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• JAEGER-LECOULTRE : Reverso Tribute Tourbillon Duoface

  By horologium on August 21, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  To mark its 185th birthday this year, Jaeger-LeCoultre has just launched a new Reverso Duoface which brings a flying tourbillon to the Duoface design. It joins previous anniversary complications such as the Gyrotourbillon 2 and Tribute Gyrotourbillon in the Reverso… Read More ›

• HABRING² : Chrono-Felix debuts at Tokyo World Watch Fair

  By horologium on August 16, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  The ‘World Watch Fair’ in Tokyo, which has just opened at the Nihombashi Mitsukoshi and will continue until the 28th of August 2018, features some seventy participating watch brands. One of them is Habring², who have chosen the occasion to… Read More ›

• OCHS UND JUNIOR : day/night

  By horologium on August 14, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Ochs und Junior continue on their highly individualistic and minimalist approach to watches with the launch of the new ‘day/ night’, conceptualised and designed by Dr. Ludwig Oechslin. This is not a watch with a typical ‘day/ night indicator’. This… Read More ›

• PIAGET : Art & Excellence Altiplano stone marquetry tourbillon

  By horologium on August 9, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Piaget is perhaps best known for its storied ultra thin watch history courtesy of the Altiplano, but it has also been notable for coming up with some really beautiful dials in both men’s and women’s collections, some of which have… Read More ›

• CLAUDE MEYLAN : Fenêtres sur Temps

  By horologium on August 6, 2018 • ( 3 )

  

  We learn about the existence of watch brands in a variety of ways – advertising, newspapers and magazines (or perhaps websites such as this), wandering into watch retailers… the list is endless. For those who buy watches or are part… Read More ›

• INDUSTRY NEWS : MCH Group CEO René Kamm resigns

  By horologium on August 4, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Following last weekend’s announcement by the Swatch Group of their withdrawal from the Baselworld watch and jewellery fair, organising company MCH Group has announced the resignation of CEO René Kamm, who has spent almost two decades with the Group. Mr Kamm… Read More ›

• AUDEMARS PIGUET : 25 years of the Royal Oak Offshore

  By horologium on August 3, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  In case it passed you by, but we thought it would be a good time to mention that Audemars Piguet is marking the 25th birthday of its hugely successful and popular Royal Oak Offshore this year. The major marker of… Read More ›

• HANDS-ON : H.Moser & Cie Venturer Smoky Sapphire

  By horologium on July 31, 2018 • ( 2 )

  

  Today we are highlighting a watch that was released in 2017. We did not manage to cross paths with it at the time, and only recently had the opportunity to do so with thanks to H.Moser & Cie Australia, who… Read More ›

• INDUSTRY NEWS : Swatch Group withdraws from Baselworld

  By horologium on July 29, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  The SIHH may be expanding in terms of exhibitors (although reduced in days), but Baselworld has been shrinking both in terms of participants and length, with the 2019 edition to be even more noticeably smaller than this year’s due to… Read More ›

• SCHWARZ ETIENNE : La Chaux-de-Fonds Petite Seconde Rétrograde Tourbillon

  By horologium on July 25, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Recently, Sydney saw the launch of Swiss brand Schwarz Etienne, entering the Australian watch market for the first time courtesy of their new authorised dealer Fairfax & Roberts, who invited me to one of their launch events. Founded in 1902… Read More ›