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• WATCHES & WONDERS GENEVA 2020: illuminating 70 years of the Panerai Luminor

  By horologium on April 25, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  At 0200 on the 25th of April 2020 Sydney time the first Watches & Wonders digital fair opened its press portal, at an hour which was probably better suited to other time zones. In taking a look at it at… Read More ›

• WATCHES & WONDERS GENEVA 2020: Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso One Red Wine

  By horologium on April 25, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  As a continuation of the nod-to-Geneva Reverso theme this post is about a new but familiar new model launched this week in the same city. One of the hits of last year, and whose popularity went beyond its attention-grabbing hue… Read More ›

• WATCHES & WONDERS GENEVA 2020: Cartier’s new Maillon de Cartier collection

  By horologium on April 25, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Watches & Wonders Geneva 2020 has had to go digital this year, but a major participating brand, Cartier, have decided to have their own dedicated website as well as participating in the fair’s site. The site, called ‘Digital Watchmaking Encounters’,… Read More ›

• HANDS-ON: Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Tribute Enamel Ferdinand Hodler

  By horologium on April 24, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  In 2018, to commemorate the centenary of the death of Swiss artist Ferdinand Hodler (1853-1918), Jaeger-LeCoultre’s ‘Métiers Rares’ artisans helped create a series of limited edition Reversos featuring engraved and enamelled miniature reproductions of Hodler’s works. Last month I was… Read More ›

• NEW: NOMOS Glashütte Doctors Without Borders Ahoi

  By horologium on April 24, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Since 2012 NOMOS Glashütte have been supporting the German Doctors Without Borders (Ärzte ohne Grenzen) with the sale of special ‘red 12’ pieces, and they have just launched two new limited edition Ahois for this year’s fundraising models. To date,… Read More ›

• NEW: GoS Skadi – Viking Goddess of Winter

  By horologium on April 23, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  One of the more unexpected non COVID-19-related things that has happened over the last few weeks has been two reminders of a time, years ago, when I set myself what turned out to be an overly ambitious goal of reading… Read More ›

• INDUSTRY NEWS: Swiss watch exports for March 2020

  By horologium on April 21, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  The Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry FH has released its latest report on Swiss watch exports for the month of March 2020. Not unsurprisingly, there was a sharp fall, and a further deterioration is expected for April as a… Read More ›

• INDUSTRY NEWS: Watches & Wonders Digital Watch Fair 2020

  By horologium on April 20, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Let’s get digital. Following its COVID-19 enforced cancellation, Watches & Wonders Geneva 2020, which was due to start on April 25, will be going digital, with new releases streamed online for journalists, retailers, and the general public. Brands will have… Read More ›

• NEWS: The BLUE Auction – Bonhams

  By horologium on April 20, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Some of you may already be aware that Bremont applied, a number of weeks ago, to help make ventilators for the National Health Service (NHS). They also launched a Food4Heroes bracelet, with the proceeds going to a charity founded by… Read More ›

• INDUSTRY NEWS: LVMH Group exits Baselworld

  By horologium on April 17, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  In a move that is a surprise to precisely no-one, and a mere matter of days after the announcement by Rolex, Tudor, Patek Phillipe, Chanel and Chopard that they were leaving Baselworld for a new FHH-associated show in Geneva, the… Read More ›