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• WATCHES & WONDERS 2022: Oris “ProPilot X Calibre 400”

  By horologium on March 31, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  Meet the new ProPilot X Calibre 400 from Oris, a 39mm titanium-cased watch powered by the eponymous movement of the name. When this in-house movement was announced two years ago, its importance to the brand was indicated by the fact… Read More ›

• HANDS-ON: De Bethune’s new DB28GS “JPS”

  By horologium on March 30, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  Brand partnership association is a very personal thing, even when it comes to watches. For example some of us associate certain types of racing, car brands or sporting teams with certain watch brands, but which watch brands may be determined… Read More ›

• NEW: Armin Strom “Orbit” First Edition

  By horologium on March 29, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  We all think we ‘know’ bezels, but what we know is what we are used to seeing. Which is not what is on Armin Strom’s new “Orbit”, which has something very unusual – a pointer date function displayed on the… Read More ›

• NEW: HYT Hastroid Green Laser

  By horologium on March 26, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  A couple of months ago we mentioned the new direction (and with it, a new sportier type of model called the Hastroid Green Nebula) that HYT are taking under their new management. Now, as a follow up to this new… Read More ›

• NEW: MB&F M.A.D. Editions ‘M.A.D.1 RED’

  By horologium on March 23, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  Is this going to be one of the most sought-after pieces of 2022? Last year MB&F released a watch called the “M.A.D.1” which was notable for a number of reasons – firstly the low price (both in and of itself… Read More ›

• NEW: Frederique Constant Classic Worldtimer Manufacture 10th Anniversary Limited Editions

  By horologium on March 22, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  One of the things for which Frederique Constant is known is its accessibly priced complications, whether this be something complex like a Tourbillon Perpetual Calendar, or something with a more simple complication, like their popular Worldtimer collection. I called it… Read More ›

• NEW: Longines Legend Diver 36mm and 42mm

  By horologium on March 20, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  If back in 2007 when the good looking black modern Longines Legend Diver (LLD) made its appearance (date or no date, remember that?) you had said that it would be not just flourish but end up available in over a… Read More ›

• NEW: Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean Ultra Deep 6,000m

  By horologium on March 17, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  The Five Deeps Expedition, the world’s first manned expedition to the deepest point in each of the five oceans, was the baby of submersible pilot and adventurer Victor Vescovo. Omega produced a Seamaster Planet Ocean Ultra Deep to accompany him… Read More ›

• NEW: Armin Strom Gravity Equal Force Jungle Green

  By horologium on March 14, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  Have you missed green? Well here’s another one, following on from the new Omega Speedmaster and also including PVD, but both in a different form. Meet Armin Strom’s new limited edition Gravity Equal Force Jungle Green, with its off-centred guilloché… Read More ›

• NEW: Omega Speedmaster Moonwatch Moonshine™ Gold

  By horologium on March 11, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  Omega has just launched two new models in Moonshine™ Gold – one with a Moonshine™ Gold dial, black ceramic bezel ring and black subdials, and the other with a PVD-coated green dial and a green ceramic bezel ring. What is… Read More ›