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• HANDS-ON : Laine 1817

  By horologium on November 6, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  For those who are followers of the A. Lange & Söhne Watchmaking Excellence Award the name of watchmaker Torsti Laine is not totally unknown. For others, he probably needs a small introduction. Harking originally from Finland, where he was a… Read More ›

• HANDS-ON : Girard-Perregaux Esmeralda Three Gold Bridges wristwatch

  By horologium on November 2, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Watch brands love a reason to create a special watch, especially for their horological landmarks, as it were. Last year, Girard-Perregaux released the ‘La Esmeralda’ wristwatch, an homage to a pocket watch of the same name, famed for its three… Read More ›

• INDUSTRY NEWS : EU General Court rules on the supply of spare parts by Swiss watchmakers

  By horologium on October 30, 2017 • ( 2 )

  

  The EU General Court has rejected the second appeal brought on by the Confédération Européenne des Associations d’horlogers-Réparateurs (the ‘CEAHR’) which challenged the European Commission’s decision in 2014 to close investigations into claims that watch groups such as Richemont, Swatch… Read More ›

• INDUSTRY NEWS : De Bethune sells majority stake to investment consortium

  By horologium on October 26, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Independent brand Manufacture De Bethune has announced that it is selling the majority of its capital to an investment consortium led by Pierre Jacques, former CEO of the brand, and private equity investor Giovanni Perin. Co-founder and COO Denis Flageollet… Read More ›

• LAURENT FERRIER : Galet Square Porcelain Limited Edition

  By horologium on October 25, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  If you have ever delved into vintage timepieces, especially early military wristwatches, you will probably have come across trench watches. These watches were promoted as being for, as the name states, suitable for military service, and were characterised by features… Read More ›

• E-COMMERCE : Chopard, Piaget and Panerai

  By horologium on October 23, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  The march by watch brands towards selling directly online continues apace, with Chopard, Piaget and Panerai having recently joined Mr Porter/ Net-A-Porter. The most recent addition is that of Officine Panerai to Mr Porter, with twenty-five models from its Luminor… Read More ›

• MB&F : Legacy Machine Split Escapement

  By horologium on October 21, 2017 • ( 2 )

  

  Two years ago MB&F released their Legacy Machine Perpetual, a perpetual calendar with a new movement by Stephen McDonnell that used a patented ‘mechanical processor’, about which you can read at this link. This Legacy Machine features an integrated perpetual… Read More ›

• HANDS-ON : Tiffany & Co’s new Tiffany Square Watch

  By horologium on October 18, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  In 1861 Tiffany was making a small number of watches in a workshop in Geneva. Nowadays, awareness of its watch history may be inextricably tied to its New York boutique and certain storied watch brand names, but a couple of… Read More ›

• PIAGET : Altiplano 60th Anniversary Pocket Watch

  By horologium on October 16, 2017 • ( 2 )

  

  The year is not yet complete, and so Piaget’s 60th birthday celebrations for the Altiplano still have a couple of months to go. Earlier this year we covered the our favourite so far, the ‘blues’, as well as a high… Read More ›

• VACHERON CONSTANTIN : Historiques Triple Calendrier 1942 and 1948

  By horologium on October 14, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Vacheron Constantin have released three new additions to their ‘Historiques’ models. One of them is a smaller (36.5mm) version of their American 1921. The other two are the ones that we are highlighting here. They are, as they say, similar… Read More ›