Today we bring you something a bit different and, dare I say, worth travelling to Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport for – a 10ft high performance art clock by Dutch Designer Maarten Baas. The latest edition of his ‘Real Time’ series, it… Read More ›
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Ruth Belville : London’s last time carrier
Today we have something different, a podcast I happened across the other week about a woman called Ruth Belville, who spent fifty years selling a subscription time telling (accurate to within a tenth of a second) service from the Greenwich Observatory. At… Read More ›
EVENT REPORT : Oris Great Barrier Reef II Limited Edition launch
Readers of Horologium will already be familiar with today’s watch, which I covered at its release and subsequently, with live photos from Baselworld 2016. It is unusual for me to do three posts about a single watch but there is… Read More ›
JAPAN : Watch trip of a rambling enthusiast
Today we have a guest post from collector/ enthusiast @crunchylatte in which he shares his horological adventures visiting some key Tokyo watch destinations. Enjoy. DISCLAIMER: These are merely the ramblings of one watch enthusiast, and all views expressed are his… Read More ›
FILM : Celebrating the AHCI (Académie Horlogère des Créateurs Indépendants
You may recall the announcement last year of a short film about the AHCI and featuring some of its members, retailers, and industry veterans, talking about the work of independent watchmakers both as individuals and in terms of their importance… Read More ›
PHOTOS : MB&F Legacy Machine Perpetual
This has been some tenth anniversary for MB&F, with releases such as the HMX and Melchior, but a few weeks ago a rather remarkable watch appeared, the Legacy Machine Perpetual, about which we wrote about here. This time, the ‘Friend’… 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 ›
NEWS : Swatch launches contactless payment watch
When I saw the tweet a couple of days ago from Swatch announcing their new ‘Bellamy’ range of watches which will double as a mobile form contactless form of payment, I was intrigued. Touted by some as Swatch’s foray into… Read More ›
EVENT : Jaeger-LeCoultre SIHH 2015 Sydney Collectors’ Dinners
A couple of years ago Jaeger-LeCoultre Australia started hosting annual ‘collectors’ dinners’ in Sydney and Melbourne to showcase some of the year’s SIHH novelties. What started off as a single function in each city has grown. Last year there were… Read More ›
VIDEO : Breitling boutique
There will be a number of posts coming up featuring new releases from Breitling’s Baselworld 2015 collection but as a teaser introduction here is a short film of the Breitling Sydney boutique by Lumiere Photographie, with guest appearances by… Read More ›
