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• NEWS : More Richemont management changes

  By horologium on February 2, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Back in November 2016 we posted about some major management changes at Richemont, with the retirements of CEO Richard Lepen, CFO Gary Saage, and eight Board members, the abolishing of the CEO position, and a new structure in which the… Read More ›

• SIHH 2017 : A. Lange & Söhne Tourbograph Perpetual “Pour le Mérite”

  By horologium on February 1, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  This year A. Lange & Söhne’s key piece for SIHH, and the one whose form took the traditional larger-than-life manifestation at the front of the booth, was their newest addition to their “Pour le Mérite” line, a new grande complication… Read More ›

• Cnidarian dreams: MB&F’s HM7 Aquapod

  By horologium on January 30, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  By #thewatchnerd [Today’s post is by our London-based partner #thewatchnerd, who attended SIHH 2017 at the invitation of Jaeger-LeCoultre U.K. #thewatchnerd’s post is being simultaneously posted on his site and is replicated here in its entirety. Photos are by @initialjh if… Read More ›

• SIHH 2017 : PANERAI LAB-ID LUMINOR 1950 CARBOTECH 3 DAYS PAM700

  By horologium on January 29, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  A striking 49mm Carbotech watch from Panerai was not only its key piece at the SIHH 2017 but also, as their press presentation emphasised, a sign of the brand’s future direction – the use of new materials and investing in… Read More ›

• NEW : DE BETHUNE DB25L Milky Way

  By horologium on January 25, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  In a break from SIHH 2017 posts today we bring to you the new De Bethune DB25L Milky Way, which #thewatchnerd and I had the opportunity to see in Geneva. This new piece features De Bethune’s instantly recognisable blue mirror-polished titanium… Read More ›

• PHOTOS : SIHH 2017 IWC Da Vinci Collection

  By horologium on January 24, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Earlier this month we introduced you to the reboot/ extension  (click here) to the longstanding Da Vinci collection from IWC. It was clear that, like the Portofino Midsize, these would be primarily aimed at the female market, and the presentation… Read More ›

• PHOTOS : SIHH 2017 Piaget Altiplano 60th Anniversary Blue

  By horologium on January 23, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  You may recall a recent post about some of the celebratory Altiplano models that Piaget is releasing in 2017 to mark its 60th anniversary. It turns out that these two blue models aren’t the only special pieces to mark this… Read More ›

•  SIHH 2017 : JAEGER-LECOULTRE – a new Master Control collection

  By horologium on January 22, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Sometimes during a press sessions at the SIHH you get a sense of a ripple of interest, a vibe if you like, coalescing around something. Perhaps it’s more acutely felt when you feel drawn to the same thing yourself, but… Read More ›

• PRE-SIHH 2017 : the 60th anniversary of Piaget’s Altiplano

  By horologium on January 15, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Piaget’s flagship Altiplano is sixty years old now, and although Horologium is significantly younger than that, we have liked featuring it, and have a special fondness for the record-breaking version that came out in 2014. At the SIHH 2017 Piaget… Read More ›

• SIHH 2017 : Vacheron Constantin Patrimony Moon Phase and Retrograde Date

  By horologium on January 11, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Vacheron Constantin have launched their pre-SIHH 2017 teasers not with some simple models, but with a Traditionnelle Minute Repeater Tourbillon which we will cover later, but also a new addition to the much loved Patrimony Retrograde line. It is the… Read More ›