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• An interview with Mr. Hannes Pantli of IWC

  By horologium on June 30, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  Earlier this year I had the opportunity to interview Mr. Hannes Pantli, Board Member (and ex Executive Vice President) and living icon of IWC, with whom he has been associated for decades, a period during which both the watch industry… Read More ›

• HANDS-ON : Omega’s DeVille Trésor

  By horologium on June 26, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  On the day during which I visited the Sydney Omega boutique to see the Speedmaster Mark II I had expectations only of the Mark II. What other watches I might see did not cross my mind. It was all about… Read More ›

• HANDS-ON : GIRARD PERREGAUX Chrono Hawk Pink Gold

  By horologium on June 22, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  During Baselworld 2014 Girard-Perregaux introduced a new addition to their Chrono Hawk sports chronograph range, in pink gold. With thanks to Avstev, I recently had the opportunity to see this piece in Sydney. The new sixty-two part case is 18K… Read More ›

• CHARITY : HAMMER’S TARGA CHALLENGE

  By horologium on June 19, 2014 • ( 1 )

  

  Hammer. Some are known just by the single moniker. Instead of repeating what has been written about him many times before, both in his own words and by others, I direct you to this link. If you are new to… Read More ›

• ON THE WRIST : Baume et Mercier’s Clifton Retrograde Date

  By horologium on June 5, 2014 • ( 1 )

  

  Earlier this year, I covered Baume et Mercier’s new Clifton Retrograde Date, which I first saw at SIHH 2014. Recently, I had the opportunity to test drive one for a month with thanks to Baume et Mercier Australia. For those… Read More ›

• HANDS-ON : Vacheron Constantin Malte Tourbillon Openworked

  By horologium on June 1, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  Earlier this year we covered the new Métiers d’Art Fabuleux Ornements watches from Vacheron Constantin, featuring some of Vacheron’s delicate open-working skills. Aside from these, there was a general theme focusing on new open-work watches at SIHH 2014, and one… Read More ›

• HANDS-ON : Girard-Perregaux Cat’s Eye Anniversary watch

  By horologium on May 30, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  At Baselworld 2014 Girard-Perregaux launched a number of new models to add to their successful Cat’s Eye women’s collection. One of these was an Anniversary model, marking a decade since its launch, and previously written about on Horologium here. You… Read More ›

• HANDS-ON : Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean Platinum

  By horologium on May 27, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  As previously posted, earlier this year I had the opportunity to view the Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean Orange Ceramic. At the same time I also got to see its sibling, the Seamaster Planet Ocean Platinum with diamond-set ceramic and sapphire…. Read More ›

• NEWS : Blancpain Villeret 12 Day Flying Tourbillon

  By horologium on May 21, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  The Maison of Blancpain, whose Villeret Collection is both one of its core strengths and yet still, so much under the radar of many, recently added a new piece to the collection – the ‘Volant Une Minute 12 Jours’, aka… Read More ›

• HANDS-ON : PROTOTYPE Jaeger-LeCoultre Memovox Tribute to Polaris 1968

  By horologium on May 18, 2014 • ( 8 )

  

  Seven hundred and sixty eight. This is the number that were produced by Jaeger-LeCoultre in 2008 of the immensely popular re-edition of the 1968 (as opposed to the other 2008 re-edition of the 1965 version) Memovox Polaris diving watch. A… Read More ›