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• COMPETITION: Swatch Calling – what makes a country tick?

  By horologium on July 30, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Swatch, the official time partner of Expo 2020 Dubai, is inviting people from the Expo’s 194 participating countries to create an original art work representing their country that will find its way onto their watches. Under the ‘Swatch X You’… Read More ›

• NEW: Moritz Grossmann Hamatic Vintage and Benu Tourbillon Limited Edition

  By horologium on July 28, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Moritz Grossmann recently launched two new limited edition versions of their HAMATIC Vintage and Benu TOURBILLON in red gold, with black dials. Both also feature the brand’s first use of 750/000 rose gold in-house handmade hands. As is the case… Read More ›

• OCHS UND JUNIOR: Moonphase Trilogy 15th Anniversary Celebration

  By horologium on July 26, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  As part of ochs and junior commemorating 15 years this year, they have released a special ‘trilogy edition’ of their moon phase that will only be available until 31 January, 2022. Coming in a 39mm sized titanium case (thickness of… Read More ›

• NEW: Audemars Piguet releases new Royal Oak 34 models

  By horologium on July 23, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Audemars Piguet have launched two vastly new Royal Oak 34 models – one in black ceramic, and one in their frosted white gold. Very different looks, very different vibes. First up is the Royal Oak Black Ceramic 34 which, as… Read More ›

• NEW: Jaquet Droz Bird Repeater 300th Anniversary Edition

  By horologium on July 21, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  In the modern era of watchmaking it is unusual for a brand to have, as one of its best known (ongoing) horological creations, a piece involving an automaton. There are some independent watchmakers such as Svend Andersen who are renowned… Read More ›

• NEW: Hermès Slim d’Hermès Squelette Lune

  By horologium on July 18, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Hermès has added an in-house skeletonised dial to their Slim d’Hermès collection. As the Squelette Lune name indicates, it’s all about the open worked dial and a (double) moon phase, and is in fact the second high-end skeletonised timepiece from… Read More ›

• TAG Heuer Connected x Super Mario Limited Edition

  By horologium on July 15, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Now this is an interesting announcement – an ongoing partnership between TAG Heuer and Nintendo has been launched courtesy of a limited edition TAG Connected featuring the eponymous star of Super Mario. For those with a bit of a watch… Read More ›

• NEW: Ressence Type 1 Slim Red

  By horologium on July 14, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  With the launch of the new Type 1 Slim Red, Ressence’s Type 1 Slim collection has added a new colour that is not the colour du jour. It is also not one normally associated with the brand, which tends to… Read More ›

• NEW: Longines Heritage Classic Black Sector Dial

  By horologium on July 12, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Back in 2019 Longines released the Heritage Classic. Featuring a central silvered opaline disc surrounded by a satin finished disc and small seconds in striated silvered opaline, it was a very handsome modern version of a 1934 sector dial reference… Read More ›

• NEW: Laurent Ferrier École Annual Calendar Navy

  By horologium on July 9, 2021 • ( 0 )

  Laurent Ferrier has revisited his École Annual Calendar, this time in navy blue and orange. This new variant is numbered, engraved as “Série Atelier II”, and is in a limited edition of ten pieces. In this latest iteration, the 40mm… Read More ›