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• MB&F : Legacy Machine Split Escapement

  By horologium on October 21, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Two years ago MB&F released their Legacy Machine Perpetual, a perpetual calendar with a new movement by Stephen McDonnell that used a patented ‘mechanical processor’, about which you can read at this link. This Legacy Machine features an integrated perpetual… Read More ›

• HANDS-ON : Tiffany & Co’s new Tiffany Square Watch

  By horologium on October 18, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  In 1861 Tiffany was making a small number of watches in a workshop in Geneva. Nowadays, awareness of its watch history may be inextricably tied to its New York boutique and certain storied watch brand names, but a couple of… Read More ›

• PIAGET : Altiplano 60th Anniversary Pocket Watch

  By horologium on October 16, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  The year is not yet complete, and so Piaget’s 60th birthday celebrations for the Altiplano still have a couple of months to go. Earlier this year we covered the our favourite so far, the ‘blues’, as well as a high… Read More ›

• VACHERON CONSTANTIN : Historiques Triple Calendrier 1942 and 1948

  By horologium on October 14, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Vacheron Constantin have released three new additions to their ‘Historiques’ models. One of them is a smaller (36.5mm) version of their American 1921. The other two are the ones that we are highlighting here. They are, as they say, similar… Read More ›

• OCHS UND JUNIOR : Buy a perpetual calendar and assemble it yourself

  By horologium on October 11, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Today we want to share with you something genuinely unusual. Ludwig Oechslin’s Ochs und Junior are the makers of one of the most minimalist perpetual calendars available. Now, should you be considering getting one, there is an option that puts… Read More ›

• INDUSTRY NEWS : luxury watch e-commerce continues to expand in China

  By horologium on October 9, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  China’s second larget e-commerce platform, JD.com, has officially launched a new alliance with more than a dozen of its international watch brands, including new partner Chopard (which opened an online flagship store on JD.com in August), as well as Tag… Read More ›

• NEWS : Armin Strom to join SIHH 2018

  By horologium on October 6, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Armin Strom have just announced their entry into the SIHH 2018, at which they will be part of the Carré des Horlogers. Their participation brings to five (so far) the number of brands that will be exhibiting for the first… Read More ›

• GoS : Gustafsson and Sjögren’s Sarek goes ‘ice blue’

  By horologium on October 5, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  The GoS Sarek, which we covered last year (click on this link), had its premiere as a prototype at Baselworld 2016. Coming in a 43mm stainless steel case, it not only had their largest Damascus dial up to that point,… Read More ›

• ROGER DUBUIS : A new partnership and the new Excalibur Aventador S

  By horologium on October 3, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Earlier this year Roger Dubuis Roger Dubuis launched some watches in collaboration with tyre manufacture Pirelli – the Excalibur Spider Pirelli Automatic Skeleton, and the Excalibur Spider Pirelli Double Flying Tourbillon, the first as shown below. Now, they have continued… Read More ›

• CHOPARD : L.U.C Heritage Grand Cru

  By horologium on September 29, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Chopard has just launched a new tonneau-shaped COSC-certified watch called the L.U.C Heritage Grand Cru. This new watch with the unusual wine-related name has both a slim curved case and a curved automatic movement that fits snugly into the 18… Read More ›