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• BREMONT : the new Wright Flyer, and some thoughts on ‘in-house’

  By horologium on July 31, 2014 • ( 9 )

  

  Unless you’ve been off-grid internet-wise for the past few week, you will know about the announcement by Bremont of their new limited edition the ‘Wright Flyer’, which will incorporate original material from the 1903 Wright brothers’ flyer, and the still-ongoing… Read More ›

• MEISTERSINGER : Soprana No.6 limited edition

  By horologium on July 30, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  A while back we mentioned a six (as opposed to their usual twelve) hour watch from single-handed specialists MeisterSinger called the Soprana N°6. Created in collaboration with Vincenza jewellers Soprana, the eponymous ‘6’ refers to the concept of a six… Read More ›

• HANDS-ON : the new Tudor Ranger

  By horologium on July 27, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  Another year has meant another vintage-inspired talking point from Tudor, whose last few years, especially with its reintroduction in certain worldwide markets, has lead to an unexpected renaissance. This year at Baselword 2014 it was the turn of the Tudor… Read More ›

• HANDS-ON : GIRARD-PERREGAUX 1966 DUAL TIME

  By horologium on July 25, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  Girard-Perregaux’s 1966 collection, in which lives the most elegant and classic of their watches, now has two new automatic time zone pieces, the Dual Time, for those for whom the Traveller pieces don’t suit. Launched at Baselworld 2014, with thanks… Read More ›

• HANDS-ON : Jaeger-LeCoultre’s Duomètre Unique Travel Time

  By horologium on July 20, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  Two years ago Jaeger-LeCoultre lauched their Duomètre Unique Travel Time at their then new Place Vendome boutique. At that point it was released in a limited edition of one hundred pieces in white gold, and you can read more about… Read More ›

• Perpetually yours : Rolex’s new 2014 Oyster Perpetual

  By horologium on July 18, 2014 • ( 2 )

  

  At Baselworld 2014 Rolex launched updated versions of its classic Oyster Perpetual model in 31mm and 36mm, and featuring new dials. With thanks to to The Hour Glass (Australia), I had the opportunity to see the new 36mm models during… Read More ›

• PHOTOS : Vacheron Constantin Malte Tourbillon Openworked

  By horologium on July 16, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  Recently, we wrote about the Vacheron Constantin Malte Tourbillon Openworked, one of the pieces launched at SIHH 2014. The photos used in that post were part of many that were taken of Vacheron’s releases during the rather frantic ten or… Read More ›

• HANDS-ON : Thomas Prescher Triple Axis Tourbillon Regulator Sport

  By horologium on July 9, 2014 • ( 4 )

  

  One of the most engaging (and perhaps marginally frustrating) parts of the watch world is that sometimes, you are confronted with so many interesting things on people’s wrists and appearing miraculously out of hidden jacket pockets that you aren’t quite… Read More ›

• Chopard introduces the use of ‘Fairmined’ gold

  By horologium on July 6, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  Consumer concerns about ethical mining, blood diamonds and the like have gained currency in the last decade or so, but they still remain far from mainstream. This year, Chopard have launched their first watch using Fairmined® gold, the standard for… Read More ›

• NEWS : Oris’ new Big Crown ProPilot Altimeter

  By horologium on July 2, 2014 • ( 2 )

  

  For most of us, an altimeter on the wrist is an indulgence, a cool thing that we will never use. Perhaps we aren’t even entirely sure what it is, let alone how to read it on our watches. Broadly speaking,… Read More ›