Author Archives

• SIHH 2019 : A. Lange & Söhne LANGE 1 25th Anniversary

  By horologium on January 13, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  The modern A. Lange & Söhne story can be easily traced back to a quarter of a century ago when Walter Lange and his partner Günter Blümlein presented their first four ‘new Lange’ watches, including the then highly unusual Lange… Read More ›

• SIHH 2019 : Cartier Privé Tonneau Time-Only and Skeleton Dual Time

  By horologium on January 13, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Distinctive case shape designs have been a core part of Cartier’s watchmaking history, with some very recognisable forms that have become mainstays in their collections (and dare we say to the extent that they probably can’t stop them because of… Read More ›

• SIHH 2019 : Meteorite comes to Piaget’s Altiplano

  By horologium on January 12, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  At next week’s SIHH Piaget will present three additions to their Altiplano collection family, one of which features a dial material familiar to some of you, meteorite (see here for a sister brand’s past offering, this link for another one… Read More ›

• NEW : MB&F Horological Machine 6 Final Edition

  By horologium on January 11, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  MB&F has just announced the sixth and final version of their Horological Machine 6, a ‘Space Pirate’ originally introduced in 2014 in titanium that was followed by versions in 5N red gold, and three ‘sapphire’ editions in in red gold… Read More ›

• NEW : Jaquet Droz Grande Seconde Skelet-One Ceramic Black and Blue

  By horologium on January 9, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Launched at Baselworld 2018 to mark 280 years of the brand, the Grande Seconde Skelet-One was a modern skeletonised iteration of Jaquet Droz’s signature ‘8’ styled dial design. The three inaugural models consisted of two in gold, and one in… Read More ›

• SIHH 2019: Panerai Submersible Chrono Guillaume Néry Edition PAM982

  By horologium on January 6, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  In March 2018, freediver Guillaume Néry announced that he had become a worldwide ambassador for Officine Panerai, revealing that he was ‘chapter 3’ of the TRAITS campaign (his section called, naturally, ‘Mare’), at the same time. So who is Guillaume… Read More ›

• SIHH 2019 : Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Ultra Thin Moon Blue Enamel

  By horologium on January 2, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Later this month at the SHH2019, Jaeger-LeCoultre will formally launch an updated version of their classic Master Ultra Thin Moon, which has been available in number of colour and metal combinations over the years, and which remains a mainstay of… Read More ›

• NEW : Zenith Defy Classic Black Ceramic

  By horologium on December 31, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Zenith’s Defy collection, relaunched during Baselworld 2017 with a selection of pieces including the Defy El Primero 21, Classic Defy Automatic and Defy Classic Skeleton, has spent the period since then slowly adding a couple of new variants to the… Read More ›

• SIHH 2019: IWC to debut new Pilot collection

  By horologium on December 29, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  With over eighty years of history behind this collection family for many watch lovers, and indeed arguably for the broader public, IWC has been synonymous with pilots’ watches. This is especially the case for their historical fliegers, but their modern… Read More ›

• HANDS-ON : Omega Speedmaster Dark Side of the Moon Apollo 8

  By horologium on December 21, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Although Omega’s main focus at this year has been on its Seamaster and Seamaster Diver collections, there has also been an addition to the Speedmaster Dark Side of the Moon series of watches which commemorates the Apollo 8 mission, which… Read More ›