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• INDUSTRY NEWS : LVMH confirms participation at Baselworld 2020

  By horologium on May 1, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  After the bad news for Baselworld organisers about the departure of Breitling from next year’s fair, all eyes were on the LVMH Group, who had been yet to publicly declare their position. They have now confirmed that Bvlgari, Hublot, TAG… Read More ›

• NEWS : Apple loses legal battle with Swatch over ‘one more thing’ trademark

  By horologium on April 30, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  The Sydney Morning Herald has reported that Apple lost its battle to stop Swatch AG from using the phrase ‘one more thing’ in Australia. Originally popularised in the television series ‘Columbo’ by Peter Falk, who played the eponymous lead, Swatch… Read More ›

• NEW : Oris Divers Sixty-Five Chronograph Bucherer Blue Edition

  By horologium on April 25, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Oris’ Diver Sixty-Five has grown into a collection family in a number of iterations, including one that was created for charitable purposes. Now, watch retailer Bucherer have added a blue version of it to their ‘Blue Collection’ range. The new… Read More ›

• BRONZE FORTNIGHT : Zenith Pilot Type 20 Adventure Collection

  By horologium on April 22, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Today is the final of our posts on some of the bronze watches released so far this year. Again it is about more than one model, but they are variants of a core format that has worked successfully for the… Read More ›

• BRONZE FORTNIGHT : Tudor Black Bay Bronze Slate Grey

  By horologium on April 19, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Three years ago Tudor launched the Black Bay Bronze, which featured a dark brown dial. This was followed up with a bronze pièce unique for the ONLY WATCH auction of 2017, and the rather attractive Bucherer Black Bay Bronze Blue… Read More ›

• BRONZE FORTNIGHT : Panerai Submersible Bronzo PAM00968

  By horologium on April 16, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Panerai’s original ‘Bronzo’ (the PAM00382) of 2011 had been assumed at the time, to be a one-off. Not only was it not, but it was also instrumental in the subsequent widespread popularity of this material. What had seemed to be… Read More ›

• INDUSTRY NEWS : Another departure from Baselworld 2020

  By horologium on April 15, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  The rumours surrounding Breitling and Baselworld 2020 have been confirmed, with a press release announcing that the brand will not participate in next year’s fair, but not explicitly ruling out attendance in 2021. As well, Tudor will separate from its… Read More ›

• BRONZE FORTNIGHT : Montblanc 1858

  By horologium on April 14, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  This was originally intended to be a post focusing on what for me is the most interesting of Montblanc’s 2019 releases to date, but there was a change of plan, so you are getting four bronze watches instead of one…. Read More ›

• BRONZE FORTNIGHT : MeisterSinger Bronze Line

  By horologium on April 12, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  In our first of these thematic posts, we mentioned how unexpected the Baume & Mercier Clifton Club ‘going bronze’ had been to us. Today’s post is also about an unexpected direction, with MeisterSinger committing to an entirely new collection line…. Read More ›

• BRONZE FORTNIGHT : Bell & Ross BR 03-92 Diver Green Bronze LE

  By horologium on April 10, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Today is the second in our series of bronze-themed posts, highlighting some 2019 releases in this case material. Some of the models may already be known to you, but hopefully some are new. In 2018 Bell & Ross expanded their… Read More ›