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• NEW : ochs und junior two time zones + date

  By horologium on March 12, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Ochs und junior are known for approaching the telling of time in a very pared back form, with distinctive aesthetics to match. It is difficult not to be able to tell that a watch is from the brand, even with… Read More ›

• NEW : Casio G-Shock goes ‘Pure Gold’

  By horologium on March 9, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Casio’s marking of the 35th birthday of the G-Shock continues with a new model that is gold in both name and form. The Pure Gold Dream Project G-Shock has its genesis in the pièce unique Casio ‘Dream Project’ G-Shock concept… Read More ›

• NEW : Hysek IO Double Orbitale

  By horologium on March 6, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Hysek recently announced the latest addition to their IO collection, the new Double Orbitale. Time telling in this new piece is in a jump hour direct read format with minutes and seconds indicated by a different spin on a traditional… Read More ›

• AUDEMARS PIGUET : Haute Joaillerie Sapphire Orbe

  By horologium on March 4, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  It is not just about the CODE 11:59 from Audemars Piguet this year, with #thewatchnerd finding himself noticing a rather different new release from the brand at the SIHH. The Haute Joaillerie Sapphire Orbe is an unabashedly eye-catching white gold… Read More ›

• NEW : Breguet Classique Grand Feu Blue Enamel Ref. 5177

  By horologium on February 28, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  The blue theme we noted in January continues apace, with Breguet’s Classique Ref. 5177, one of the most ‘quintessentially Breguet’ of its watches, now released in Grand Feu Blue Enamel. Previously available in white enamel with blued hands, this new… Read More ›

• SIHH 2019: Parmigiani Toric Capitole Rose Gold Brown

  By horologium on February 25, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Let’s first go back a bit. In 2011, to mark the ‘Mechanical Wonders’ exhibition in New York, Parmigiani launched the Toric Minute Repeater, a modern tribute to the early 19th century Perrin Freres pocket watch that they restored for the… Read More ›

• NEW : Nomos Glashütte Tangente neomatik 41 Update ruthenium

  By horologium on February 22, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Last year, popular Bauhaus-inspired brand Nomos’ Tangente neomatik 41 Update won the ‘Challenger’ category at the 2018 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève awards. Now, they have launched a new variant of this model, this time with a dark galvanized dial… Read More ›

• NEW : Moritz Grossmann GMT

  By horologium on February 19, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Glashütte brand Moritz Grossmann has launched its first watch with a GMT function, and succinctly named it as such. Bearing a dial of classic design, the twelve hour markers show the current time for the wearer. The outer twenty-four hour… Read More ›

• SIHH 2019 : Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Tribute Small Seconds and Reverso Tribute Duoface

  By horologium on February 16, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  With most of the attention focused on the Master Grande Tradition Gyrotourbillon Westminster Perpétuel and the Master Ultra Thin Enamel models, for me, the highlight of Jaeger-LeCoultre’s SIHH 2019 releases were in fact the two elegant and attractive Reversos in… Read More ›

• NEW : De Bethune DB28GS Grand Bleu Diver

  By horologium on February 13, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  In 2015 De Bethune launched their most ‘sporty’ watch to date, called the DB28GS (Grand Sport). Given the dressy and incredibly highly finished watches for which they are known, it was a ‘sports watch’ (some even called it a diving… Read More ›