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• WATCHES & WONDERS 2015: Piaget Limelight Stella

  By horologium on October 14, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  One of the foci of Piaget’s Watches & Wonders 2015 releases was that of their first automatic complication watch for their women’s collection in the form of the Limelight Stella watches. The complication in question? A moonphase, courtesy of the… Read More ›

• WATCHES & WONDERS 2015 : Baume et Mercier Clifton 1830 Pocket Watch

  By horologium on October 12, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  In this the year of its 185th birthday Baume & Mercier has chosen to mark it with an unexpected offering that was launched in Hong Kong at Watches & Wonders – a five-minute repeater pocket watch. Named after the year in which… Read More ›

• WATCHES & WONDERS 2015 : Cartier Clé de Cartier Mysterious Hour

  By horologium on October 9, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  The new Clé (key) shape was revealed by Cartier at SIHH 2015 and covered earlier by us at this link. There are two distinguishing features to this new collection – the ‘key’ of the name which refers to the new crown… Read More ›

• WATCHES & WONDERS 2015 : Jaeger-LeCoultre Geophysic True Second and Geophysic Universal Time

  By horologium on October 8, 2015 • ( 2 )

  

    When the talk started about the Geophysic 1958 model being not a one (or rather two) off but part of a new collection, people wondered a bit. The 1958 was a successful and well-received homage/ reissue for Jaeger-LeCoultre that… Read More ›

• WATCHES & WONDERS 2015 : Roger Dubuis Excalibur Spider Pocket Watch Instrument

  By horologium on October 4, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  In thinking about what watch/ timepiece to post first from Hong Kong there have clearly been a lot of timepieces from which to choose, but interestingly, there have been one or two mini themes that have popped up. One of these… Read More ›

• WATCHES & WONDERS 2015 : Opening Ceremony

  By horologium on September 30, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  With the CEOs and Managing Directors of participating brands in attendance, Fabienne Lupo, ‎President of the Fondation de la Haute horlogerie and the Chairman of the Hong Kong Tourism Board Dr Peter Lam welcomed guests at the opening ceremony of… Read More ›

• WATCHES & WONDERS 2015 : Press Day

  By horologium on September 30, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Greetings from Hong Kong, where I am, once again, attending the SIHH’s young cousin (as it were) Watches & Wonders as a guest of Richemont Australia. I will be joined by @initialjh, who has taken time from a personal trip… Read More ›

• PHOTOS : Piaget Gouverneur Tourbillon

  By horologium on September 29, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  As this point, Australia is not a market with a Piaget boutique, and thus it is difficult for locals to be able to see some of their more complicated and ‘haute’ pieces, although there is obviously nothing stopping someone from… Read More ›

• PANERAI : PAM643 to replace the PAM292

  By horologium on September 27, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  A quick post. I popped into The Hour Glass in Sydney to pick up a magazine and through sheer luck of timing, got to see the newly arrived PAM643, a ceramic Radiomir that is so new that it’s not even… Read More ›

• PHOTOS : Chopard L.U.C Regulator

  By horologium on September 25, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  In 2006 Chopard produced their first Regulator model, and at Baselworld 2015 they rebooted its look. With thanks to Chopard Australia, I had the opportunity to look at one recently. As I’ve mentioned before, the L.U.C. Collection is my favourite… Read More ›