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• BASELWORLD 2014 : Hamilton Pan Europ H-30

  By horologium on April 10, 2014 • ( 1 )

  

  We love a good 1970s retrotastic watch at Horologium, and Hamilton have released a new ‘version’ (I’d probably call it a close relation) of their 1971 Pan Europ, one of the first watches equipped with an automatic chronograph movement and… Read More ›

• BASELWORLD 2014 : Tudor Heritage Black Bay ‘Blue’

  By horologium on April 7, 2014 • ( 1 )

  

  The arrival of a ‘Blue Bay’ model at Baselworld 2014 generated as much buzz as its elder sibling, the very popular Black Bay, did in 2012. To find out about the 2012 version, click here, and to read about the… Read More ›

• HANDS-ON : De Bethune DB28 Digitale

  By horologium on April 6, 2014 • ( 5 )

  

  Baselworld 2014 was where De Bethune formally launched the DB28 Digitale. Fortunately, I was able to see this piece in Geneva in January, and of the two pieces I saw that day, this was the one that lingered for longest… Read More ›

• BASELWORLD 2014 : Konstantin Chaykin’s ‘Carpe Diem’ puts an hourglass on your wrist

  By horologium on April 4, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  Enough people have carped the diem out of Konstantin Chaykin’s new piece, the first wristwatch with a mechanical hourglass on the dial, so I won’t bother to bore you with any similar thoughts. I’m not sure there’s much left to… Read More ›

• BASELWORLD 2014 : Omega brings back the original Seamaster 300

  By horologium on April 3, 2014 • ( 3 )

  

  People have breathed a sigh of relief. After all the photo and video teasing, Omega fans seem to have what they want – a new Omega Seamaster 300 that is an homage to the original. Debuting in 1957 and since… Read More ›

• BASELWORLD 2014 : Girard-Perregaux Cat’s Eye Anniversary

  By horologium on April 2, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  Since its launch a decade ago, Girard-Perregaux’s signature Cat’s Eye collection has managed to forge a strong identity and popularity as part of their women’s collection with its myriad of iterations providing plenty of options. In this, its ten year… Read More ›

• BASELWORLD 2014 : Hermès Dressage L’Heure Masquée

  By horologium on April 1, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  So if you have already shown that you can ‘suspend time’, what is there to do but to hide it as well? The word ‘whimsical’ has been used for both of these watches, but although it makes sense to see… Read More ›

• BASELWORLD 2014 : Longines Heritage 1935

  By horologium on March 31, 2014 • ( 1 )

  

  For Baselworld 2014, Longines has again chosen to add to its ‘Heritage’ line by re-releasing another military aviation watch. You may recall the re-release of the Avigation Type 7 in 2012, about which I wrote here and last year, the… Read More ›

• BASELWORLD 2014 : Zenith Pilot Type 20 Tribute to Charles Kingsford Smith

  By horologium on March 30, 2014 • ( 2 )

  

  Following on from Horologium’s post earlier this month about the Zenith Pilot Montre d’Aeronef Type 20 GMT 1903 is the announcement of a Zenith limited edition for Australia that is also based on the Type 20 and of course, also… Read More ›

• BASELWORLD 2014 : Peter Speake-Marin Velsheda

  By horologium on March 29, 2014 • ( 7 )

  

  Horologium readers will know that my horological heart, Peter Speake-Marin wise, lies with his more traditional pieces – the Piccadilly case, the blued hands, the white dial. With this in mind, his release of a new model with these features,… Read More ›