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• Omega launches London Olympics app

  By horologium on July 28, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  So the 2012 London Olympics have started, Tim Berners-Lee tweeted from the stage during the opening ceremony, and there will be sleepless nights for many people between now and 12 August 2012. It would be hard to miss the fact… Read More ›

• Devon Works’ Tread 1

  By horologium on July 26, 2012 • ( 6 )

  

  Bulletproof electro-mechanical American belts and motors powered by a lithium battery that is rechargeable via a magnetic-induction dock. What else but the Devon Tread 1? Announced in 2010, it arrived in Australia last year, but I had not managed to… Read More ›

• HANDS-ON : with the Steinhart Triton 100 SS Diver

  By horologium on July 23, 2012 • ( 2 )

  

  Watches with lume – not just practical but well, just plain fun. Whether the watch has luminous hands, markers or dial, whether it is tritium, SuperLumiNova or even radium, there’s something about a watch lighting up at in darkness that… Read More ›

• What sort of a watch does a Dingo wear?

  By horologium on July 20, 2012 • ( 3 )

  

  Is this a ‘world first’ watch photo? Meet the Dingo cross known simply ‘Girl’. She lives in the Gibson Desert at a remote community 950km from Alice Springs and 1100km from Kalgoorlie.  Originally wild, Girl still roams free but is… Read More ›

• Midnight encounter with a PAM 372

  By horologium on July 18, 2012 • ( 5 )

  

  An unexpected midnight encounter with a great watch after having just eaten a pretty good hot dog and curly fries? That. Fortunately, I had my camera with me. When it was announced in 2011, the PAM 372 was a clear… Read More ›

• The vodka inspired Fortis Frisson

  By horologium on July 16, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  In 2008, German artist and designer Rolf Sachs designed the limited edition ‘IQ’watch for Fortis. This year, he has again collaborated with Fortis for another limited edition, this time to celebrate the brand’s 100th birthday. Rolf Sachs IQ Sachs’ inspiration… Read More ›

• Roger Federer – one minute and twenty-eight seconds of Rolex

  By horologium on July 12, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Interestingly, a number of news media reported how much time elapsed (1 minute and 28 seconds) between Roger Federer’s seventh Wimbledon win and the clicking of the clasp of his Rolex Oyster Perpetual Day-Date II. Federer’s ten year endorsement deal… Read More ›

• HANDS-ON : with the Chopard L.U.C. XP

  By horologium on July 11, 2012 • ( 2 )

  

  Lately, I’ve been finding myself being increasingly drawn to time-only watches. Part of this has been for practical reasons such as not having to correct the date when I decide to wear a watch with a date function, and the… Read More ›

• An interview with Max Busser

  By horologium on July 9, 2012 • ( 3 )

  

  There isn’t a new post today on Horologium, but I have launched my final post for the Sydney Tarts blog, an interview with Max Busser, so here’s the link to that. I hope that you’ll make a new discovery about… Read More ›

• A rare unissued Waltham WW2 watch

  By horologium on July 7, 2012 • ( 13 )

  

  Watches labelled as ‘NOS’ (new old stock) are oft prized. For watches, as it is for books or many other collectables, the idea of something that has been untouched, especially vintage watches, is tantalising. The words ‘new unissued in box’ were enough to draw me into the unknown world of vintage military watches. The lure of an untouched 1945 watch was too great.