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• WATCHES & WONDERS 2021: Arnold & Son Luna Magna

  By horologium on April 9, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  From inside the Neuchâtel Observatory (Observatoire Cantonal de Neuchâtel) during their Watches & Wonders Geneva 2021 launch, Arnold & Son CEO Bertrand Savary announced the new Luna Magna, featuring not just the brand’s first three-dimensional moon but also, the largest… Read More ›

• WATCHES & WONDERS 2021: Vacheron Constantin Métiers d’Art Tribute To Great Explorers

  By horologium on April 8, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Travel seems but a distant memory at the moment, and being in Geneva for what was then SIHH when I was last there, even more so. But we can still think about travel again, and so it is that Vacheron… Read More ›

• WATCHES & WONDERS 2021: Ressence Type 2N ‘Night Blue’

  By horologium on April 8, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Ressence has launched the latest addition to its Type 2 collection, which debuted in 2018 as a concept piece – the Type 2N ‘Night Blue’. It is the third member of the Type 2 collection, following from ‘Grey’ and ‘Anthracite’…. Read More ›

• WATCHES & WONDERS 2021: Chopard L.U.C Quattro Spirit 25

  By horologium on April 7, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  I do love a jumping hour watch, and Chopard have just launched their first, called the L.U.C Quattro Spirit 25. The number in the name alludes to this new model celebrating twenty-five years of the Chopard Manufacture. The 40mm case… Read More ›

• NEW: SINN 104 St Sa I MG

  By horologium on April 7, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Sinn’s 104 St Sa pilot watch, with its clear dial and simple time, date, and day of the week functionality, has been given the ‘green treatment’, bringing the brand’s popular tool watch into this colour trend with a metallic dial…. Read More ›

• NEW: GENUS GNS DRAGON

  By horologium on April 6, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  This year brings an unexpected digression from last year’s GENUS GNS1.2 TD (Titane Damassé), the follow up to the mechanically singular GENUS GNS1.2. Unlike the previous post about a new release that also features a dragon, the one in this… Read More ›

• NEW: Arnold & Son Ultrathin Tourbillon Dragon and Phoenix

  By horologium on April 5, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Arnold & Son has launched a new limited series of their Ultrathin Tourbillon (UTT) featuring a miniature gold dragon and phoenix against the background of five different types of stone dials. With a total production of twenty-five pieces, there are… Read More ›

• NEW: G-SHOCK GMW-B5000TR-9 TranTixxii

  By horologium on April 4, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Yes it’s another new watch all about alloys, today. G-Shock is releasing, later this month, the full metal GMB-B5000TR-9. It has a gold ion-plated case in a new mirror-finished titanium alloy, and a rather striking multi-coloured bracelet. Developed in conjunction… Read More ›

• NEW: Omega Seamaster 300 Bronze Gold

  By horologium on April 3, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Following on from the last post about a new alloy is another new model variant on a similar theme – the new Seamaster 300 using Bronze Gold, the first watch from Omega using this patent-pending alloy. The Bronze-Au375 Gold case… Read More ›

• NEW: Montblanc 1858 Split Second Chronograph LE 18 “Lime Gold”

  By horologium on April 2, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Montblanc’s march into building their heritage-inspired watch collections has picked up pace in recent years. One of these collection families, the 1858, was introduced as a modern take/ tribute to Montblanc’s history and that of the Minerva manufacture, and it… Read More ›