The Topper Blog consists mainly of original writing by Rob & Russ Caplan with occasional special contributions and interviews. All photography in the blog is taken at Topper Fine Jewelers , or on location unless otherwise indicated in the photo captions.
Eric Singer SpringLOCK Test Results
Date posted: 06-24-2013The day after the Kiss Concert in Milan, BALL Watch S.A. was kind enough to host U.S. President Jeff Hess and me at BALL‘s headquarters in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland.... read article >
First Set of Photos from Kiss Milan SpringLOCK
Date posted: 06-19-2013SpringLOCK did very well today! While Eric wore the first prototype on stage, the watch first lost about four seconds, and then gained about seven seconds. Eric wore the first prototype all the way... read article >
Eric Singer to Test SpringLOCK during Milan Kiss Show on 6/18/2013
Date posted: 06-18-2013This year during Baselworld 2013, BALL CTO. Philippe Antille unveiled the company's latest innovation, SpringLOCK, a cage-like system that protects a watch movement's hairspring(1). Mr. Antille... read article >
Topper Welcomes Mühle Glashütte and a recap of new watches for 2013
Date posted: 06-12-2013Topper Fine Jewelers welcomes Muhle Glashutte to our brand profile for 2013. While all Mühle Glashütte watches are new to us, we had a chance to sit down with Fifth Generation Muhle family member... read article >
Ball Watch Recap from Couture 2013
Date posted: 06-11-2013Below are some photos and thoughts on some watch samples that Ball showed at the Couture show in Las Vegas. When viewing the pictures please keep in mind that almost all the pictures are of rough samples... read article >
Recap of the U.S. Offerings for Longines 2013 shown at Baselworld 2013
Date posted: 06-11-2013Longines came out with several new models in each of the collection's subgroups: Presence, Flagship & Les Grandes Classiques. In the women´s collection the most noteworthy addition is the 100... read article >
How Blue is the U2 Blue?
Date posted: 05-22-2013"How blue is it?" is the question that I’ve received the most about the new U2. Below are stand alone shots of this new watch coming out later this month(ish) and some photos comparing... read article >
Ball Watch at Baselworld 2013
Date posted: 05-20-2013BALL made two announcements during Baselworld 2013 at the Chateau Bottmingen: SpringLOCK, and the under $6,000 Swiss Made annual calendar.SpringLOCK. SpringLOCK is a system that... read article >
