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• CARTIER : Clé de Cartier Flying Tourbillon

  By horologium on December 18, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  The new Clé shape/ collection has been Cartier’s focus this year, and we recently shared some photos of the Clé de Cartier Mysterious Hour that was added to January’s base collection. Today is about another Clé launch – the Flying Tourbillon…. Read More ›

• LONGINES : (Another) Column-Wheel Single Push-Piece Chronograph

  By horologium on December 17, 2015 • ( 4 )

  

  You may recall that a little while ago we wrote about a Longines Heritage Collection Column-Wheel single pusher chronograph with a black dial that was also available in a white-dialled version which alas we did not get to see. Well… Read More ›

• HANDS-ON : A. Lange & Söhne’s 1815 Anniversary of F.A. Lange Honey Gold

  By horologium on December 16, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  In this the year of the 200th anniversary of the birth of founder Ferdinand Adolph Lange, A.Lange & Söhne have introduced some special models. One of these has been a platinum 1815 with a black dial, but following on from that,… Read More ›

• DE BETHUNE : DBS Tourbillon

  By horologium on December 14, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  It’s interesting how much impact young independent brands have had on the watch industry. Established in 2002, De Bethune is known for its distinctive mold-breaking designs for what are, at their heart, often quite classical pieces of watchmaking. Even their… Read More ›

• PRE-SIHH 2016: Panerai PAM 655

  By horologium on December 12, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Hot on the heels of their manual-wind P.1000 Radiomir 1940 models (PAM 574, PAM 575, PAM620) launched at Watches & Wonders 2015, Panerai is continuing its run of 42mm timepieces with the annoucement of a new Radiomir 1940 3 Days Automatic… Read More ›

• VACHERON CONSTANTIN : Historiques Cornes de vache 1955

  By horologium on December 10, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  One of my favourite releases of 2015 has been from Vacheron Constantin – the Historiques Cornes de vache 1955 chronograph. Given that I saw it during the same few days (in Hong Kong) as I did the A.Lange & Söhne… Read More ›

• PHOTOS : Richard Mille RM26-02 ‘Evil Eye’

  By horologium on December 9, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  Intended less as a device to aim at those to whom you wish to give the ‘the eye’ and more as a talisman against bad luck, Richard Mille’s RM26-02 ‘Evil Eye’ was launched a couple of months ago, and we had… Read More ›

• NEWS : Ulysse Nardin to start training watchmakers in Nigeria

  By horologium on December 8, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  With unemployment in Nigeria hitting 9.9% in the third quarter of 2015, Ulysse Nardin CEO Patrik Hoffman has told Najj.com that his company plans to do their small part in assisting youth unemployment by training young Nigerians as watchmakers in partnership… Read More ›

• BAUME & MERCIER : Shelby Capeland piece unique for charity

  By horologium on December 7, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  For those of you who follow me on Instagram you may have seen the photo above that I posted from Hong Kong during Watches & Wonders 2015 of a Shelby Capeland that looked rather markedly different from the ones I wrote… Read More ›

• ON THE WRIST : Zenith Elite Ultra Thin Lady Moonphase

  By horologium on December 4, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  With the arrival of Australia and New Zealand’s first brand manager for Zenith also came the offer to test drive a few models. As expected, we jumped at the opportunity. Perhaps not so expected, we have not restricted ourself to… Read More ›