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• LOUIS MOINET : from the Earth’s crust to the moon

  By horologium on July 5, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  We thought that we would continue on a skeletonisation theme this week, going from the ‘everyday wear’ type of watch to the other end of a spectrum, with two spectacular watches launched this year in editions of a mere three… Read More ›

• ON THE WRIST : Zenith Defy Classic Skeleton

  By horologium on July 3, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  A couple of months ago, we introduced Zenith’s new 2018 Defy Classic. Coming in a 41mm-sized titanium case, it is available in two variants;  one with a skeletonised dial, and one with a sunburst blue dial. Both models have applied… Read More ›

• MANUFACTURE ROYALE : Customisation is king

  By horologium on June 28, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  This year, Manufacture Royale has been focusing on a new keyword – customisation. This is the direct consequence of the brand increasingly dealing directly with their end customers, many of whom want a personal touch to their new watch. They… Read More ›

• ARMIN STROM : Pure Resonance

  By horologium on June 26, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  This year, Armin Strom has taken their ‘Mirrored Force Resonance’ technology and created a second movement presented in a new watch collection called ‘Pure Resonance’. Earlier this year we had the opportunity to see the ‘Fire’ and ‘Water’ Pure Resonance… Read More ›

• FERDINAND BERTHOUD : Chronomètre FB 1R.6-1

  By horologium on June 21, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Earlier this year, Chopard co-CEO Karl Friedrich Scheufele’s young brand Ferdinand Berthoud released an interesting new regulator-style watch, the Chronomètre FB 1R.6-1. Inspired by the Marine Chronometer No.7 made by the brand’s namesake Ferdinand Berthoud more than two centuries ago,… Read More ›

• VAN CLEEF & ARPELS : Piezoelectricity and the Midnight Zodiac Lumineux

  By horologium on June 18, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Van Cleef & Arpels has both a watch and jewellery history in themes relating to astronomy and western astrology. Although it will not be formally launched until later in 2018, earlier this year we had the opportunity to see some… Read More ›

• HANDS-ON : OPHION OPH 786

  By horologium on June 15, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  A year ago we introduced you to a small Barcelona headquartered brand called Ophion, courtesy of a new model called the OPH 786. This watch had an outsized ripple of interest for its low volume vintage-inspired pieces using Swiss movements,… Read More ›

• PIAGET : the Possession’s ‘sunny side of life’

  By horologium on June 12, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Watch brands change their messaging and focus to varying degrees. Some seem to have these deeply embedded into the brand identity, and others refresh on a far more regular basis. This year, for Piaget it is about the ‘sunny side… Read More ›

• INDUSTRY NEWS : More changes to the SIHH for 2019

  By horologium on June 10, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  There have been many changes to the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie in the past three years, from the addition of the Carré des Horlogers and brand expansion to the introduction of public days. These are continuing, with the… Read More ›

• A. LANGE & SOHNE : colour comes to the Little Lange 1

  By horologium on June 7, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Today’s post is about one of the most day-to-day wearable new ranges of women’s watches to have crossed my path this year – A. Lange & Söhne’s latest versions of their Little Lange 1. With a colour palette that distinguishes… Read More ›