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• BASELWORLD 2017 : Zenith Defy El Primero 21

  By horologium on March 24, 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  The departure of Zenith CEO Mr Aldo Magada and the increased engagement of Jean-Claude Biver with the brand during this interim period has, not unexpectedly, lead to something surprising – the resurrection of the Defy name. Some of us still… Read More ›

• NEWS : Partnership between H. Moser & Cie and Christie’s

  By horologium on March 23, 2017 • ( 2 )

  

  H. Moser & Cie. are nothing if not unpredictable, and once again they have surprised us, announcing a partnership with Christie’s to auction a special single piece each year, the proceeds of which will be donated to the Fondation pour… Read More ›

• BASELWORLD 2017 : Tudor Black Bay Chronograph

  By horologium on March 23, 2017 • ( 1 )

  

    It was only a matter of time before Tudor’s phenomenally successful Black Bay series, which has gone through some colour variants (I own <a href = "http://www.horologium.com.au/2014/04/07/baselworld-2014-tudor-heritage-black-bay-blue/"the blue) and most recently, found itself bronzed, decided that a small complication… Read More ›

• LAUNCH : Oris Royal Flying Doctor Service Limited Edition II

  By horologium on March 22, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Many of you will know of Oris’ support of and partnership with, the Australian Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS), and of their first limited edition model that was launched a couple of years ago. This was no one-off partnership, as… Read More ›

• NEWS : TAG Heuer, Movado, Swatch Group and Montblanc launch smart watches

  By horologium on March 20, 2017 • ( 1 )

  

    Today we have a time line rundown of some major announcements in the luxury watch/ smart watch world over the past last week, namely : 1. TAG Heuer Connected Modular 45 2. Movado partners with Google for the Movado… Read More ›

• ULYSSE NARDIN : Vintage inspiration

  By horologium on March 17, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Today we bring you not one but two new releases from Ulysse Nardin that are heavily vintage inspired, launched at the SIHH 2017. They seem to have gone under the radar compared to the more high profile Marine releases from… Read More ›

• ZENITH : Range Rover collaboration SE now in Australia

  By horologium on March 15, 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  Launched at the Paris Motor Show in the latter part of 2016, the inaugural Zenith x Range Rover watch has finally arrived on Australian shores. I had the chance to take a look at it a couple of days ago,… Read More ›

• HANDS-ON : De Bethune’s Kind of Blue Tourbillon Meteorite

  By horologium on March 13, 2017 • ( 2 )

  

  In January of this year, along with #thewatchnerd team, we paid a visit to De Bethune in Geneva, during which we saw two rather remarkable Milky Way themed watches – the DB25L Milky Way which we covered earlier, and this pièce unique… Read More ›

• ROMAIN JEROME : Moon Orbiter GMT

  By horologium on March 10, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  In many ways Romain Jerome’s DNA Collection best personifies the early years of the brand and the sort of watches for which it gained prominence, with their names reflecting the samples of objects and things that found their way into… Read More ›

• NEW : Ressence Type 5 Grey

  By horologium on March 8, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Ressence have just launched a new grey version of their Type 5 dive watch, which first released in black. We we managed to get a sneak peek of the new Type 5 Grey during SIHH 2017, and today we share… Read More ›