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• NEW: Roger Dubuis Excalibur Blacklight Spin-Stones™ MB Limited Edition

  By horologium on February 19, 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  Roger Dubuis has just launched the new Excalibur Blacklight Spin-Stone™ MB. A boutique-only variant of its Excalibur Blacklight Monobalancier (MB), it is the first timepiece to be set with coloured synthetic Spin-Stones™ spinels (on the bezel and on the flange)…. Read More ›

• NEW: IWC Portofino Automatic 39 Pointer Date and Portofino Complete Calendar

  By horologium on February 16, 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  Today it’s all about IWC’s Portofino collection and calendars, with the release of the new Automatic Pointer Date and the Complete Calendar. Let’s start with the more complicated model. The Complete Calendar is their first watch to feature the brand’s… Read More ›

• NEW: Accutron Astronaut GMT Automatic

  By horologium on February 13, 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  Bulova’s Archive Collection continues to (re)issue modern versions of some of its most notable historical models. This time they are moving from the ‘ground’ as it were, back up to matters lunar, with the new Accutron Astronaut GMT Automatic. In… Read More ›

• NEW: Piaget Polo Perpetual Calendar Ultra-Thin

  By horologium on February 10, 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  Yes, it’s another new ultra thin perpetual calendar, only this time from the brand synonymous with ultra thin watches – Piaget. Also – more green. Not, as some might assume when first hearing the words ‘ultra thin’ and ‘Piaget’ in… Read More ›

• NEW: Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Concept Split-Seconds Chronograph GMT Large Date and Royal Oak Automatic Perpetual Calendar Ultra-Thin Limited Edition

  By horologium on February 8, 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  Today is about two contrasting new releases from Audemars Piguet, both of which clearly represent both the brand and the Royal Oak, but which also reflect both how the original Royal Oak is still not just the dominant force of… Read More ›

• NEW: Grand Seiko SBGW295 110th Anniversary Limited Edition

  By horologium on February 5, 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  So – a couple of milestone dates. Seiko produced Japan’s first wristwatch, the Laurel, in 1913. Something more may be familiar with is the year of 1960, when Grand Seiko was launched in 1960. Combining the two results in the… Read More ›

• NEW: H. Moser & Cie Endeavour Centre Seconds Vantablack®

  By horologium on January 31, 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  Vantablack® dials have clearly proven to be very popular for H.Moser & Cie, as it is making another appearance, in the form of the new Endeavour Centre Seconds. You will know the details of this extraordinary material by now, but… Read More ›

• NEW: Laurent Ferrier Grand Sport Tourbillon Pursuit

  By horologium on January 28, 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  Back in 2019 Laurent Ferrier entered the luxury sports watch sector with the Grand Sport Tourbillon, with a limited edition follow-up in 2020 in the form of the Grand Sport Tourbillon. The inaugural Grand Sport Tourbillon commemorated the 1979 running… Read More ›

• NEW: URWERK UR-112 ‘Back to black’

  By horologium on January 24, 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  It’s time for a new UR-112 Aggregat variant – it is what it says on the label, as they say, with a black DLC-treated steel and titanium case measuring 42mm x 51mm with a thickness of 16mm, water resistant to… Read More ›

• NEW: Perrelet “Turbine Carbon Forest Green” and “Turbine Carbon Midnight Blue”

  By horologium on January 22, 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  Is green still a ‘thing’? Well it appears so, as it is one of the two new colours chosen by Perrelet for its Turbine line. Alongside green is the never-out-of-fashion blue. The Carbon Midnight Blue and Carbon Forest Green both… Read More ›