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• NEW: Omega Speedmaster Velcro straps

  By horologium on March 26, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  One of the most popular posts on Horologium is an old one called How to wear your Speedmaster the NASA way. It was about after-market Velcro straps that have been available on and off over the years that mimic the… Read More ›

• NEW: MB&F LMX

  By horologium on March 25, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Time lost all meaning last year, but the realisation that MB&F are marking a decade of the Legacy Machine might make us wonder in a different way, as well. It certainly has not seemed to have been so long since… Read More ›

• NEW: Audemars Piguet Royal Oak goes green

  By horologium on March 24, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Green is not a colour unknown to Audemars Piguet dials, but in a continuation of this colour theme that has been making its way through watches of late, it now finds itself on the dials of five new Royal Oak… Read More ›

• NEW: Blancpain Tribute to Fifty Fathoms No Rad

  By horologium on March 22, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Alongside the modern Fifty Fathoms models, which are their own thing, Blancpain periodically releases some heritage-inspired models that are homages or re-interpretations of the original models, targeted at the vintage and collector audience. Now, Blancpain have announced a new limited… Read More ›

• NEW: De Bethune DB28XP Meteorite

  By horologium on March 18, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  De Bethune’s very singular use of meteorite, remarkable not just for how different it is to the use of this material by other brands but also in and of itself, is something that we have covered before. The Dream Watch… Read More ›

• NEW: IWC launches new ‘TimberTex’ straps

  By horologium on March 17, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  The gradual shift by watch brands into being more sustainable, item by item, continues, with IWC’s launch of their new TimberTex straps, made from a paper-based material. This new material is composed of 80% natural plant fibres. The cellulose used… Read More ›

• NEW: Roger Dubuis Excalibur Diabolus in Machina RG and DLC-coated Titanium

  By horologium on March 14, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  You may remember the launch of the one-off Diabolus in Machina by Roger Dubuis last year. A mix of traditional complications in a thoroughly twentieth first century exterior, it featured a minute repeater with a flying tourbillon in a case… Read More ›

• HANDS-ON: MIH Gaïa

  By horologium on March 10, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  In 2019 the Musée International d’Horlogerie (MIH) announced its second timepiece called Gaïa, fourteen years after the first MIH watch, in honour of the 25th edition of the eponymous prize. Established in 1967, the Fondation Maurice Favre is responsible for… Read More ›

• NEW: Ulysse Nardin Executive Sparkling Free Wheel

  By horologium on March 8, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  So we’re continuing on the ‘stones as far as you can see’ theme of the last post with the new Sparkling Free Wheel from Ulysse Nardin, a diamond-set version of its Tourbillon Free Wheel incorporating snow-setting. We have previously mentioned… Read More ›

• NEW: Grand Seiko Spring Drive 8 Day SBGD207

  By horologium on March 4, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  It’s a Grand Seiko, but not as you know it. It is also, as other watches we’ve covered over the past twelve months have been, part of the green trend. In a continuation of the celebration of 140 years of… Read More ›