A while ago I wrote about the Badollet Ivresse, a fascinating curved watch (with a more gentle curve than Eva Leube’s Ari) with such a pared back sense of elegant simplicity that not only is the tourbillon not visible from… Read More ›
Month: January 2013
WORLD EXCLUSIVE : the first McGonigle ‘Tuscar’ has been delivered
Irish brothers John and Stephen McGonigle’s first watch, launched in 2007, was a tourbillon that earned them candidacy to the AHCI (Académie Horlogère des Créateurs Indépendants). Their second watch the ‘Tuscar’, named after a lighthouse marked group of rocks that skirt… Read More ›
PHOTO : Sinn in the snow
I am in London at present, and the heavy snowfall yesterday meant, of course, my first ‘watch in the snow’ photo opp. Fortunately, one of the watches with which I have been travelling is excellently suited for such purposes, my… Read More ›
NEWS: Richemont brands win $100 million lawsuit against counterfeiters
Hundreds of websites that allegedly sell counterfeit watches are set to be taken down, the result of a $100 million default judgment won in a New York Federal Court judgement on January 4, 2013 by a group of Richemont brands…. Read More ›
NEWS: Swatch buys Harry Winston jewellery for $750 million
The Swatch Group, which terminated a partnership with jeweller Tiffany in 2011, has re-entered the jewellery acquisitions territory, buying Harry Winston’s watch and jewellery for US$750 million in cash and US$250 million in net debt, according to Reuters. Swatch Group… Read More ›
Power-up! The Lange 31
This is the third and final Lange post from an extended Lange afternoon in Melbourne recently. The first post was an overview of the brand’s arrival in Australia, the second about my favourite, the Zeitwerk, and this final post will… Read More ›
Omega’s sleek and modern Planet Ocean
With all the recent fuss about Omega’s Seamaster Planet Ocean 600M ‘SKYFALL’ LE, we thought that we’d go ‘back to basics’, in a manner of speaking. The Seamaster story goes back to 1948, when Omega launched a watch with a… Read More ›
Hands-on with Jaeger-LeCoultre’s ‘Reverso Rouge’
Considered to be one of the true horological icons, Jaeger-LeCoultre’s Reverso is the legendary reversible watch created in 1931 for polo players looking to protect the glass of their watch. Since then, it has not only proven itself to be… Read More ›
