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• BASELWORLD 2019 : Bvlgari Octo Finissimo Chronograph GMT Automatic

  By horologium on March 25, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Launched in 2012, the Octo collection arguably didn’t pick up momentum until 2014, when it went into Piaget’s ultra-thin territory with its record-breaking manually wound Octo Finissimo Tourbillon. Since then, they have gone into overdrive and more than established their… Read More ›

• BASELWORLD 2019 : H. Moser & Cie Endeavour Concept Minute Repeater Tourbillon

  By horologium on March 23, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  At the SIHH 2019 H.Moser & Cie released the Concept Black Minute Repeater in a Swiss Alp case. Now, at Baselworld 2019, the minute repeater and tourbillon combination is revisited in a different physical form – the new Endeavour Concept… Read More ›

• BASELWORLD 2019 : Chopard L.U.C XPS Twist QF

  By horologium on March 22, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Back in 2014 Chopard introduced their first watch using Fairmined® gold, the standard for ‘fair mined’ having been determined in 2011 by the Alliance for Responsible Mining (ARM). At the time, I noted that some of the challenges faced by… Read More ›

• BASELWORLD 2019 : Hautlence HL Sphere 01

  By horologium on March 21, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Hautlence are a brand that is not above a bit of fun, and being unexpected. Last year they launched the HL Kinetic table clock, a time piece which displayed hours and minutes via spheres in two transparent columns. Each black… Read More ›

• A. LANGE & SÖHNE : Datograph Perpetual Tourbillon

  By horologium on March 20, 2019 • ( 2 )

  

  In 2016, Lange launched the Datograph Perpetual Tourbillon. The ‘Datograph’ of the name refers to a flyback chronograph with a jumping minute counter and the Lange outsize date, the ‘Perpetual’ means a perpetual calendar with jumping displays combined with a… Read More ›

• KARI VOUTILAINEN : dialling it up

  By horologium on March 17, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  In his first launches for 2019, Kari Voutilainen focused not on any new model, but on new sizing (the ones in today’s post are 44mm and 37.5mm) and dial materials/ patterns for his Vingt-8. Today, we are sharing some of… Read More ›

• NEW : ochs und junior two time zones + date

  By horologium on March 12, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

    Ochs und junior are known for approaching the telling of time in a very pared back form, with distinctive aesthetics to match. It is difficult not to be able to tell that a watch is from the brand, even… Read More ›

• NEW : Casio G-Shock goes ‘Pure Gold’

  By horologium on March 9, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Casio’s marking of the 35th birthday of the G-Shock continues with a new model that is gold in both name and form. The Pure Gold Dream Project G-Shock has its genesis in the pièce unique Casio ‘Dream Project’ G-Shock concept… Read More ›

• NEW : Hysek IO Double Orbitale

  By horologium on March 6, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Hysek recently announced the latest addition to their IO collection, the new Double Orbitale. Time telling in this new piece is in a jump hour direct read format with minutes and seconds indicated by a different spin on a traditional… Read More ›

• AUDEMARS PIGUET : Haute Joaillerie Sapphire Orbe

  By horologium on March 4, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  It is not just about the CODE 11:59 from Audemars Piguet this year, with #thewatchnerd finding himself noticing a rather different new release from the brand at the SIHH. The Haute Joaillerie Sapphire Orbe is an unabashedly eye-catching white gold… Read More ›