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• NEW: H. Moser & Cie Streamliner Centre Seconds

  By horologium on August 28, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  If you had wondered if the ‘green trend’ we’ve mentioned of late would continue, the answer is in the affirmative, and the latest addition is from H. Moser & Cie, in the form of the new Streamliner Centre Seconds. However… Read More ›

• NEW: Ulysse Nardin BLAST

  By horologium on August 27, 2020 • ( 2 )

  

  The new BLAST from Ulysse Nardin isn’t a ‘blast from the past’ because it combines some old things (tourbillon, skeletonisation) in a thoroughly modern fashion. Nor is it a ‘blast from the past’ because it looks familiar – it is… Read More ›

• NEW: Sarpaneva x Moomin

  By horologium on August 25, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  For a number of years now, the official custodians of the Moomin legacy have celebrated ‘Moomin’s Day’ on the 9th of August, the date chosen because it is the birthday of writer and illustrator Tove Jansson. Her Moominvalley works are… Read More ›

• INDUSTRY NEWS: Swiss Takeover Board on Murdoch entry into MCH Group

  By horologium on August 24, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  The corporate adventures of Baselworld/ HOURUNIVERSE/ Art Basel organiser the MCH Group continue, with the latest update a consequence of the Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) held earlier this month, during which 848 shareholders (91% of the nominal share value) voted… Read More ›

• NEW: Ferdinand Berthoud Chronomètre FB 2RE

  By horologium on August 23, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Fiercely technically-minded brand Ferdinand Berthoud has launched the new Chronomètre FB 2RE; inspired, as the brand’s watches are, by the horological achievements of the man whose name they bear. In 1770 Ferdinand Berthoud was awarded the title of “Clockmaker and… Read More ›

• NEW: Accutron launches as a brand with new Electrostatic movement

  By horologium on August 20, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  At Baselworld 2019 the Citizen Watch Group and Bulova, which it purchased in 2008, debuted the Electrostatic Accutron Concept. Featuring familiar parts of the original Accutron, it used new-to-wristwatches technology to generate power. Now, in an acknowledgment of how much… Read More ›

• NEW: Rado True Thinline Anima

  By horologium on August 18, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  First introduced in 2011 Rado’s True Thinline are, as the name states, Rado’s slimmest collection, and were the first to feature a monobloc ceramic case. Their expertise in the use of this material means that they have become pretty much… Read More ›

• INDUSTRY NEWS: Richemont announces new board member

  By horologium on August 15, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Richemont has announced the nomination of Wendy Luhabe for election to the board. She will serve as a non-executive director and become a member of the board’s nominations committee. Luhabe was chair of Vendôme South Africa, Richemont’s subsidiary, from 2001… Read More ›

• NEW: Oris Hangang Limited Edition

  By horologium on August 13, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  In recent years Oris has partnered with a number of environment-related organisations, creating limited editions of their Aquis divers watch to mark these relationships. In 2020, the first was the Lake Baikal, based on the 43.5mm Aquis Date and with… Read More ›

• NEW: Moritz Grossmann BACKPAGE Transparent

  By horologium on August 11, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Moritz Grossmann have taken the obvious step and turned the dial of their BACKPAGE model, which is centred around the manually-wound Calibre 107.0 on the dial side, transparent, so as to highlight the feature after which it is named. With… Read More ›