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• HAUTLENCE : HL Newton 01

  By horologium on April 23, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  The familiar Hautlence design codes are now taking a new form, with the launch at Baselworld 2018 of the new HL Newton, featuring a fun new automatic jump hour movement. The new Calibre HTL 201-1 powers a different type of… Read More ›

• HANDS-ON : Vacheron Constantin’s new Overseas Black

  By horologium on April 19, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Vacheron Constantin have just expanded their Overseas collection this week, with the addition of new Overseas Automatic and Overseas Chronograph Black Dials to add to the existing blue, silver, and brown dial models already available. The latest additions to the… Read More ›

• AUDEMARS PIGUET : Design of new Hôtel des Horlogers

  By horologium on April 17, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  The BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group have revealed their plans for the new Audemars Piguet Hôtel des Horlogers. Created in collaboration with CCHE Architecture, it will be situated at Le Brassus in the Valle de Joux and connected to the Musée Atelier… Read More ›

• INTRODUCING : Lundis Bleus

  By horologium on April 13, 2018 • ( 2 )

  

  We are living in a period which has seen a surge in the number of small/ micro brands in the watch industry. This has included crowd-funded watches and brands of various types, but also a number of 1-2 person operations… Read More ›

• LONGINES : Master Collection Annual Calendar

  By horologium on April 10, 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  In 2005 Longines launched Master Collection, which was to be characterised by classic designs, and the use of mechanical movements. This year, at Baselworld 2018, they added a new annual calendar to the Masters. Not just this, but they also… Read More ›

• UPDATE : Fortis bankruptcy debt deferral

  By horologium on April 6, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Since we wrote about Fortis being in bankruptcy deferral in November 2017 there have been a number of documents released by the Swiss Official Gazette of Commerce (SOGC) relating to this case (see below). As we reported in November, the… Read More ›

• BASELWORLD 2018 : a new Sarpaneva Moonment

  By horologium on April 5, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  A number of weeks ago, Stepan Sarpaneva used Instagram to announce a new in-house movement (aka ‘Moonment’) to mark his fifteen year anniversary. Formally launched at Baselworld 2018, the latest incarnation of his Mr Moon is a moon phase complication… Read More ›

• BASELWORLD 2018 : Chopard L.U.C. All-in-One

  By horologium on April 3, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  In 2010, Chopard marked their 150th birthday with the release of what they described as their most complex model to date – the ‘L.U.C. All-in-One 150’, of which there were fifteen examples made. Now, eight years later, they are re-visiting… Read More ›

• BASELWORLD 2018 : Sinn 910 SRS

  By horologium on March 31, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  At first glance the new Sinn 910 SRS launched at Baselworld 2018 may seem familiar. It bears a strong resemblance to the Sinn 910 Anniversary column wheel split-seconds chronograph, about which I wrote here, and which was the brand’s first… Read More ›

• BASELWORLD 2018 : MeisterSinger’s first moon phase

  By horologium on March 30, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Best known for their dedication to single-handed time telling, MeisterSinger have just announced their first moon phase watch, the Lunascope. MeisterSinger. In so doing, they’re not doing it by halves both idiomatically and literally, with the new moon (so to… Read More ›