Unfortunately I am unable to be in Geneva for Watches & Wonders this year, so it felt fitting to start with Hautlence’s Retrovision ‘85 Limited Edition, a ‘follow up’ in a broad sense, to one of my favourite pieces from… Read More ›
Clocks
NEW: Mühle-Glashütte Quartz Marine Chronometer Edition 1994
It’s another birthday/ anniversary piece today, one which slipped our notice when it was recently launched. This time, it was about marking thirty years of the modern (aka post German reunification) Nautische Instrumente Mühle-Glashütte with a celebratory marine chronometer. In… Read More ›
EXHIBITION: Wallace Collection display five Boulle clocks from reign of Louis XIV
The planning involved in the Science Museum’s ‘Versailles: Science and Splendour’ exhibition, which looks at the evolution of science at the Palace of Versailles through the reigns of Louis XIV, Louis XV and Louis XVI through over 100 objects of… Read More ›
NEW: Vulcain TWA Flight Center Table Clock
This one is for the avgeeks and fans of mid-century design – Vulcain has paid homage to the famed TWA terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport. Built in 1962, the terminal is listed on the National Register of Historic… Read More ›
INDUSTRY NEWS: LVMH Watches Division Acquires L’Epée 1839
LVMH has announced the acquisition of Swiza, owner of L’Epée 1839. The Swiss clock and mechanical objet d’art maker (notably music boxes) had been acquired by Swiza in 2008. A clockmaking company that, in its Swiza era, expanded its… Read More ›
HANDS-ON: URWERK SpaceTime Blade
So here’s an URWERK you cannot put on your wrist or pocket or even on a table. Meet the SpaceTime Blades series which does take a familiar concept, nixie clocks (although there have been a couple of people who have… Read More ›
COMPETITION: new timepiece design for Network Rail
The Mondaine clocks at Swiss train stations may be the most widely known travel-related timepiece (and is referred to as ‘the official Swiss Railways (SBB) clock’ even when commercially sold as a wristwatch), but this crown may about to be… Read More ›
NEWS: Restoration of Big Ben
Renamed from the Clock Tower to Elizabeth Tower in 2012 to mark the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II, the most well known clock in the world, its bells and the tower in which it resides, are simply known as Big… Read More ›
NEW: Alain Silberstein x Philippe Lebru
Following the recent Alain Silberstein collaborative effort with Louis Erard, today we bring you another new Silberstein timepiece collaboration – this time with Philippe Lebru, the founder and director of the UTINAM Besançon clock manufacture. The stainless steel, brass and… Read More ›
L’ÉPÉE 1839: Time Flies
Clockmaker L’Epée 1839 has collaborated with Juliette Lefèvrem a graduate of Switzerland’s École cantonale d’art de Lausanne (ECAL) to create the new ‘Time Flies’ table clock, inspired by 1930s aircraft. Coming in four different variants of 99 pieces each, it… Read More ›
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