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• VULCAIN : a 1950s Cricket

  By horologium on June 29, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Vulcain’s flagship (and most well-known) model the Cricket needs no introduction, and today’s post features one that contains the Calibre 120, the original Cricket movement that was patented in 1947. The first modern wrist alarm movement, it predated the more… Read More ›

• BREITLING : Transocean Chronograph 1915

  By horologium on June 26, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  As the name indicates, the new Transocean Chronograph 1915, launched at Baselworld 2015, commemorates a significant achievement for Breitling – a hundred years since the creation of the first independent chronograph pusher at 2 o’clock. A century ago, Breitling was… Read More ›

• EVENT : Jaeger-LeCoultre SIHH 2015 Sydney Collectors’ Dinners

  By horologium on June 24, 2015 • ( 4 )

  

  A couple of years ago Jaeger-LeCoultre Australia started hosting annual ‘collectors’ dinners’ in Sydney and Melbourne to showcase some of the year’s SIHH novelties. What started off as a single function in each city has grown. Last year there were… Read More ›

• PHOTOS : Panerai PAM 604 Radiomir Firenze 3 Days Acciaio

  By horologium on June 22, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Today we have some photos of one of the year’s more attractive releases from Officine Panerai, a Florence boutique-only limited (99 pieces) edition. The Radiomir Firenze 3 Days Acciaio comes in a hand-engraved 47mm brushed steel case that has been… Read More ›

• PHOTOS : Longines Pulsometer Chronograph

  By horologium on June 19, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  During Baselworld 2015 we mentioned the new Pulsometer monopusher released by Longines. As noted at the time, this follows on from a 2013 Asthmometer-Pulsometer chronograph and is one of the latest in their heritage-inspired pieces. To briefly recap the basics, this… Read More ›

• KARI VOUTILAINEN : Vingt-8 GMT 6 with blue guilloché dial

  By horologium on June 17, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  To meet him, Kari Voutilainen is a very modest man. Low key, much like his much-heralded watches, which hold a special place amongst collectors, especially those who are patrons and supporters of independent watchmakers. His workshop does not make many… Read More ›

• JAEGER-LECOULTRE : Rendez-Vous Ivy Tourbillon

  By horologium on June 15, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  The Rendez-Vous collection, which has been a rather huge success story for Jaeger-LeCoultre, has also been characterised by some special releases of complicated models such as a tourbillon, perpetual calendar and, last year, the Ivy Minute Repeater, which made its… Read More ›

• RADO : chocolate you can’t break

  By horologium on June 12, 2015 • ( 2 )

  

  Recently, lumiere photographie and I were invited by Rado Australia to view their Baselworld 2015 novelties here in Sydney. The new releases that we saw were a mix of quartz and automatic models, but it some of the latter which… Read More ›

• CARTIER : Grains of gold on a new Ballon Bleu

  By horologium on June 10, 2015 • ( 2 )

  

  It is at Cartier’s Maison des Métiers d’Art at La Chaux-de-Fonds that it develops the ideas and brings together the research and nurturing of crafts that have played an important role in their history when it comes to watches with… Read More ›

• Vacheron Constantin gets Super^​2 Complicated

  By horologium on June 7, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  Well the gauntlet has well and truly has been thrown down by Vacheron Constantin, who have just teased us with an announcement of the most complicated timepiece, a pocket watch, ever to have been created. A bespoke commission through the… Read More ›