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• UPDATE : Daniels Anniversary auction result

  By horologium on September 20, 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  So the much anticipated auction of this rather special watch is now over, with the Robert White Collection Daniels Anniversary reaching a hammer price of GBP 185,000 with the total of GP224,500 including the commission, well above the listed estimate,… Read More ›

• JAQUET DROZ : Swiss-themed Charming Bird

  By horologium on September 17, 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  First released in 2013 to celebrate the 275th anniversary of Pierre Jaquet Droz’s first workshop in 1738, this year brings with it this new particularly Swiss, limited edition version of Jaquet Droz’s Charming (in name and execution) Bird mechanical wonder… Read More ›

• BREGUET : Tradition Dame 7038

  By horologium on September 14, 2016 • ( 0 )

  

    This year Breguet has launched a new addition to their Tradition collection but for women in the form of the Dame 7038. Althought it has all the classic Tradition attributes it is also a distinctly different watch with its… Read More ›

• PETER SPEAKE-MARIN : Magister Vertical Double Tourbillon

  By horologium on September 12, 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  Launched last year and recently announced in a ‘black’ version, today we share with you Peter Speake-Marin’s inaugural white gold Magister Vertical Double Tourbillon, released last year and seen by us earlier this year. Part of his J Class Collection,… Read More ›

• MANUFACTURE ROYALE : 1770 Micromegas

  By horologium on September 8, 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  In our introductory post about Manufacture Royale we spoke of the influence of Voltaire on the brand. For today’s watch, the 1770 Micromégas, Voltaire once again rears his head. Named for the mythical hero of one of his short stories… Read More ›

• KARI VOUTILAINEN : Customisation is king

  By horologium on September 5, 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  Today we have a different sort of a post about a watch we’ve covered already, Kari Voutilainen’s Vingt-8 (see this link). For this and his Vingt-8 GMT 6, about which you can read here, we mentioned that Voutilainen is known… Read More ›

• HANDS-ON : DANIELS Anniversary Watch

  By horologium on September 2, 2016 • ( 2 )

  

  Very occasionally, I find myself worrying about a watch before I see it. Before seeing today’s watch, I worried. I wasn’t worried about dropping it. I wasn’t worried about something happening to it when trying the crown. I wasn’t even… Read More ›

• URWERK : EMC Time Hunter

  By horologium on August 31, 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  Many of you will recall Urwerk’s EMC – Electro Mechanical Control watch that was released a couple of years ago. For those who refresh to refresh their memories, go to our earlier post at this link. This year Urwerk has… Read More ›

• H. Moser & Cie : a tale of two perpetual calendars

  By horologium on August 28, 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  Some of you may recall that at Baselworld 2015 H.Moser & Cie formally launched their Endeavour Concept Watch Fumé, a very pared down riff on an existing model. A part of Moser’s experiments with notions of purity and no branding or markers,… Read More ›

• ON THE WRIST : IWC Pilot’s Watch Chronograph Top Gun Miramar

  By horologium on August 25, 2016 • ( 0 )

  

    You may recall an earlier post about one of IWC’s new pilot’s watches for 2016, the Mark XVIII Top Gun Miramar. Well along with this, they also released a new Top Gun Miramar Chronograph which we had on loan… Read More ›