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• Bought at car boot sale for £25, Sean Connery’s ‘Thunderball’ watch to be auctioned

  By horologium on May 25, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Whether you’re a watch enthusiast or not, whether you are a fan of the James Bond film franchise (or even Fleming’s books) or not, you probably love a story about a random discovery that nets the finder something rather special…. Read More ›

• An Explosive Encounter : the C3H5N3O9

  By horologium on May 23, 2013 • ( 4 )

  

  MB&F and URWERK aren’t strangers to Horologium, and the combination of their quirky and at often groundbreaking approach to timepieces last year courtesy of the C3H5N3O9 Nitroglycerine Experiment ZR102 was unexpected and generated a lot of buzz, but also paid… Read More ›

• EXHIBITION : Seiko celebrates 100 years of watchmaking

  By horologium on May 21, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the first domestically produced watch by the precursor to the Seiko brand, the Seiko Museum in Sumida, Tokyo is holding a special free exhibition. The first Japan-made watch was crafted by K. Hattori &… Read More ›

• BASELWORLD 2013 : Some thoughts on Swatch’s new SISTEM 51 movement

  By horologium on May 18, 2013 • ( 10 )

  

  What was arguably the biggest new release during Baselworld 2013 was neither an expensive complication nor an exciting new brand, but the Swatch Group CEO Nick Hayek announcing the new ‘Swatch SISTEM51’ automatic movement, to be used in an entirely… Read More ›

• BASELWORLD 2013 : Glashütte Original Senator Chronometer Regulator

  By horologium on May 16, 2013 • ( 2 )

  

  Another Baselworld 2013 release by Glashütte Original this year is a new Regulator model with the classic regulator design of a centre minute display and other indicators positioned as subsidiaries. The dial is lacquered silver-grainé with the hour display at 12… Read More ›

• VIDEO : Floating watches and watch repair on board the ISS

  By horologium on May 15, 2013 • ( 0 )

  Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield returned to Earth yesterday after having handed over his command of the International Space Station (ISS) to his friend and crewmate Pavel Vinogradov. At the time of the launch of this this post his cover of… Read More ›

• BASELWORLD 2013 : H.Moser & Cie’s Nomad Dual Time

  By horologium on May 14, 2013 • ( 1 )

  

  After a look at Jaquet Droz’s so-minimalist-you-could-blink-and-not-realise-what-you-were-looking-at Grande Heure GMT, today is about another pared back dual time zone watch that was launched at Baselworld 2013 – the Nomad from H.Moser & Cie. Another elegant interpretation of a two time… Read More ›

• BASELWORLD 2013 : U-Boat’s Limited Edition ‘Venenum’ Motorcycle

  By horologium on May 11, 2013 • ( 1 )

  

  Baselworld isn’t just about watches, clocks and jewellery. This year U-Boat also presented a limited edition motorbike called the ‘Venenum’, one of a hundred bikes that will be created exclusively for them by Dino Romano from Moto Dal Cuore (which… Read More ›

• BASELWORLD 2013 : Nomos’ new Ahoi

  By horologium on May 10, 2013 • ( 3 )

  

  During Baselworld 2013 Nomos launched their newest model the Ahoi, a sporty watch with a 200m water resistance that is different yet still clearly similar to their successful range of watches. A progression of sorts from their Tangomat model, it… Read More ›

• NEWS : Jaeger-LeCoultre CEO Jerome Lambert to become Montblanc CEO

  By horologium on May 8, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  The Richemont Group has announced that Jaeger-LeCoultre CEO Mr Jérôme Lambert will succeed Mr Lutz Bethge as CEO of Montblanc as of 1 July 2013. Mr Lambert will remain a member of the Richemont Group Management Committee. Mr Bethge will… Read More ›