The education arm of Christie’s are starting a new online course entitled ‘History of Watches: 1700 to Now’. A five week video-based programme, it will cover the development of watches from their first appearance in pocket form to today’s wristwatches…. Read More ›
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 ›
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 ›
Today’s post is another in the irregular ‘video’ series in which I share horologically themed videos that I come across online. This video dates back to 1934, and comes courtesy of the British Pathé archives by way of PuristSPro. As… Read More ›
In today’s post, which is part of Horologium’s occasional series sharing horologically themed videos of interest, we got to IWC in Shaffhausen. Last year IWC launched a series of “The Man’s Guide to…” videos with a focus on buying a… Read More ›
Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield returned to Earth yesterday after having handed over his command of the International Space Station (ISS) to his friend and crewmate Pavel Vinogradov. At the time of the launch of this this post his cover of… Read More ›
So there was this video of a watch that I saw… Actually, to call it a ‘watch’ somehow seems inadequate. It’s more a mindboggling work of art, this automata from Jaquet Droz, and it is not surprising that the watch… Read More ›
This is not just any clock, it is the “Construct-A-Clock”, intended as an educational toy for 6 – 10 year olds, according to the manufacturers. I had been unsuccessfully looking for one of these on and off for a few… Read More ›
Today’s post is the first in Horologium’s new series in which we will share interesting ‘time’ related videos that we come across. They may be newly released short films/ clips or old ones, but they will hopefully be ones that… Read More ›
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