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• NEWS: Calling time on the leap second

  By horologium on November 20, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  The International Bureau of Weights and Measures/ Bureau international des poids et mesures (BIPM) is the home of the International System of Units (SI) and the international reference time scale (UTC). Based in Saint-Cloud, it is an intergovernmental organisation with… Read More ›

• HANDS-ON: Sylvain Pinaud Origine

  By horologium on November 15, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  Independent watchmaker Sylvain Pinaud’s ‘Origine’ is one of the winners of the GPHG 2022, with the recent announcement that the watch was given the “Horological Revelation” award. Launched in earlier this year, I had the opportunity to see it not… Read More ›

• NEW: Girard-Perregaux Laureato Copper 38

  By horologium on November 11, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  Girard-Perregaux’s Laureato collection family has a new member in a 38mm (10mm thick) stainless steel case with a water resistance of 100m and a copper-coloured Clous de Paris dial. The copper-coloured dial has a sunray effect, which gives it graduated… Read More ›

• NEW: Roger Dubuis Excalibur Double Tourbillon White Ceramic

  By horologium on November 8, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  Earlier this year Roger Dubuis debuted the Excalibur Double Tourbillon Black Ceramic, one of two watches in this colour/ material combination that were a first for the brand. The limited edition Double Tourbillon Black Ceramic was a new variant on… Read More ›

• NEW: Romain Gauthier Anita Porchet TimeforArt

  By horologium on November 6, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  I wouldn’t normally mention two variants of the same watch in quick succession, but today is an exception because it involves someone whose work we have mentioned many times before – master enameller Anita Porchet. TimeForArt is a benefit auction… Read More ›

• NEW: Armin StromTribute 1 Rose Gold Edition

  By horologium on November 2, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  A follow-up to a steel Tribute 1 launched in 2021, Arnold & Son have launched a new rose gold variant in a limited edition of one hundred pieces. The Tribute 1 Rose Gold Edition comes in a 38mm sized case… Read More ›

• NEW: A. Lange & Söhne Zeitwerk

  By horologium on October 31, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  In 2009 A. Lange & Söhne launched the Zeitwerk and in so doing, not only shone a modern spotlight on mechanical watches with digital displays, but also gave themselves a distinctive watch design that rapidly became (easily) identified with the… Read More ›

• HANDS-ON: Ressence & Alain Silberstein – Grail Watch

  By horologium on October 27, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  Back in May 2022, Revolution’s Grail Watch platform launched an unexpected collaborative piece between Ressence and Alain Silberstein. Silberstein has had somewhat of a ‘second life’ as a collaborator in recent years, with his trademark primary colours and shapes finding… Read More ›

• NEW: Longines Record Heritage Chronograph

  By horologium on October 24, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  Once again, Longines has reliably come up with a handsome heritage-inspired chronograph model. This time, the new Record Heritage Chronograph is also the first such chronograph in this collection family. The new model comes in a 40mm-sized (13.8mm thick) stainless… Read More ›

• NEW: Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Automatic Rainbow

  By horologium on October 21, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  If the cacophony of colour in Audemars Piguet’s recent Royal Oak Offshore Music Edition was not to your taste, and your taste runs to coloured stones but in a single colour and in greater quantity, meet the new Royal Oak… Read More ›