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• WATCHES & WONDERS 2014 : Richard Mille RM56-02 Sapphire Tourbillon

  By horologium on October 2, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  On the second day of Watches & Wonders 2014 here in Hong Kong I was told by a new acquaintance that I simply had to go and see the Richard Mille RM56-02. So after the press session I ambled out… Read More ›

• JAEGER-LECOULTRE : The Rendez-Vous Ivy Minute Repeater

  By horologium on October 1, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  Last week Jeager-LeCoultre CEO Mr. Daniel Riedo paid his first visit to Australia. One of the purposes of his visit was to talk about the Maison’s women’s watches, and a dinner was held at Quay Restaurant in Sydney in honour… Read More ›

• WATCHES & WONDERS 2014 : Opening ceremony

  By horologium on September 30, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  A few hours ago I attended the opening cocktails of Watches & Wonders 2014. You know what they say – if the ribbon has been cut by all the CEOs of participating brands, and if each booth has been traditionally… Read More ›

• LIVE : From Watches & Wonders 2014

  By horologium on September 29, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  I am writing to you live from Hong Kong, where it is the ‘preview day’ for the second “Watches & Wonders : The Haute Horlogerie Exhibition in Asia”. The fair runs from 30 September – 2 October 2014 at the… Read More ›

• THOMAS PRESCHER : the Mysterious Automatic Double Axis Tourbillon

  By horologium on September 27, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  Would I like to see a ‘simple’ watch from Thomas Prescher? When I met Thomas and Heike Prescher earlier this year and was asked this question by Heike, I was momentarily struck silent, as my mind tried to quickly think… Read More ›

• WATCH PROFILE : Arnold & Son UTTE

  By horologium on September 26, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  Swiss brand Arnold & Son recently extended what it calls it Instrument Collection with the addition of two new versions of its UTTE tourbillon. In fact the ‘UTTE’ of the name is an acronym for ‘Ultra Thin Tourbillon Escapement’. They… Read More ›

• HANDS-ON : Parmigiani Kalpa XL Hebdomadaire

  By horologium on September 24, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  I recently had the opportunity to view a number of Parmigiani Fleurier pieces in Sydney as a part of a brand celebration in conjunction with The Hour Glass, and today’s watch is the first of these that I shall introduce… Read More ›

• GIRARD-PERREGAUX : 1966 Tourbillon with Gold Bridge LE

  By horologium on September 21, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  Girard-Perregaux’s modern ‘gold bridges’ haute horlogerie watches are manifestations of Constant Girard-Perregaux’s mid-19th century tourbillon with three bridges which garnered a ‘first class’ award from the Neuchatel Observatory and a gold medal at the Paris Universal Exhibition in 1889. Those… Read More ›

• HANDS-ON : Longines Heritage Collection 24-Hour Single Pusher Chronograph

  By horologium on September 17, 2014 • ( 5 )

  

  That the Longines Heritage collection is my favourite of their lines is no big surprise, I’ve certainly blogged as such during the short life of Horologium (e.g. the the 1938 Collection), so it was with great pleasure that I accepted… Read More ›

• NEWS : Fifa officials ordered to surrender watches left in World Cup hotel rooms as gifts

  By horologium on September 14, 2014 • ( 0 )

  The scandal-ridden Fifa/ World Cup has been dealt another blow, with Sepp Blatter and the Fifa Executive Committee now ordered to give up watches that were left in their hotel rooms as gifts in Brazil. The Fifa chief investigator had… Read More ›