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• NEW: Omega De Ville Trésor Power Reserve & Small Seconds

  By horologium on May 9, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  With the Olympic Games due to commence on July 23, Tokyo has asked for an extension to its state of emergency until May 31. Omega’s Tokyo 2020 commemorative Planet Ocean 600M, Diver 300M, and Aqua Terra 150M may end up… Read More ›

• DE BETHUNE: DB27 Titan Hawk V2 Limited Edition Green

  By horologium on May 6, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Last month De Bethune announced the latest variant to the DB27 Titan Hawk with – you guessed it – a green dial. IN this case, a quite deep shade almost tending towards the ‘British racing green’ tone. For those unfamiliar… Read More ›

• GREUBEL FORSEY: GMT Sport with Integrated Bracelet

  By horologium on May 4, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Amongst the many ways to present a new Greubel Forsey, sky diving doesn’t tend to come to mind as one of the top three possibilities. Nor even the top ten. To my mind, anyway. This is how it was unveiled… Read More ›

• FERDINAND BERTHOUD: Chronomètre FB RS

  By horologium on May 2, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Chopard’s Karl Friedrich Scheufele, the man behind the revival of Ferdinand Berthoud’s name into a fully-fledged brand, fielded a lot of questions during the Watches & Wonders 2021 online presentation/ Q&A. For me, the most interesting nugget of information was… Read More ›

• NEW: TAG Heuer Monaco Green Dial Limited Edition

  By horologium on April 29, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  We are almost twelve months into it but no you can’t yet escape the green theme. We’ve covered some multi-coloured releases recently, but I still think that it will run until the end of 2021. Meet the new TAG Heuer… Read More ›

• PURNELL: Escape II Absolute Sapphire

  By horologium on April 28, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  One of the interesting things to have come out of the digital Watches & Wonders 2021 for me was the press Q&A session by Purnell. Although I knew of them, my knowledge was sparse and didn’t go much beyond that,… Read More ›

• NEW: Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Tribute Nonantième

  By horologium on April 26, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Although the year is not yet half over, and Jaeger-LeCoultre will no doubt release more Reverso models to mark its 90th year, I feel fairly certain that the Reverso Tribute Nonantième will be my favourite of the celebratory year’s releases…. Read More ›

• NEW: Franck Muller Vanguard Skeleton Sapphire Colour Dreams

  By horologium on April 24, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Today is about another new release along the ‘colour theme’ of recent posts but again, an example of how ‘being colourful’ is manifesting itself quite differently between brands. Rather than go the ‘single colour’ route, not unsurprisingly, Franck Muller have… Read More ›

• WATCHES & WONDERS 2021: Carl F. Bucherer Manero Minute Repeater Symphony

  By horologium on April 23, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  At Watches & Wonders 2021 Carl F. Bucherer premiered the Manero Minute Repeater Symphony, the horological centrepiece of their relationship with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra. Alongside this partnership, Swedish composer Lisa Streich wrote a piece entitled “PERIPHERY”, commissioned by the… Read More ›

• WATCHES & WONDERS 2021: Chronoswiss Flying Regulator Open Gear Pink Panther

  By horologium on April 22, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Watches, like other inanimate objects, are inherently neutral. Sizing, decoration – these are all a product of socio-cultural and historical influences, and preferences similarly the subjective mix of time, place, and individual. It’s why there are trends, why which watches… Read More ›