In 2013 Zenith launched the Christophe Colomb Hurricane Grand Voyage, a limited edition piece that was part of the Academy Christophe Colomb Hurricane collection. The very distinctive Christoph Colomb complications fall under Zenith’s ‘Academy’ collection, and feature the large fishbowl-like… Read More ›
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ROGER DUBUIS : Hands-on with the Excalibur Spider Double Flying Tourbillon
Last month at SIHH 2015 Roger Dubuis’ presentation introduced a number of skeletonised models featuring the Astral Skeleton movement with the distinctive Dubuis signature of a star in the movement architecture. Amongst the new models launched was the Excalibur Spider… Read More ›
JAEGER-LECOULTRE : the Master goes black
Although not their most glamorous or technically impressive pieces, two new releases by Jaeger-LeCoultre to their Master range at SIHH 2015 may end up being their most widely talked about. Why? Because they are new versions of two of the… Read More ›
RALPH LAUREN puts Bugatti on your wrist (possibly)
At SIHH 2015 Ralph Lauren focused on the launch of some automotive inspired watches featuring the use of wood on dials and bezels, inspired by the dashboard of the 1938 Bugatti 57SC Atlantic Coupe owned by Lauren. The entry model… Read More ›
VAN CLEEF & ARPELS : the ‘wow’ factor
At the end of SIHH 2015 I was asked, in a private conversation, what stood out for me during those four days. A part of the ensuing conversation was a comment by me that, upon further reflection a few weeks… Read More ›
SIHH 2015 : Montblanc Heritage Chronométrie ExoTourbillon Minute Chronograph (x2)
It would be something even more than an understatment to say that Jerome Lambert’s tenure so far at Montblanc has been an eye opener, but the subject of Horologium’s first SIHH 2015 Montblanc posts is not about something ‘new’ so… Read More ›
CARTIER : the key to a new case
The house of Cartier presented a mindboggling fraction-over-one-hundred new models at SIHH 2015, but obviously there was not time to introduce them all during that brief time, and especially not during the press presentations, which focused on their key pieces… Read More ›
SIHH 2015 : A.Lange & Söhne Datograph Perpetual White Gold
A.Lange & Söhne’s SIHH 2015 offerings were largely tweaks and updates of models apart from a few notable exceptions, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. In the case of the new Datograph Perpetual in white gold with a dark… Read More ›
SIHH 2015 : Parmigiani Tonda 1950 Meteorite
SIHH 2015 brought not one but two meteorite models from participating brands. If you had wanted to make a bet with me before the fair about the chances of this happening, I’m pretty sure I’d have lost it. Parmigiani’s ersion… Read More ›
SIHH 2015 : PANERAI Equation of Time Radiomir and Luminor in stainless steel
The most complicated watches released by Officine Panerai at SIHH 2015 were the two ‘equation of time’ models in stainless steel – the PAM516 in the Radiomir 1940 case (PAM516) which will be in a limited edition of 200, and… Read More ›