as print friendly, and my business is centered around print sales and architectural commissions.
Here's an iPhone vs Nikon comparison in the same nighttime lighting conditions - you can tell in the cell shot that the lighthouse and tripod are muddy due to the aggressive noise reduction Apple applies to its images.
Another challenging condition is where you have high dynamic range - like shooting into the sun and dealing with shadows. In the iPhone shot below the area near the sun gets totally blown out and the sunstar streak looks really smudgy, and the shadows are totally blacked out.
The other challenge is that you can't really shoot beyond like 70mm, so you wouldn't be able to shoot crazy zoom shots like this that were shot at 200mm and 400mm.
Haha! Yep I remember the pain of bike collecting, although I never had more than 3 at any given moment. I can really only afford one hobby at once, so now I only have a used Giant Defy with 105 that I picked up off of Craigslist for like $500.
Thank god my photography business is self sustaining or I'd be rocking a naked wrist RN. Speaking of which, I wonder if the Lensman would be tax deductible 🤔
That's a super nice ride. Are the CF chainrings a standard Campy part nowadays? It seems like technology has really passed me by since I bought my trusty Chorus 10 speed like 15 years ago. The larger pulley wheels also make a lot of sense from a friction standpoint.
As far as your question - I'm a strong believer in that the best camera is the one you have with you! I took these with my iPhone 13 Pro - the 3 focal lengths and and decent sensor does a pretty good job in really good lighting conditions. You can really get some good results if you use an iPhone Pro paired with the Snapseed app for post processing.
There are obviously limitations, mainly tough lighting conditions and focal length. Also in even the best of conditions, an iPhone shot is obviously not going to be as print friendly, and my business is centered around print sales and architectural commissions.
Here's an iPhone vs Nikon comparison in the same nighttime lighting conditions - you can tell in the cell shot that the lighthouse and tripod are muddy due to the aggressive noise reduction Apple applies to its images.
Another challenging condition is where you have high dynamic range - like shooting into the sun and dealing with shadows. In the iPhone shot below the area near the sun gets totally blown out and the sunstar streak looks really smudgy, and the shadows are totally blacked out.
The other challenge is that you can't really shoot beyond like 70mm, so you wouldn't be able to shoot crazy zoom shots like this that were shot at 200mm and 400mm.
Brilliant reply 🍻👏. thank you!
Yup, I’ve had lots of those ‘too bright and yet too dark’ in one photo shots - the human eye sees beauty, the phone sees none of it 👎
- Almost every part of my bike is aftermarket (schmolke, EE, deCadence carbon tubulars, etc. I gotcit down to 11.5 pounds. Nothing fragile and race ready.
I use a 13 mini currently for photos but am thinking to move up to the fanciest photo capable iPhone when next gen comes out.
Won’t be as good as yours, but with a better phone camera I’ll hopefully keep improving 🙂
Luckily my hobbies give me great photog options 😉!