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• BRONZE FORTNIGHT : Baume & Mercier Clifton Club Bronze

  By horologium on April 8, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Around the time of Baselworld 2019 there were some non-exhibiting brands who announced new releases, but it can be hard to be heard above the din of either the SIHH or Baselworld fairs if you’re not at them. Or even… Read More ›

• BASELWORLD 2019: DeWitt Academia Slide

  By horologium on April 5, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  DeWitt’s Academia collection, wherein resides the the Endless Drive, one of the most intriguing pieces I saw last year, is now also the home of the also rather interesting new Slide, launched at Baselworld 2019. Count Jérôme de Witt’s love… Read More ›

• BASELWORLD 2019 : Grand Seiko Spring Drive Thin Dress Series

  By horologium on April 1, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  To mark two decades since the commercial launch of their Spring Drive movement (a limited edition Credor in 1999) this year Seiko have announced a mini collection of new watches under the Elegance Collection called the Grand Seiko Spring Drive… Read More ›

• BASELWORLD 2019 : Bulova Driver Computron LED (with added Apollo 11)

  By horologium on March 28, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  It was a short message from #thewatchnerd asking me if I knew that there was a certain Bulova re-issue that lead to this post. Did I know? No I didn’t, but did his news pique my interest? More than just… Read More ›

• BASELWORLD 2019 : Bvlgari Octo Finissimo Chronograph GMT Automatic

  By horologium on March 25, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Launched in 2012, the Octo collection arguably didn’t pick up momentum until 2014, when it went into Piaget’s ultra-thin territory with its record-breaking manually wound Octo Finissimo Tourbillon. Since then, they have gone into overdrive and more than established their… Read More ›

• BASELWORLD 2019 : H. Moser & Cie Endeavour Concept Minute Repeater Tourbillon

  By horologium on March 23, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  At the SIHH 2019 H.Moser & Cie released the Concept Black Minute Repeater in a Swiss Alp case. Now, at Baselworld 2019, the minute repeater and tourbillon combination is revisited in a different physical form – the new Endeavour Concept… Read More ›

• BASELWORLD 2019 : Chopard L.U.C XPS Twist QF

  By horologium on March 22, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Back in 2014 Chopard introduced their first watch using Fairmined® gold, the standard for ‘fair mined’ having been determined in 2011 by the Alliance for Responsible Mining (ARM). At the time, I noted that some of the challenges faced by… Read More ›

• BASELWORLD 2019 : Hautlence HL Sphere 01

  By horologium on March 21, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Hautlence are a brand that is not above a bit of fun, and being unexpected. Last year they launched the HL Kinetic table clock, a time piece which displayed hours and minutes via spheres in two transparent columns. Each black… Read More ›

• A. LANGE & SÖHNE : Datograph Perpetual Tourbillon

  By horologium on March 20, 2019 • ( 2 )

  

  In 2016, Lange launched the Datograph Perpetual Tourbillon. The ‘Datograph’ of the name refers to a flyback chronograph with a jumping minute counter and the Lange outsize date, the ‘Perpetual’ means a perpetual calendar with jumping displays combined with a… Read More ›

• KARI VOUTILAINEN : dialling it up

  By horologium on March 17, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  In his first launches for 2019, Kari Voutilainen focused not on any new model, but on new sizing (the ones in today’s post are 44mm and 37.5mm) and dial materials/ patterns for his Vingt-8. Today, we are sharing some of… Read More ›