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• NEWS: Greubel Forsey to change to plant-based straps

  By horologium on July 6, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  It is interesting to watch the use of plant-based material, which has been used in fashion, shoes, and accessories for awhile (even if still relatively niche) move to watch accessories. Especially as a predominant theme of straps is still about… Read More ›

• NEW: H. Moser & Cie Heritage Perpetual Calendar Midnight Blue Enamel

  By horologium on July 4, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  The new Heritage Perpetual Calendar Midnight Blue Enamel is not the first perpetual calendar from H. Moser & Cie, and in fact we have covered a number of them of them in previous posts. As indicated by the collection family… Read More ›

• NEW: URWERK UR-220 SL Asimov

  By horologium on July 1, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  URWERK has launched a third model for their UR-220 – the SL Asimov. It follows in the footsteps of the UR-220 C81with its case made of 81 layers of Carbon CTP (Carbon Thin Ply), and the UR-220 All Black made… Read More ›

• NEW: Armin Strom “Tribute 1”

  By horologium on June 29, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Armin Strom have just launched the new limited edition Tribute 1, a contemporary dress watch that joins the Lady Beat and Gravity Equal Force in their System 78 collection as an ‘entry level’ timepiece. Compared with the other collection families… Read More ›

• NEW: Alain Silberstein x Philippe Lebru

  By horologium on June 27, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Following the recent Alain Silberstein collaborative effort with Louis Erard, today we bring you another new Silberstein timepiece collaboration – this time with Philippe Lebru, the founder and director of the UTINAM Besançon clock manufacture. The stainless steel, brass and… Read More ›

• INDUSTRY NEWS: BASELWORLD is back

  By horologium on June 25, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  The short-lived HOURUNIVERSE, which we never got to know, is gone, with the BASELWORLD name re-emerging, complete with a brand new logo. The experimental name may have been vanquished, but the changes to the show’s format and focus remain. The… Read More ›

• HANDS-ON: Cartier Tank Must Solar Beat

  By horologium on June 24, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  During Watches & Wonders Geneva 2021, Cartier surprised everyone by the announcement of their first solar powered watch – the SolarBeat. To recap, the SolarBeat Tank Must has small perforations in the black Roman numerals providing the openings through which… Read More ›

• NEW: Kari Voutilainen 28SC-SB

  By horologium on June 22, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  So it’s time for another green watch, but with added gold. This time, from Kari Voutilainen. Kari Voutilainen’s 28SC, his first model featuring a centre seconds, won the men’s watch prize at the GPHG 2020. Now, he has followed it… Read More ›

• NEW: De Bethune DB25GMT Starry Varius

  By horologium on June 20, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Back in 2016 De Bethune debuted the the DB25 World Traveller. It featured a second time zone and world time indicator with fifteen time zones. The DB25 World Traveller was about the concentric arrangement of functions – the world times… Read More ›

• NEW: Corum marks ten years of the Golden Bridge Automatic

  By horologium on June 17, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Last year Corum marked forty years of the Golden Bridge with a special manually-wound anniversary Golden Bridge Rectangle 40th Anniversary in 18k white gold, and in 18k rose gold. Developed and patented by Vincent Calabrese in 1977 (but purchased by… Read More ›