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• NEW: Grand Seiko Spring Drive 8 Day SBGD207

  By horologium on March 4, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  It’s a Grand Seiko, but not as you know it. It is also, as other watches we’ve covered over the past twelve months have been, part of the green trend. In a continuation of the celebration of 140 years of… Read More ›

• NEWS: Vacheron Constantin joins Watchfinder & Co’s trade-in scheme

  By horologium on March 1, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  The Richemont Group has spent the last two years since acquiring the U.K.-based pre-owned watch dealer Watchfinder & Co integrating it into the Group’s business model. Now, Vacheron Constantin has become the latest Richemont watch brand (Panerai having joined in… Read More ›

• NEW: IWC Pilot’s Watch Chronograph Edition “Tribute to 3705”

  By horologium on February 26, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Perhaps its significance was clear only in hindsight, but 1994 was a ‘bit of a year’ as they say, for IWC. The most widely known reason for this was the release, that year, of the Mark XII, which had been… Read More ›

• The Roma Phoenix Collaboration: Schwarz Etienne x Les Ateliers Blandenier Pièce Unique

  By horologium on February 25, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  There have been a handful of watch brand collaborations in the last couple of years, and not just those which appeared in the Only Watch auction, but also for example the recent multiple watch project between H.Moser & Cie and… Read More ›

• NEWS: Export bar placed on George III’s Breguet

  By horologium on February 23, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  You may recall last year’s sale of a Breguet owned by King George III by Sotheby’s London for £1.6 million. It’s worth reading about the detailed article at the first Sotheby’s link, but it was originally bought by the monarch… Read More ›

• INDUSTRY NEWS: HOURUNIVERSE plans summer show

  By horologium on February 22, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  With COVID-19 still in full flight worldwide and international travel heavily curtained for an indefinite period, the organisers of the inaugural HOURUNIVERSE have optimistically announced that they still plan an ‘in person’ show in Basel during the summer of 2021…. Read More ›

• NEW: Bvlgari Peacock Dreams

  By horologium on February 20, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  As a part of Bvlgari’s LVMH Watch Week releases were a trio of new Divas’ Dreams – the Peacock Dischi, Peacock Diamonds, and Peacock Tourbillon Lumière. Colourful pheasants known for their iridescent tails, peacocks are not unknown for watch decorations,… Read More ›

• NEW: Panerai Platinumtech™ Luminor Marina PAM1116

  By horologium on February 15, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Panerai’s continued development of alloys, usually in the form of materials with -tech suffix names (Carbotech™, Goldtech™, Fibratech™), is a subject that we have covered over recent years. It is an interesting and difficult challenge for a brand with such… Read More ›

• NEW: Piaget Polo Skeleton

  By horologium on February 13, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Piaget has announced a skeletonised version of its most recent incarnation of the Polo, the luxury sports watch created in 1979 and most recently revamped to its current form in 2016, when the Piaget Polo S was launched. When Yves… Read More ›

• NEW: OMEGA Seamaster Diver 300M “Beijing 2022” Special Edition

  By horologium on February 10, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Japan may still be insisting that the delayed Summer Olympics will take place but meanwhile, some minds are turning to the next one beyond that. Omega has launched a special edition Seamaster Diver 300M to mark the Beijing Winter Olympics,… Read More ›