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• HANDS-ON : Greubel Forsey’s GMT in rose gold

  By horologium on July 21, 2013 • ( 5 )

  

  To have handled one Greubel Forsey GMT is special enough, but following on from having seen the white gold model earlier this year in London, I recently had the opportunity to see the new-for-2013 red gold model to ‘complete the… Read More ›

• HANDS-ON : Kari Voutilainen’s Vingt-8

  By horologium on July 18, 2013 • ( 1 )

  

  Horologium has a particular fondness for independent watchmaking and today we bring another example, courtesy of a local collector who kindly brought his new toy along when we met for a coffee. Kari Voutilainen, born in 1962, is a Finnish… Read More ›

• NEWS : Swiss competition body orders Swatch Group to continue supply

  By horologium on July 15, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  On 8 July 2013 the Swiss Federal Competition Commission handed down a decision altering their previous agreement with the Swatch Group allowing the Group to cut watch movement and component supplies to non-Swatch Group companies. Whilst the Commission agrees in… Read More ›

• NEWS : New Swiss-China Free Trade Agreement’s impact on watch industry

  By horologium on July 12, 2013 • ( 1 )

  

  In May 2013 the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry (FH) announced that industry and government leaders had signed a memorandum regarding China’s plans to cut tariffs on Swiss watches incrementally over the next decade, with an end result of… Read More ›

• ‘Shades of Grey’ from Grieb & Benzinger

  By horologium on July 9, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Grieb & Benzinger are a German brand best known for their skeletonised watches, some of which use vintage movements (there have also been watches under the ‘Benzinger’ brand). They have just announced a new collection of white gold watches called… Read More ›

• HANDS-ON : Girard-Perregaux Tourbillon with Three Gold Bridges Diamond-Set

  By horologium on July 6, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  It started with a pocket watch. The three gold bridges movement has been an enduring feature of Girard-Perregaux’s high-end timepieces since Constant Girard’s obsession with the tourbillon lead to the production of his ‘tourbillon with three nickel bridges’ pocket watch…. Read More ›

• HANDS ON : Raymond Weil’s Freelancer Urban Black

  By horologium on June 29, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Horologium endeavours to cover a broad range of watches and brands across many price points, and it is with this in mind that today’s post is about a watch from a brand that you’ll see widely advertised even if you… Read More ›

• Omega’s Ladymatic Collection and some thoughts on women’s watches

  By horologium on June 27, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  With men’s watches so dominant in the watch industry it is easy for women’s watches to be an afterthought. Men are the major market/ consumers of watches after all, especially in the ‘luxury’ area. There are, however, an increasing number… Read More ›

• BAUSELE : Australia in a watch

  By horologium on June 23, 2013 • ( 4 )

  

  It is rare for quartz watches to be featured on Horologium. This is not because we’re ‘movement snobs’, but because our focus is on mechanical timepieces, and if a quartz watch is going to be mentioned, there is going to… Read More ›

• EVENT : Ingenieurs for breakfast with IWC

  By horologium on June 21, 2013 • ( 1 )

  

  Following the launch of this year’s Ingenieur collection at SIHH 2013 IWC have been busy with local events worldwide for those who could not make it to Geneva. An invitation to the Sydney one meant that I could spend a… Read More ›