In this the year of the 200th anniversary of the birth of founder Ferdinand Adolph Lange, A.Lange & Söhne have introduced some special models. One of these has been a platinum 1815 with a black dial, but following on from that,… Read More ›
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PRE-SIHH 2016: Panerai PAM 655
Hot on the heels of their manual-wind P.1000 Radiomir 1940 models (PAM 574, PAM 575, PAM620) launched at Watches & Wonders 2015, Panerai is continuing its run of 42mm timepieces with the annoucement of a new Radiomir 1940 3 Days Automatic… Read More ›
VACHERON CONSTANTIN : Historiques Cornes de vache 1955
One of my favourite releases of 2015 has been from Vacheron Constantin – the Historiques Cornes de vache 1955 chronograph. Given that I saw it during the same few days (in Hong Kong) as I did the A.Lange & Söhne… Read More ›
PHOTOS : Richard Mille RM26-02 ‘Evil Eye’
Intended less as a device to aim at those to whom you wish to give the ‘the eye’ and more as a talisman against bad luck, Richard Mille’s RM26-02 ‘Evil Eye’ was launched a couple of months ago, and we had… Read More ›
NEWS : Ulysse Nardin to start training watchmakers in Nigeria
With unemployment in Nigeria hitting 9.9% in the third quarter of 2015, Ulysse Nardin CEO Patrik Hoffman has told Najj.com that his company plans to do their small part in assisting youth unemployment by training young Nigerians as watchmakers in partnership… Read More ›
BAUME & MERCIER : Shelby Capeland piece unique for charity
For those of you who follow me on Instagram you may have seen the photo above that I posted from Hong Kong during Watches & Wonders 2015 of a Shelby Capeland that looked rather markedly different from the ones I wrote… Read More ›
ON THE WRIST : Zenith Elite Ultra Thin Lady Moonphase
With the arrival of Australia and New Zealand’s first brand manager for Zenith also came the offer to test drive a few models. As expected, we jumped at the opportunity. Perhaps not so expected, we have not restricted ourself to… Read More ›
INTERVIEW : IWC Creative Director Christian Knoop
During Watches and Wonders 2015 I had the opportunity to interview IWC’s Creative Director Mr. Christian Knoop. Amongst the various topics we discussed was one that I’d also asked of Mr. Hannes Pantli about IWC and its branding/ direction, but Q: You… Read More ›
NEW : Tudor Fastrider Black Shield Black
Fast. That’s one way to describe Tudor’s worldwide growth in recent years. As discussed with Bani McSpedden of watch-next.com at the recent launch of the Fastrider Black Shield ‘Black’ held in Sydney by Gregory Jewellers, it really seems as though… Read More ›
PHOTOS : Montblanc Tourbillon Cylindrique Geosphères Night Sky
At SIHH 2015 Montblanc launched the red gold limited edition Tourbillon Cylindrique Geosphères. At Watches & Wonders 2015 in Hong Kong, they launched another limited edition version but this time in white gold. A version that to my mind, is… Read More ›
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