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• HANDS-ON : ORIS Aquis Depth Gauge

  By horologium on August 21, 2013 • ( 2 )

  

  Oris are known for producing solid tool watches, including a number of divers’ models. This year, they have released the first divers’ watch which measures depth by means of the intuitively horrifying idea of allowing water to enter the timepiece…. Read More ›

• HANDS-ON : PARMIGIANI’S Pershing Tourbillon Abyss

  By horologium on August 19, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  In this, part two of a series of Parmigiani posts covering some of their models that were being showcased at the Sydney Boat Show (see here for part one), it’s the turn of a nautically themed watch, the Pershing Tourbillon… Read More ›

• PARMIGIANI & THE HOUR GLASS : the Bugatti Super Sport ADLC

  By horologium on August 16, 2013 • ( 1 )

  

  Clear blue skies, a blindingly bright sun and temperatures hovering around 20C. Sydney during what was, even for this city, an incredibly warm August, played host to the annual Sydney International Boat Show at Darling Harbour, but it was not… Read More ›

• HANDS-ON : Omega’s new Constellation Sedna and its new 18K rose gold alloy

  By horologium on August 13, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Following on from my posts about Omega’s new 2013 offerings of the Bullhead and the Speedmaster ‘Dark Side of the Moon’ is a third post about one of Omega’s other big announcements for the year, the new Constellation Sedna, made… Read More ›

• HANDS-ON : with JEANRICHARD’s Aeroscope, Aquascope and Terrascope

  By horologium on August 9, 2013 • ( 6 )

  

  Following on from a previous post, this is the second part dedicated to some of JEANRICHARD’s range of relaunched and new watches. For this post, we cover the sports range – the Aeroscope, Aquascope and Terrascope. First we start with… Read More ›

• HANDS-ON : JEANRICHARD – a new beginning

  By horologium on August 6, 2013 • ( 1 )

  

  In 2012, after a period of flux and uncertainty about the brand’s image, JEANRICHARD repositioned themselves and launched a new identity with a streamlined triumvirate range based on ‘land, water and air’ in the form of the 1681, Terrascope, Aquascope,… Read More ›

• INSECT LAB : cybernetic sculptures

  By horologium on August 3, 2013 • ( 3 )

  

  The use of watch parts from (hopefully non-functioning) vintage wrist and pocket watches for creative endeavours beyond movement cufflinks can be a divisive issue amongst watch enthusiasts. Where some see a useful appropriation and reinvention which gives a watch a… Read More ›

• HANDS-ON : Omega’s Speedy goes to the dark side of the moon

  By horologium on July 31, 2013 • ( 6 )

  

  The Bullhead was one of Baselworld 2013’s most talked about releases from Omega and, in the run up to its appearance at boutiques and retailers, is still a hot topic of horological conversation. Running perhaps in a dead heat in… Read More ›

• HANDS-ON : Jaeger-LeCoultre’s pink gold Gyrotourbillon 2

  By horologium on July 27, 2013 • ( 1 )

  

  Today’s featured watch is not a watch that you happen across every day. Nor every month, for that matter. Having heard that it was newly arrived at Sydney boutique J.Farren-Price, I grabbed the opportunity to look at the ‘ne plus… Read More ›

• HANDS ON : Omega’s 2013 Bullhead

  By horologium on July 24, 2013 • ( 5 )

  

  Today Horologium brings you a post about a model that we wanted to mention when it was launched at Baselworld 2013 but were unable to do so due to the lack of press photos available. For me, this was the… Read More ›