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• NEW: Perrelet Turbine Splash

  By horologium on August 11, 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  The new Perrelet Turbine Splash is not named for aquatic sports, nor is it summer-themed. The Splash name is actually a reference to the ‘splashes’of colours used on the lower dial, and the manner in which they have been applied… Read More ›

• NEW: Chronoswiss Delphis Sub Zero

  By horologium on August 6, 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  Now for a new release which is more relevant for my hemisphere, with Chronoswiss’ Delphis Sub Zero a new all-blue addition to the Delphis jumping hour family. The colour is not new to this model, but this goes beyond the… Read More ›

• NEW: Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe Quantième Complet Phases de Lune and Bathyscaphe Chronographe Flyback Red Gold

  By horologium on August 4, 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  Blancpain has introduced two additions to its Fifty Fathoms range in the form of the Bathyscaphe Quantième Complet Phases de Lune and the Bathyscaphe Chronographe Flyback Red Gold, which come not just with red gold cases, but also bracelets. The… Read More ›

• NEW: Andersen Genève Jumping Hours Black Jade Stone

  By horologium on July 31, 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  To mark forty years of his eponymous brand, in 2020 Svend Andersen presented four special timepieces, of which one was a variation on his jumping hour complication that came in a 38mm 5N red gold case with a 21k BlueGold… Read More ›

• NEW: Zenith Defy Skyline Skeleton White Ceramic

  By horologium on July 29, 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  In 2022 Zenith launched a new luxury sports watch in the form of the Defy Skyline, based on the original Defy, but emphatically of the 2020s in design and in its use of the updated El Primero high-frequency calibre with… Read More ›

• NEW: Oris Great Barrier Reef Limited Edition IV

  By horologium on July 25, 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  Oris’ Great Barrier Reef editions supporting the Reef Restoration Foundation continue, with the new limited edition Great Barrier Reef Limited Edition IV. Oris has been a partner of the Foundation since 2018, but it was set up in 2016 to… Read More ›

• NEW: C by Romain Gauthier Titanium Edition Six

  By horologium on July 22, 2024 • ( 1 )

  

  The new C by Romain Gauthier Titanium Edition Six is, as the name indicates, the sixth edition of this model using this calibre. In a limited edition if 88 pieces, it comes in a 41mm sized grade 5 titanium case… Read More ›

• INDUSTRY NEWS: Appointments at LVMH Watches Division

  By horologium on July 19, 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  Frédéric Arnault, CEO of LVMH Watches Division, announces the following appointments within the Watches Division, effective from September 1, 2024. Ricardo Guadalupe, CEO of Hublot since 2012, will be appointed Honorary President of Hublot. Taking over from him as CEO… Read More ›

• NEW: Junghans max bill Bauhaus series

  By horologium on July 16, 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  This year Junghans added to its popular and well-priced max bill Bauhaus series with three new models – the Regulator, the Chronoscope, and the time-only Automatic, with all of them in matte stainless-steel cases with a white silver-plated dial featuring… Read More ›

• INDUSTRY NEWS: LVMH Watches Division Acquires L’Epée 1839

  By horologium on July 14, 2024 • ( 0 )

  

    LVMH has announced the acquisition of Swiza, owner of L’Epée 1839. The Swiss clock and mechanical objet d’art maker (notably music boxes) had been acquired by Swiza in 2008. A clockmaking company that, in its Swiza era, expanded its… Read More ›