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• Swatch’s Trésor Magique

  By horologium on September 2, 2011 • ( 6 )

  

  Back in the early-mid 1990s, there was what I think of as the height of Swatch limited edition madness, when the release of special models would lead to overnight queues at Swatch boutiques, and it would get a little crazy…. Read More ›

• Panamera Flieger 47

  By horologium on August 20, 2011 • ( 1 )

  

  Pilots’ watches, whether they be B-Uhr heritage fliegers from the ‘knowns’ or one of the plethora of small brands which you only hear about through word of mouth or on watch fora, are one of the constants in the watch… Read More ›

• Plastic Fantastic – Swatch teams up with Kidrobot

  By horologium on August 12, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  For anyone who has had even a pasing interest in designer (vinyl) toys, the name of Kidrobot is a familiar one. Not just a shop, but also the world’s major creator of limited edition art toys, Kidrobot also regularly collaborates… Read More ›

• Judge rules against collector in $50K watch lawsuit

  By horologium on August 9, 2011 • ( 0 )

  It’s a watch collector’s worst nightmare. A German collector is stuck with a $50,000 dud after a Canadian Supreme Court judge ruled against him in a case he brought against the West Vancouver family who sold it to him on… Read More ›

• A rare Panerai – the PAM 103

  By horologium on July 31, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  A hard to find limited edition Panerai, the rose gold Radiomir PAM103 is today’s rare beast. Made in a limited edition of 500 in 2002 (D and E series), this is an unusual Panerai for several reasons. First of all,… Read More ›

• HANDS-ON : with a vintage Doxa Grafic

  By horologium on July 29, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  The Doxa brand was founded in 1889 by 21 year old Georges Ducommun to create fine pocket watches, gradually progressing to fairly conservatively styled wristwatches and garnering a reputation for being a bit of an innovator, through developments such as… Read More ›

• The "I’m Watch" smartwatch

  By horologium on July 27, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  White gold version A few steps up from the LunaTik iPod watch conversion kit, Milan based Blue Sky s.r.l. is about to release the “I’m Watch”, promoted as the world’s first smartwatch. Designed with Android-based phones in mind, but apple… Read More ›

• Space Invaders watch – the price of nostalgia

  By horologium on July 16, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  Romain Jerome, ever the brand searching for something that no-one else will do, whether this be the Titanic, the moon dust or the Eyjafjallajökull (yes I can say it, it’s my sole party trick) watches, has come up with yet… Read More ›

• The making of a Panerai

  By horologium on July 13, 2011 • ( 0 )

  The Science Channel’s How it’s Made program, which shows how everyday things are created, recently took a horological bent, with an engaging and educational look at how a watch (in this case a Panerai) is made. Even for those of… Read More ›

• Lange Zeitwerk piece unique for Kidz Horizon

  By horologium on July 7, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  For many watch enthusiasts, it is a quiet sort of a hobby (or obsession, in some cases), and in the pre-internet days, this was even more so. The creation of the WWW provided a boon to people interested in watches… Read More ›