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• HANDS-ON : Linde Werdelin’s Spidolite II Titanium

  By horologium on September 20, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Launched in 2006 by Morten Linde and Jorn Werdelin and specialising in limited productions of watches and sports instruments for skiing and diving, the Linde Werdelin brand, which many in Australia may not know has a distributor here, was the… Read More ›

• Wearing watches : an artist’s view

  By horologium on September 17, 2013 • ( 1 )

  

  Watch magazines, particularly print ones, tend to be photograph-heavy, with visual content largely either close-ups of the watches or highly stylised set pieces. In a rare example of a change from this norm, Chronos FEMME, a Japanese watch and jewellery… Read More ›

• HANDS ON : Parmigiani Toric Quaestor Pegase

  By horologium on September 14, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Parmigiani Fleurier’s Toric collection forms part of its ‘Haute Horlogerie’ line of men’s watches. The Toric models are powered by a hand-wound movement that is developed in-house, and contained within a 46mm case. The Toric Quaestor men’s watch is available… Read More ›

• NEWS : China’s ‘Brother Watch’ jailed for corruption

  By horologium on September 11, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  The predilection of public officials for expensive watches is well-documented. A rather notable proportion of them seem to reside in Russia and her republics, and the People’s Republic of China. Last year, a former work safety boss in the northern… Read More ›

• HANDS-ON : Sea-Gull 1963 Reissue

  By horologium on September 8, 2013 • ( 8 )

  

  Today’s watch is one I was offered the chance to play with for a few weeks by Queensland collector Col, who generously sent his newly acquired Sea-Gull 1963 Reissue to me before he’d even had a chance to wear it… Read More ›

• NEWS : MB&F’s Legacy Machine 2 and what is resonance anyway?

  By horologium on September 5, 2013 • ( 6 )

  

  Prior to MB&F’s launch of their first Legacy Machine, the air of anticipation in the watch world was both widespread. Its arrival proved the eager anticipation was not unfounded. The combination of history, modernity and that MB&F touch has turned… Read More ›

• EVENT : A jubilee evening with Jaeger-LeCoultre

  By horologium on September 2, 2013 • ( 8 )

  

  A few weeks ago Jaeger-LeCoultre Australia hosted a dinner in Sydney to introduce some of releases in this, their 180th anniversary year. Held at Sake Restaurant, a mix of collectors, enthusiasts and others were given the opportunity to try and… Read More ›

• PHOTO ESSAY : a pair of Vianney Halter Classics

  By horologium on August 30, 2013 • ( 7 )

  

  At Baselworld 1999 and 2000 Vianney Halter and Janiver SA showed off his ‘Classic’ model, delivery of which commenced in 2001 and continued for almost a decade before it was discontinued. The total run was 250 pieces, of which 115… Read More ›

• CARTIER : C’est un mystère

  By horologium on August 27, 2013 • ( 2 )

  

  As a ‘follow-up’ of sorts to the ‘jump hour’ post, today Horologium looks at another type of uncommon time display, two Cartier ‘mysterieuse’ models released this year. Cartier is famed for its long term commitment to mystery clocks and watches,… Read More ›

• A look at some ‘jump hour’ watches

  By horologium on August 23, 2013 • ( 8 )

  

  Inspired by conversations online with English watch and clock collector AlanL and Sydney enthusiast Danny, whom I had the pleasure of meeting at a Jaeger-LeCoultre SIHH 2013 novelties dinner (about which I will cover in a separate post), this post… Read More ›