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• NEW: Ulysse Nardin Freak X Razzle Dazzle

  By horologium on May 20, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  As they used to say on Broadway – “Give ’em the old razzle dazzle”. For Ulysse Nardin’s latest version of its Freak X, the ‘razzle dazzle’ is perhaps both a bit of showbiz and the actual inspiration for its latest… Read More ›

• NEW: SQUALE Drass Galeazzi

  By horologium on May 18, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  The previous post was about the watches that are the result of a new official partnership between the French navy (Marine nationale) and YEMA. Today is about a dive watch collaboration that is not milspec, but at least equally interesting… Read More ›

• NEW: YEMA Navygraf x Marine nationale collection (plus Tudor)

  By horologium on May 16, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Official partner of the French Air Force since the 1970s, YEMA is now also an official partner of the French Navy (Marine nationale). The new Navygraf x Marine nationale (MN) collection has been jointly designed (milspec) to be able to… Read More ›

• NEW: IWC Big Pilot’s Watch Constant-Force Tourbillon Edition “IWC Racing”

  By horologium on May 13, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Launched in 2013, IWC’s Ingenieur Constant-Force Tourbillon was a movement development that had segued from the Portugieser Sidérale Scafusia and powered by the then-new Calibre 94800. The movement found its way into the Portugieser Constant-Force Tourbillon and has appeared in… Read More ›

• L’ÉPÉE 1839: Time Flies

  By horologium on May 12, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Clockmaker L’Epée 1839 has collaborated with Juliette Lefèvrem a graduate of Switzerland’s École cantonale d’art de Lausanne (ECAL) to create the new ‘Time Flies’ table clock, inspired by 1930s aircraft. Coming in four different variants of 99 pieces each, it… Read More ›

• NEW: Glashütte Original PanoMaticLunar Forest Green Red Gold

  By horologium on May 10, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  In August last year we mused aloud about how for those bored of blue, perhaps some green dials might be an option, using the example of the then newly-released Glashütte Original PanoMaticLunar Forest Green. Almost a year has passed since… Read More ›

• NEW: Omega De Ville Trésor Power Reserve & Small Seconds

  By horologium on May 9, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  With the Olympic Games due to commence on July 23, Tokyo has asked for an extension to its state of emergency until May 31. Omega’s Tokyo 2020 commemorative Planet Ocean 600M, Diver 300M, and Aqua Terra 150M may end up… Read More ›

• DE BETHUNE: DB27 Titan Hawk V2 Limited Edition Green

  By horologium on May 6, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Last month De Bethune announced the latest variant to the DB27 Titan Hawk with – you guessed it – a green dial. In this instance, a quite deep shade almost tending towards the ‘British racing green’ tone. For those unfamiliar… Read More ›

• GREUBEL FORSEY: GMT Sport with Integrated Bracelet

  By horologium on May 4, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Amongst the many ways to present a new Greubel Forsey, sky diving doesn’t tend to come to mind as one of the top three possibilities. Nor even the top ten. To my mind, anyway. This is how it was unveiled… Read More ›

• FERDINAND BERTHOUD: Chronomètre FB RS

  By horologium on May 2, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Chopard’s Karl Friedrich Scheufele, the man behind the revival of Ferdinand Berthoud’s name into a fully-fledged brand, fielded a lot of questions during the Watches & Wonders 2021 online presentation/ Q&A. For me, the most interesting nugget of information was… Read More ›