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• PHOTOS : Tudor’s North Flag

  By horologium on September 23, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Perhaps in some ways a follow-up to the Ranger of 2014, the North Flag, Tudor’s Baselworld 2015 release which I had the chance to see during a promotional Tudor ‘tour’ at The Hour Glass Sydney, has been perhaps their most… Read More ›

• PHOTOS : Longines Column-Wheel Single Push-Piece Heritage Chronograph

  By horologium on September 21, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  In recent years Longines have reissued a number of monopusher chronographs from their Museum as a part of its Heritage collection. A few months ago we looked at the new 2015 Pulsometer Chronometer monopusher with its Calibre L788.2 in a… Read More ›

• VACHERON CONSTANTIN : a record-breaking 57 complication pocket watch

  By horologium on September 18, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Eight years, three master watchmakers, fifty-seven complications, 2826 parts, ten patents, ten ‘firsts’, 957grams, 98mm in size, one reference number (Ref. 57260). Oh, and one hashtag, of course. Venerable house of horology or not, Vacheron Constantin’s 260th birthday is in… Read More ›

• DELOITTE SURVEY : Swiss watch industry pessimistic about next 12 months

  By horologium on September 16, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  The Swiss watchmaking industry is pessimistic about their immediate economic outlook, according to the results of a survey by Deloitte. First conducted in 2012, Deloitte’s annual Swiss Watch Industry Study reports that for the first time, more industry executives are… Read More ›

• HANDS-ON : a custom Lang & Heyne Friedrich III

  By horologium on September 15, 2015 • ( 2 )

  

  For admirers of German watchmaking the brands that most commonly seem to first spring to mind are A.Lange & Söhne if we’re talking luxury, and names such as Glashütte Original, Sinn, Stowa and Nomos to name but a few, when… Read More ›

• Apple x Hermès : fashion or luxury?

  By horologium on September 11, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  When a friend tagged me onto a photo of what appeared to be a new Apple Watch x Hermès watch it took me aback. Was it real? Well it turns out that it is. Collaborations are the thing now, after… Read More ›

• ON THE WRIST : IWC Portugieser Annual Calendar

  By horologium on September 10, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  At SIHH 2015 IWC released the Portugieser Annual Calendar, their first such complication and one about which we wrote at this link. With thanks to IWC Australia we recently had the opportunity of having one of these new Annual Calendars… Read More ›

• PROJECT : The Dying Art of Time

  By horologium on September 8, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  A little while ago Verity Chambers told me on Twitter about a project that forms part of the Advanced Diploma of Journalism for which she is a teacher. Called ‘The Dying Art of Time’, her students are looking at horology… Read More ›

• PHOTOS : Omega Rio 2016 Bullhead

  By horologium on September 5, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  In a year the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics will be underway, and official timekeeper Omega has released a special Seamaster Bullhead limited edition to commemorate the occasion. For fans of their 2013 re-release, of whom I am one, the… Read More ›

• NEW MODEL : Urwerk UR-106 ‘Lotus’

  By horologium on September 3, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  Meet the UR-106 ‘Lotus’ , the brand’s first watch aimed at women, although it is worth noting that they do have a solid female ownership and following as it is. As Chief designer and co-founder Martin Frei says – “We… Read More ›