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• NEW: Panerai Luminor Perpetual Calendar Goldtech™ and Luminor Perpetual Calendar Platinum™

  By horologium on August 26, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  We have covered quite a few watches from Panerai using their various proprietary –tech materials over the years, and there are two new pieces that have just been added to this material ‘theme’, as it were – the new Luminor… Read More ›

• NEWS: Switzerland and employer-mandated COVID-19 vaccination

  By horologium on August 23, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  It has been a couple of months since we did a piece with COVID-19 news from Switzerland, especially regarding public vaccination proof requirements, but given that the global pandemic is nowhere near over, and that the watch industry is continuing… Read More ›

• NEW: Bulova Lunar Pilot Chrono Limited Edition

  By horologium on August 21, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  You will no doubt remember Bulova’s release, a handful of years ago, of a re-edition of the watch Apollo 15 commander David Scott’s Bulova that he wore on the third of his 1971 moonwalks. There’s an interesting history behind it,… Read More ›

• NEW: A. Lange & Söhne Cabaret Tourbillon Handwerkskunst Limited Edition

  By horologium on August 18, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  A recent new release from A. Lange & Söhne may have slipped under the radar for some, as it is of a new special edition of a model that does not get as much publicity as its siblings Meet the… Read More ›

• NEW: Girard-Perregaux Laureato Absolute Ti 230

  By horologium on August 15, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Girard-Perregaux has launched the new limited edition Laureato Absolute Ti 230 to mark 230 years since Jean-François Bautte, the watchmaker whose horological history was the basis on which the Girard-Perregaux brand claims the 1791 date, signed his first watch. Jean-François… Read More ›

• NEW: Fabergé Visionnaire DTZ Dynamist

  By horologium on August 13, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Fabergé has exapnded their Visionnaire DTZ collection, the original of which I wrote about at the time (it was one of my highlights of 2016), with the new DTZ Dynamist. The launch model won the ‘Travel Time’ category at the… Read More ›

• VAN CLEEF & APRELS: Planétarium High Jewelry Timepiece

  By horologium on August 10, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  In 2014 Van Cleef & Arpels launched the stunning Midnight Planétarium Poetic Complication, made in collaboration with astronomical watch specialist Christiaan van der Klaauw. A miniature representation of the movement of Earth, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn around the… Read More ›

• NEW: Chanel Monsieur Marble Edition

  By horologium on August 8, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Since its launch at Baselworld 2016, Chanel’s Monsieur, which was announced along with news that they had acquired a minority stake in Romain Gauthier (whose imprint is on this piece) has cemented itself as one of the brand’s most recognised… Read More ›

• NEW: Ulysse Nardin Freak X Marquetry Limited Edition

  By horologium on August 5, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Remember the recent Freak X Razzle Dazzle? Meet the new limited edition FREAK X Marquetry, which again uses the model’s dial as a vehicle for a strong vivid visual design, only this time, it is a mosaic made of silicium… Read More ›

• NEW: the return of Tornek-Rayville

  By horologium on August 2, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  What’s in a name? Well when it comes to watches, in the case of historical U.S. name Tornek-Rayville, a lot. Acquired by the Bill Yao, the owner of well-known and respected microbrand MKII Watches, the Tornek-Rayville name has been revived,… Read More ›