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• VACHERON CONSTANTIN : Le Chronograph dans le Temps

  By horologium on April 17, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  For those who are familiar with Geneva one of the horological points of interest, as it were, is the building that houses Vacheron Constantin on the Quai d l’Ile, its location also the name of one of their watch collections…. Read More ›

• BASELWORLD 2015 : New TYPE 3 RESSENCE

  By horologium on April 15, 2015 • ( 4 )

  

  Many claim to make ‘revolutionary’ changes to the wristwatch, but in 2010 Benoit Mitiens and the new brand of Ressence really did do something groundbreaking – they made the watch (and design) world accept a watch with no crown with… Read More ›

• FILM : Celebrating the AHCI (Académie Horlogère des Créateurs Indépendants)

  By horologium on April 12, 2015 • ( 3 )

  Currently consisting of thirty-three members, the Académie Horlogère des Créateurs Indépendants (AHCI), which promotes independent watch and clock making, is celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2015. For thirty lucky people, commemorative wooden pens made by AHCI member Valerii Danevych, renowned… Read More ›

• BASELWORLD 2015 : NOMOS Minimatik

  By horologium on April 10, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Baselworld 2015 was the place at which NOMOS Glashütte launched its new Calibre DUW 3001 in the form of two new models. Since it’s about the movement, let’s discuss that first. ‘DUW’ stands for ‘Deutsche Uhrenwerke’ (‘German watchworks’, according to… Read More ›

• BASELWORLD 2015 : Breguet Marine Chronographe Reference 5823 “200 ans de Marine”

  By horologium on April 7, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  The watch industry loves commemorating an anniversary with a watch. Today’s post is about a comparatively low key watch that marks something worth commemorating – the bicentenary of Abraham-Louis Breguet’s appointment, on October 27, 1815, as chronometer-maker to the Royal… Read More ›

• FIONA KRÜGER : Celebration

  By horologium on April 5, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  In a recent post introducing Fiona Krüger and her skull watches mention was made of a new ‘Celebration’ watch. Well here it is. Her third time watch, it is a variation on her previous watches, with the same influences (for… Read More ›

• HANDS-ON : De Bethune DB28 GS

  By horologium on April 2, 2015 • ( 2 )

  

  The just-finished Baselworld 2015 was where De Bethune formally launched the DB28 GS for which they did a ‘soft launch’ in late January. Those of you who follow Horologium on Instagram will have seen a photo that posted on the… Read More ›

• NEWS : China’s moderately wealthy will be worth twice as much as U.S. counterparts by 2020

  By horologium on March 31, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  According to an Economist Intelligence Unit global report sponsored by Citi and reported in the South China Morning Post, the total wealth held by China’s moderately wealthy (households with financial assets of US$100,000 to US$2 million) will be double that… Read More ›

• MB&F : Melchior the mechanical robot clock

  By horologium on March 30, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  In thinking about this newly launched mechanical art from MB&F one wonders whether words are, to some degree, superfluous. The connection between Melchior and someone who looks at it is of course partly to do with his mechanical wonder but… Read More ›

• EVENT : Collectable & Vintage Wristwatch Forum

  By horologium on March 27, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  The British Horological Institute are holding a Collectable and Vintage Wristwatch Forum at which there will be a number of esteemed speakers. One of them is my friend the #watchnerd, who will be talking about the influence of steampunk on… Read More ›