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• HANDS-ON : Chopard L.U.C Chrono One Flyback

  By horologium on October 14, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Named for founder Louis-Ulysse Chopard, the LUC collection has been where the eponymous brand have focused on exhibiting fine watchmaking since its launch. They celebrated 10 years of L.U.C. with a limited edition 10 CF Chrono One in 2006, and… Read More ›

• HANDS-ON : De Bethune DB28 Yellow Tones

  By horologium on October 10, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  The Denis Flageollet blue for which De Bethune has become known and which, arguably, is the best ‘brand blue’ around, has become the company’s distinctive signature to the point where a completely yellow watch took me some time to get… Read More ›

• HANDS-ON : Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Selfwinding Perpetual Calendar Ultra Thin

  By horologium on October 7, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  A number of months ago we introduced the new Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Selfwinding Perpetual Calendar Ultra-Thin. Containing the 2.89mm thick Calibre 5133, a movement that made its inaugural appearance in the record-breaking RD#2, it is a 41mm sized case… Read More ›

• HANDS-ON : Andersen Genève Vita Vinum

  By horologium on October 3, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Earlier this year Andersen Genève introduced a new collection called ‘Art & Culture’ and with it, a limited edition (twelve pieces) launch model called ‘Vita Vinum’ (‘life wine’ in Latin). One of the six finalists in the GPHG 2019 ‘Artistic… Read More ›

• HANDS-ON : MB&F Legacy Machine FlyingT

  By horologium on October 1, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

    Although there is no explicit marketing of them as such, MB&F’s watches have very much been dominated by men when it comes to ownership, although they can happily reside on wrists of types. Nonetheless, 2019 has seen the brand… Read More ›

• HANDS-ON : Hautlence HL Sphere 01

  By horologium on September 28, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Earlier this year Hautlence launched the HL Sphere 01, about which we wrote at this link. A wrist form of the HL Kinetic table clock, it displays hours and minutes via a spherical ‘jumping hour’ and a retrograde minute display…. Read More ›

• NEW : Audemars Piguet Millenary Frosted Gold Philosophique

  By horologium on September 25, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  MeisterSinger may be the brand that has become synonymous with single-handed wristwatches, but however small this club may be, Audemars Piguet have reminded us that they too, have gone down this path. Audemars Piguet introduced its a manual-wind single-handed Philosophique… Read More ›

• NEW : Arnold & Son Globetrotter Night

  By horologium on September 23, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Last year Arnold & Son (owned by the Citizen Group) added to its Instrument Collection a watch they said was inspired by the marine chronometers of John Arnold (the man after which the brand is named) – a visually engaging… Read More ›

• NEW : Louis Moinet Chronosphere

  By horologium on September 19, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Hearing about unusual displays or unexpected complications is something we are particularly interested in, and today is about one of these. Louis Moinet have announced their new Chronosphere, a chronograph with a retrograde seconds, which is the first time that… Read More ›

• NEW : Ulysse Nardin New Executive Tourbillon Free Wheel LE : Osmium, Aventurine, Straw Marquetry, and Carbonium® Gold

  By horologium on September 16, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  In 2018 Ulysse Nardin Ulysse launched a new model called the Executive Tourbillon Free Wheel, featuring an eye-catching dial with parts of the movement (the tourbillon, power reserve, gear train, and barrel) floating above the dial’s surface. The use of… Read More ›