Two years ago Blancpain released the Tribute to Fifty Fathoms MIL-SPEC, a modern interpretation with a contemporary version of the water tightness indicator. This feature was present in the MIL-SPEC 1 (MILitary SPECification) model of 1957-58. It was based on… Read More ›
Divers watches
NEW : Oris Divers Sixty-Five Chronograph Bucherer Blue Edition
Oris’ Diver Sixty-Five has grown into a collection family in a number of iterations, including one that was created for charitable purposes. Now, watch retailer Bucherer have added a blue version of it to their ‘Blue Collection’ range. The new… Read More ›
BRONZE FORTNIGHT : Tudor Black Bay Bronze Slate Grey
Three years ago Tudor launched the Black Bay Bronze, which featured a dark brown dial. This was followed up with a bronze pièce unique for the ONLY WATCH auction of 2017, and the rather attractive Bucherer Black Bay Bronze Blue… Read More ›
BRONZE FORTNIGHT : Panerai Submersible Bronzo PAM00968
Panerai’s original ‘Bronzo’ (the PAM00382) of 2011 had been assumed at the time, to be a one-off. Not only was it not, but it was also instrumental in the subsequent widespread popularity of this material. What had seemed to be… Read More ›
BRONZE FORTNIGHT : Bell & Ross BR 03-92 Diver Green Bronze LE
Today is the second in our series of bronze-themed posts, highlighting some 2019 releases in this case material. Some of the models may already be known to you, but hopefully some are new. In 2018 Bell & Ross expanded their… Read More ›
SIHH 2019: Panerai Submersible Chrono Guillaume Néry Edition PAM982
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 ›
NEW : Seiko Prospex Street Series
The popular Seiko ‘Tuna’ and ‘Baby Tuna’ watches aren’t ones that tend to make an appearance on Horologium, but as the temperature starts hitting above 30C here, the hot weather means that on weekends, my thoughts turn to resuming the… Read More ›
RADO : Captain Cook MkIII
Last year Rado released modern versions of a vintage piece, called the Hyperchrome Captain Cook. Its success has lead to two more variant reissues, the Captain Cook MkII and MkIII. The latter of these, inspired by a 1962 piece, is… Read More ›
BASELWORLD 2018 : Angelus U50 Diver Tourbillon
Following on from the sleek modern modern interpretations of the tourbillon such as the U20, U21, U22 and the U40 that have come to define Angelus’ tourbillon aesthetic, for Baselworld 2018 Angelus is now presenting its first diver’s watch, the… Read More ›
PHOTOS: Jaeger-LeCoultre’s new Polaris Collection
A year ago, at the SIHH 2017, Jaeger-LeCoultre unveiled the new Master Control collection. As I noted at the time, it was a well received new suite of watches at the fair, seen as examples of clean and elegant designs… Read More ›