Following on from Horologium’s inaugural Holiday Gift Guide last year, here is 2013’s selection of gifts for the horologically inclined. Again the focus is on affordability. Watches are not included, and if you can’t find anything in this year’s list,… Read More ›
The use of watch parts from (hopefully non-functioning) vintage wrist and pocket watches for creative endeavours beyond movement cufflinks can be a divisive issue amongst watch enthusiasts. Where some see a useful appropriation and reinvention which gives a watch a… Read More ›
Whether you’re a watch enthusiast or not, whether you are a fan of the James Bond film franchise (or even Fleming’s books) or not, you probably love a story about a random discovery that nets the finder something rather special…. Read More ›
Baselworld isn’t just about watches, clocks and jewellery. This year U-Boat also presented a limited edition motorbike called the ‘Venenum’, one of a hundred bikes that will be created exclusively for them by Dino Romano from Moto Dal Cuore (which… Read More ›
Some of you may know that as well as their watches, Piaget has a successful and significant jewellery collection for both men and women. Their jewellery range is perhaps not as widely available or well-known as their watches, but the… Read More ›
Perhaps you’ve heard about Stepan Sarpaneva’s 2012 release, the Korona K0 Wuoksi, or his MB&F collaboration, the Moonmachine. If you’re keeping an eagle eye out you may well have even seen his announcement of a new S.U.F. “Myrsky” in 2013…. Read More ›
So December is drawing inexorably near and you’re looking for a gift for a watch enthusiast and don’t have hundreds or thousands to spend. You can lurch resignedly towards the nearest gift card or avoid your watch friends altogether until… Read More ›
Well you can, the small technicality of funds nothwithstanding, as a 4lb chunk, the fourth-largest piece of lunar rock here, is up for auction. Otherwise called DaG 1058, this breccia originating from the far side of the moon has the… Read More ›
Non horological items produced by watch brands, although still the exception, is not new. Jewellery, cufflinks, pens, mobile phones…Although not the first (that goes to Omega, for the Aqua Terra eau de toilette), Bovet has released a perfume for women… Read More ›
Are Kudoe, Schli & Matz the MB&F of luxury watchwinders? K, S & M are – Bernd Kussmaul and Uwe Matzner with a history in an engineering business that counts Aston-Martin or Bugatti amongst its customers, and Markus Döttling and… Read More ›
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