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• KARI VOUTILAINEN : 28Ti

  By horologium on June 25, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Earlier this year we covered some new dial options that Kari Voutilainen launched for 2019. Today is another new ‘dial option’, so to speak, but one that is not about materials or decoration and the Comblémine dial workshop. In fact… Read More ›

• HANDS-ON : MB&F HM9 Flow ‘Air’

  By horologium on June 20, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Although launched last year, the first Horological Machine 9 Flow, ‘Air’, only finally reached its Australian retailer The Hour Glass (Sydney) this year. Having not had our usual opportunity to see it earlier due to unexpected circumstances, the delay has… Read More ›

• HANDS-ON : Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Ultra Thin Perpetual Enamel White Gold

  By horologium on June 18, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  At the beginning of this year Jaeger-LeCoultre announced a micro collection of three new limited edition models in their Master Ultra Thin line. The Tourbillon (fifty pieces), Perpetual Calendar (one hundred pieces), and Moon (one hundred pieces), all in white… Read More ›

• NEWS : Richemont pilots blockchain authentication with Vacheron Constantin

  By horologium on June 14, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  You may recall an announcement last year from the Richemont Group about their plan to use blockchain for their supply chain, to track goods and materials, and fight counterfeiting. In an update to this, Vacheron Constantin has been chosen by… Read More ›

• NEW : Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Selfwinding Perpetual Calendar Ultra-Thin

  By horologium on June 11, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  At the SIHH 2018 Audemars Piguet showed off the RD#2, their second Concept watch. A prototype with a thickness of 6.30mm, it became the new record holder for the thinnest automatic perpetual calendar wristwatc. This was in large part thanks… Read More ›

• NEW : Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Nageurs de Combat and Fifty Fathoms Barakuda

  By horologium on June 6, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Two years ago Blancpain released the Tribute to Fifty Fathoms MIL-SPEC, a modern interpretation with a contemporary version of the water tightness indicator. This feature was present in the MIL-SPEC 1 (MILitary SPECification) model of 1957-58. It was based on… Read More ›

• AUCTION : Edgar Allan Poe’s pocket watch

  By horologium on June 4, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Tamerlane, real name Tīmūr bin Taraghay Barlas, was a 14th century Turco-Mongol warlord and conqueror whose empire-building across Asia Minor was characterised by widespread destruction, burning, looting, massacres, and mass rape. His name was also the title of Edgar Allan… Read More ›

• NEW : Franck Muller introduces functional cryptocurrency watch

  By horologium on June 1, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  We have mentioned a cryptocurrency-themed watch before, and today we bring you the latest entry into this new area, which is less about paying for it by Bitcoin and more about the actual use of it. Franck Muller have launched… Read More ›

• NEW : Chopard L.U.C Flying T Twin Baguette

  By horologium on May 30, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  The 72nd Festival de Cannes, aka the Cannes International Film Festival, has just finished. Chopard, an official partner of the film festival since 1998, is the brand which more than any other, is featured adorning attendees and nominees. To mark… Read More ›

• NEWS : Swatch Drive-Thru

  By horologium on May 28, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Would you like fries with that? At the Swatch Group AG’s AGM last week CEO Nick Hayek announced the launch of a new retail shop for the Swatch brand, with a drive-through shop opening up soon next to the company’s… Read More ›