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• FERDINAND BERTHOUD : Chronomètre FB 1R.6-1

  By horologium on June 21, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Earlier this year, Chopard co-CEO Karl Friedrich Scheufele’s young brand Ferdinand Berthoud released an interesting new regulator-style watch, the Chronomètre FB 1R.6-1. Inspired by the Marine Chronometer No.7 made by the brand’s namesake Ferdinand Berthoud more than two centuries ago,… Read More ›

• VAN CLEEF & ARPELS : Piezoelectricity and the Midnight Zodiac Lumineux

  By horologium on June 18, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Van Cleef & Arpels has both a watch and jewellery history in themes relating to astronomy and western astrology. Although it will not be formally launched until later in 2018, earlier this year we had the opportunity to see some… Read More ›

• HANDS-ON : OPHION OPH 786

  By horologium on June 15, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  A year ago we introduced you to a small Barcelona headquartered brand called Ophion, courtesy of a new model called the OPH 786. This watch had an outsized ripple of interest for its low volume vintage-inspired pieces using Swiss movements,… Read More ›

• SIHH 2018: Piaget Possession’s ‘sunny side of life’

  By horologium on June 12, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Watch brands change their messaging and focus to varying degrees. Some seem to have these deeply embedded into the brand identity, and others refresh on a far more regular basis. This year, for Piaget it is about the ‘sunny side… Read More ›

• INDUSTRY NEWS : More changes to the SIHH for 2019

  By horologium on June 10, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  There have been many changes to the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie in the past three years, from the addition of the Carré des Horlogers and brand expansion to the introduction of public days. These are continuing, with the… Read More ›

• A. LANGE & SOHNE : colour comes to the Little Lange 1

  By horologium on June 7, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Today’s post is about one of the most day-to-day wearable new ranges of women’s watches to have crossed my path this year – A. Lange & Söhne’s latest versions of their Little Lange 1. With a colour palette that distinguishes… Read More ›

• LONGINES : Heritage Military Watch

  By horologium on June 4, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Although they are not Longines’ biggest sellers, if there’s one thing that they can be counted on, it is that the brand will come up with some good looking vintage reissue models for their Heritage Collection. This year, it comes… Read More ›

• RADO : Captain Cook MkIII

  By horologium on May 31, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Last year Rado released modern versions of a vintage piece, called the Hyperchrome Captain Cook. Its success has lead to two more variant reissues, the Captain Cook MkII and MkIII. The latter of these, inspired by a 1962 piece, is… Read More ›

• URWERK UR-210 Black Platinum

  By horologium on May 28, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  This year URWERK presented a black platinum edition (not its first black platinum piece) of its UR-210, a timepiece famed for two things – its combination of patented revolving satellite complication with wandering hour and three-dimensional retrograde minute hand, and… Read More ›

• HYT : H²O Black and Blue Limited Editions

  By horologium on May 23, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  In 2012 when HYT unveiled its original hydro-mechanical watch it was one of the year’s headliners, both for its incredibly modern good looks, and for its innovation. In the years since then, they have proven themselves as survivors in a… Read More ›