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• OCHS UND JUNIOR : Buy a perpetual calendar and assemble it yourself

  By horologium on October 11, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Today we want to share with you something genuinely unusual. Ludwig Oechslin’s Ochs und Junior are the makers of one of the most minimalist perpetual calendars available. Now, should you be considering getting one, there is an option that puts… Read More ›

• INDUSTRY NEWS : luxury watch e-commerce continues to expand in China

  By horologium on October 9, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  China’s second larget e-commerce platform, JD.com, has officially launched a new alliance with more than a dozen of its international watch brands, including new partner Chopard (which opened an online flagship store on JD.com in August), as well as Tag… Read More ›

• NEWS : Armin Strom to join SIHH 2018

  By horologium on October 6, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Armin Strom have just announced their entry into the SIHH 2018, at which they will be part of the Carré des Horlogers. Their participation brings to five (so far) the number of brands that will be exhibiting for the first… Read More ›

• GoS : Gustafsson and Sjögren’s Sarek goes ‘ice blue’

  By horologium on October 5, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  The GoS Sarek, which we covered last year (click on this link), had its premiere as a prototype at Baselworld 2016. Coming in a 43mm stainless steel case, it not only had their largest Damascus dial up to that point,… Read More ›

• ROGER DUBUIS : A new partnership and the new Excalibur Aventador S

  By horologium on October 3, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Earlier this year Roger Dubuis Roger Dubuis launched some watches in collaboration with tyre manufacture Pirelli – the Excalibur Spider Pirelli Automatic Skeleton, and the Excalibur Spider Pirelli Double Flying Tourbillon, the first as shown below. Now, they have continued… Read More ›

• CHOPARD : L.U.C Heritage Grand Cru

  By horologium on September 29, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Chopard has just launched a new tonneau-shaped COSC-certified watch called the L.U.C Heritage Grand Cru. This new watch with the unusual wine-related name has both a slim curved case and a curved automatic movement that fits snugly into the 18… Read More ›

• FRÉDÉRIQUE CONSTANT : Slimline Moonphase Manufacture

  By horologium on September 25, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

    Many of you will recall the 2013 launch of the rather handsome (and rather popular) Slimline Moonphase from Frédérique Constant with the in-house Calibre FC-705 movement. Now, on the heels of their announcement a few months ago that they… Read More ›

• TIFFANY & CO : a new ladies Metro Collection

  By horologium on September 22, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Tiffany & Co’s Sydney public footprint in recent times has been rather notable, not just because of high profile collection jewellery launches, but also because of a rather remarkable geographical coverage of advertising. In contrast, perhaps in large part because… Read More ›

• AUCTION NEWS : George Daniels ‘Space Traveller’ sold for 3,196,250 GBP

  By horologium on September 20, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  (Photo supplied by @rabbit_cubed from the auction preview) Lot 121 in the Sotheby’s ‘Fine Timepieces including George Daniels Masterpieces) collection, aka the ‘Space Traveller’ achieved a hammer price of 2,700,000 GBP yesterday at auction yesterday, for a grand total of… Read More ›

• TAG HEUER : ‘Heuer Globetrotter’ exhibition

  By horologium on September 18, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Last Friday TAG Heuer launched ten exhibitions worldwide under the ‘Heuer Globetrotter’ banner, bringing together important historical pieces from their museum in La Chaux-de-Fonds and from collectors local to each participating locale. All up, there are four hundred watches, timepieces… Read More ›