The name of Sylvie Deschamp may not be familiar to you, but you may nonetheless have seen photos of her work with Piaget, with whom she started collaborating in 2012. An embroiderer of note in her native France, she harks… Read More ›
Month: April 2015
BASELWORLD 2015 : Graff MasterGraff Structural Tourbillon Skeletonised
Amongst the renowned jeweller Graff’s watch offerings for men this year was a rather interesting take on their MasterGraff tourbillons, which have previously appeared in a skeletonised and ‘regular’ versions of the same case shape. Movement is the ‘proprietary’ (their… Read More ›
IWC : Portugieser history book now online
As you all know 2015 is IWC’s year of the Portugieser, with a new collection having been launched at SIHH 2015 that included an Annual Calendar (their first) pictured above containing a new movement, the Cal.52850, which is shown below. As… Read More ›
BASELWORLD 2015 : Laurent Ferrier Galet Square
Unveiled in 2010, ‘Galet’ is the name of Laurent Ferrier’s first collection. This year at Baselworld they introduced a new shape to the line. But firstly, for those who are unfamiliar with the brand – who and what is it?… Read More ›
VACHERON CONSTANTIN : Le Chronograph dans le Temps
For those who are familiar with Geneva one of the horological points of interest, as it were, is the building that houses Vacheron Constantin on the Quai d l’Ile, its location also the name of one of their watch collections…. Read More ›
BASELWORLD 2015 : New TYPE 3 RESSENCE
Many claim to make ‘revolutionary’ changes to the wristwatch, but in 2010 Benoit Mitiens and the new brand of Ressence really did do something groundbreaking – they made the watch (and design) world accept a watch with no crown with… Read More ›
FILM : Celebrating the AHCI (Académie Horlogère des Créateurs Indépendants)
Currently consisting of thirty-three members, the Académie Horlogère des Créateurs Indépendants (AHCI), which promotes independent watch and clock making, is celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2015. For thirty lucky people, commemorative wooden pens made by AHCI member Valerii Danevych, renowned… Read More ›
BASELWORLD 2015 : NOMOS Minimatik
Baselworld 2015 was the place at which NOMOS Glashütte launched its new Calibre DUW 3001 in the form of two new models. Since it’s about the movement, let’s discuss that first. ‘DUW’ stands for ‘Deutsche Uhrenwerke’ (‘German watchworks’, according to… Read More ›
BASELWORLD 2015 : Breguet Marine Chronographe Reference 5823 “200 ans de Marine”
The watch industry loves commemorating an anniversary with a watch. Today’s post is about a comparatively low key watch that marks something worth commemorating – the bicentenary of Abraham-Louis Breguet’s appointment, on October 27, 1815, as chronometer-maker to the Royal… Read More ›
FIONA KRÜGER : Celebration
In a recent post introducing Fiona Krüger and her skull watches mention was made of a new ‘Celebration’ watch. Well here it is. Her third time watch, it is a variation on her previous watches, with the same influences (for… Read More ›
HOROLOGIUM 