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• H. MOSER & CIE : new Pioneer Tourbillon

  By horologium on October 22, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  H.Moser & Cie have continued to expand their Pioneer collection with the introduction of a new limited edition (flying) tourbillon model. Beneath a domed sapphire crystal is the familiar Moser midnight-blue fumé dial, with sunburst pattern. The indices and hour… Read More ›

• EPHEMERA : Mechanical watch phone case

  By horologium on October 19, 2018 • ( 3 )

  

  The crossover between watches and mobile phones, about which we have previously posted continues, with the launch by Russian phone case company Caviar of a line that adds a mechanical watch feature to the back of an iPhone XS or… Read More ›

• INDUSTRY NEWS : Maurice Lacroix will not exhibit at Baselworld 2019

  By horologium on October 17, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Barely a week has passed since the announcement by Corum that that they will leave Baselworld, but the departures continue, with the latest withdrawal from Baselworld 2019 being Maurice Lacroix, a thirty year veteran of the fair. In what is… Read More ›

• CHRONOSWISS : Flying Regulator Open Gear

  By horologium on October 15, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Chronoswiss has returned to Australia courtesy of Fairfax & Roberts, who are expanding their watch offerings following the introduction of Schwarz Etienne. As it has been a number of years since they were last here, a new generation of local… Read More ›

• INDUSTRY NEWS : Corum to leave Baselworld

  By horologium on October 10, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Audemars Piguet and Richard Mille may have announced their surprise withdrawal from the SIHH a few weeks ago, but it is back to what is arguably becoming a hemorrhaging of exhibitors from Baselworld. Corum is the latest to depart, with… Read More ›

• PANERAI : new Luminor 8 Days Power Reserve models

  By horologium on October 8, 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  The year’s Panerai releases continue with the launch of three new variations on the brand’s Luminor 8 Days; two with newly designed power-reserve-indicators, and the final one the first in the series with a ‘lefty’ (aka ‘destro’) case designed for… Read More ›

• ONLINE AUCTION : Sotheby’s and Vacheron Constantin sell vintage timepieces and Manufacture visits

  By horologium on October 5, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Six restored vintage Vacheron Constantin watches are to be sold in an online auction through Sotheby’s commencing at 5:00 PM BST today (5 October) and finishing on October 15, 2018. Sotheby’s and Vacheron Constantin have partnered to hold the auction… Read More ›

• HANDS-ON : Tissot Antimagnetic Heritage

  By horologium on October 3, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  During Baselworld 2018, one of the releases we wrote about was the Tissot Antimagnetic Heritage, based on a 1943 model which was part of the brand’s very successful Antimagnétique collection that they launched in the 1930s. As mentioned in March,… Read More ›

• URWERK : UR-111C

  By horologium on October 1, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  A series of sumptuous attention-grabbing cinematic trailers on Urwerk’s social media channels that hinted at interstellar adventures set up a sense of anticipation for what would turn out to be the new limited edition UR-111. To paraphrase someone in the… Read More ›

• INDUSTRY NEWS : Audemars Piguet and Richard Mille to leave the SIHH

  By horologium on September 27, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  News about the SIHH in recent years has been about its expansion, with a significant number of brands having joined the fair in recent times, or contraction in fair time, for the SIHH 2019. Now, both Richard Mille and Audemars Piguet… Read More ›