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• Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Compressor Diving Alarm Navy SEAL

  By horologium on December 9, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  In 1959, Jaeger-LeCoultre launched the Memovox Deep Sea, the first diving watch to be fitted with an alarm that would alert the diver when the oxygen level was low, so that the diver would know when it was necessary to… Read More ›

• Universal Genève Polerouters – Cal.69 and Cal.138

  By horologium on December 5, 2011 • ( 4 )

  

  Polerouter Date cal.69   UG was founded in 1894 as “Universal Watch” by Numa-Emile Descombes and Ulysse Georges Perret for the “production of watch-cases, domes, watch dials, movement, fitted boxes and packaging for watches”. Descombes died at age 34 in 1897,… Read More ›

• flour and stone : when baking meets horology

  By horologium on December 2, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  I’ve become a fan of flour and stone, and have visited them a few times since these two visits. One of the reasons behind one of these subsequent visits was to put in a special order – pocket watch gingerbread…. Read More ›

• Selections from Antiquorum’s NY December auction

  By horologium on November 24, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  With the end of 2011 nigh, Antiquorum’s December “Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces” auction in New York will feature a mixed bag of 450 modern and vintage timepieces, and even some parts (see lots 323 to 327). You can view… Read More ›

• Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève 2011 : results

  By horologium on November 21, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  The 2011 Aiguille d’Or Grand Prix has just been awarded to De Bethune for its DB28 at the 11th Geneva Watchmaking Grand Prix (GPHG) on Saturday 19 November. The Grand Prix was founded in 2001 by the Geneva Watchmaking Grand… Read More ›

• Patek Philippe Nautilus Ref. 5712/1A

  By horologium on November 16, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  This year has seen the loss of a number of watch luminaries. One of these was Gérald Genta. One of the (many) watches for which he was (and still is) most well-known is Patek Philippe’s Nautilus, introduced in 1976. It… Read More ›

• Queensland farm shed reveals 14th century timepiece

  By horologium on November 9, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  (Photo from Bonhams) An extremely rare time-keeping device found in a bag of spare parts in a Queensland shed is estimated to fetch between GBP150,000 – 200,000 (AU$233,000-$311,000) at Bonhams’ Fine Clocks and Scientific Instruments Sale on 13 December 2011…. Read More ›

• Which came first – Glashütte or Prim?

  By horologium on November 8, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  In 2007, Glashütte Original presented what would turn out to be the first in a line of “Sixties” models (with a square-cased tourbillon featuring in 2011’s line-up) based on an almost identical design that they’d produced in, of course, the… Read More ›

• From 1786 to 2011

  By horologium on November 7, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  I recently had a NATO strap revelation, but just prior to the NATOs, I’d taken delivery of a rather more special strap, known as a “Metta”. Five of us had placed a bulk order with Micah, each with a different… Read More ›

• Casio G-Shock GA100-1A2

  By horologium on November 3, 2011 • ( 2 )

  

  One of the interesting things about watch enthusiasts is the fondness that so many of them have for the humble Casio G-SHOCK. Inexpensive, tough, and coming in a seemingly endless number of models, almost every watchnerd I’ve met seems to… Read More ›