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• NEW : Montblanc Bohème Manufacture Perpetual Calendar

  By horologium on August 9, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Montblanc has launched new models of its Bohème collection which includes day/ night models, a complete calendar, and a perpetual calendar. It is the last of these which we are introducing today. This is not the first perpetual calendar in… Read More ›

• NEW : IWC Big Pilot ‘Right-Hander’

  By horologium on August 5, 2019 • ( 2 )

  

  IWC have launched a new limited edition variant of its Big Pilot (with something special for those here in Australia and in France, but more on that later). The new limited (250 pieces) edition of the watch most associated with… Read More ›

• NEW : PANERAI ‘Edizione Verde Militare’

  By horologium on August 2, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Today we bring you a break from 2019’s ‘blue’ programming with a new dial colour, courtesy of four new pieces just announced by Panerai. Going under the banner of the ‘Edizione Verde Militare’ (Military Green Edition), the PAM995, PAM997, PAM998,… Read More ›

• HANDS-ON : Jaeger-LeCoultre Dazzling Rendez-Vous Night & Day

  By horologium on July 30, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Jaeger-LeCoultre’s popular Rendez-Vous collection has been tweaked this year as part of the brand’s ‘The Art of Precision’ theme. Launched earlier this year, of particular note are three new models consisting of two Night & Day variants, and a new… Read More ›

• NEW : Girard-Perregaux 1966 Blue Moon

  By horologium on July 25, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Following on from Girard-Perregaux’s blackened ‘Earth to Sky’ limited edition piece released earlier this year, they have now launched a similarly black and blue themed variant of their popular 1966 moon phase model. Giving this collection stalwart a contemporary spin… Read More ›

• HANDS-ON : Seiko SBGA407 Grand Seiko Elegance Collection

  By horologium on July 22, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Earlier this year we mentioned that 2019 marks two decades since the commercial launch of Seiko’s Spring Drive movement (a limited edition Credor in 1999), and that they have released a number of new models to mark the occasion. Today… Read More ›

• NEW : Moritz Grossmann 37 Arabic Black & White

  By horologium on July 19, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  At their roadshow in London last week Moritz Grossmann launched a new version of their (Benu Heritage) 37 Arabic called the 37 Arabic Black & White. Coming in a 37mm sized 18 carat white gold case with a thickness of… Read More ›

• NEW : Habring² Perpetual-Doppel

  By horologium on July 15, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  The Austrian brand Habring², founded by Maria and Richard Habring in 2004, is marking its 15th birthday with a new model, and its most complicated to date. The Perpetual-Doppel features a monopusher split second chronograph combined with a perpetual calendar…. Read More ›

• NEW : Nomos Glashütte Tangente Sport neomatik 42 date

  By horologium on July 11, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Amongst Nomos Glashütte’s new releases for 2019 is the lengthily named Tangente Sport neomatik 42 date. It is interesting for two main reasons; it has a water resistance of 300m/ 1,000ft (and thus, a screw-down crown), and it features the… Read More ›

• HANDS-ON : Peter Roberts Grand Complication 5 ‘Concentrique’

  By horologium on July 8, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Historically significant figures in English watchmaking such as Tompion, Mudge, Arnold, Earnshaw and Harrison are well known amongst watch and clock enthusiasts. Their works are in museums and significant collections, and if their pieces come up for sale, they command… Read More ›