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• MISCELLANY : an 89 year old New York watch repairer

  By horologium on August 17, 2015 • ( 0 )

  With thanks to #thewatchnerd who alerted me to it, today I would like to share a charming and in many ways wonderfully optimistic article about Al, an 89-year-old watch repairer in downtown Manhattan who opened his shop in 1949. Click… Read More ›

• NEWS : Pyongyang Time

  By horologium on August 15, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  It is called ‘Pyongyang time’ and it starts today, August 15, 2015. A couple of weeks ago, in its latest gesture to the rest of the world and in this instance, specifically Japan, North Korea revealed it will establish its… Read More ›

• ON THE WRIST : Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Ultra Thin 1907

  By horologium on August 11, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  I recently had the opportunity to spend some ‘wrist testing’ time with Jaeger Le-Coultre’s Master pink gold Ultra Thin 1907 courtesy of Jaeger-LeCoultre Australia. This was a watch I’d already seen; if memory serves me correctly I’d crossed paths with… Read More ›

• NEWS : Hong Kong luxury sector’s downturn

  By horologium on August 8, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  In signs that the luxury downturn in China has well and truly hit Hong Kong, LVMH and Kering have announced actual and probable closures in the city. For LVMH, the combination of high rents and lower customer numbers have lead… Read More ›

• PHOTOS : a 1970s IWC Yacht Club

  By horologium on August 6, 2015 • ( 2 )

  

  Although it is a name that has perhaps become less known to contemporary watch enthusiasts, the ‘Yacht Club’ moniker forms an important part of IWC’s history. The original Yacht Club Automatic was launched at the Baselworld 1967. With its focus on… Read More ›

• Putin’s Spokesman’s $620,000 ‘wedding gift’ watch

  By horologium on August 4, 2015 • ( 2 )

  

  Two truisims : 1. Powerful Russians like their watches 2. You can never, especially as a public figure, hide from the internet trail Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov is the latest to have his horological proclivities revealed for… Read More ›

• CHOPARD : L.U.C. XPS

  By horologium on August 3, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  A few years ago we looked at the simple and classically dressy L.U.C. XP. Yes it has been a bit of a gap between XPs, so to speak, but today we have the equally beautiful variant also in 18 carat… Read More ›

• NEWS : Mondaine Helvetica 1 Smart Watch pre-orders open

  By horologium on July 30, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Earlier this year Mondaine, keeper of the Swiss train times and occasional Apple nemesis, launched their version of a ‘smart watch’, called the Mondaine Helvetica 1. Available in a limited edition of 1,957, those who are interested can now place… Read More ›

• ZENITH : Pilot Type 20 Hommage à Louis Blériot

  By horologium on July 28, 2015 • ( 2 )

  

  Sometimes in the watch world there are not just trends, but perhaps what one can call micro-trends. Well it appears that there is a meteorite micro-trend in 2015. We’ve had Jaeger-LeCoultre’s Master Calendar and Parmigiani’s Tonda. The latest option for… Read More ›

• LONGINES : Heritage Diver 1967

  By horologium on July 24, 2015 • ( 2 )

  

  Longines’ heritage-inspired Heritage Diver 1967 was released at Baselworld 2015, and with thanks to Longines Australia, we were loaned a prototype for a few days. With its roots in a 1967 piece called the ‘Skin Diver’, this new version is,… Read More ›