Scopri 191 Nicholson Street Carlton VIC 3053 Ph : (03) 9347 8252 A week after having spent a few days in Melbourne, I found myself there again for the Melbourne Watchband’s end of year dinner last month, having been talked… Read More ›
Ephemera
The Gigantis
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 ›
TAG LINK smartphone – yours for $6,400
Announced in July, TAG’s entry into the pricey-smartphone market, the LINK, has just been relased in Australia with a starting price of a whopping $6400 and yes, one has been ‘sold’. The presence of TAG brand ambassador Di Caprio in… Read More ›
Queensland farm shed reveals 14th century timepiece
(Photo from Bonhams) An extremely rare time-keeping device found in a bag of spare parts in a Queensland shed is estimated to fetch between GBP150,000 – 200,000 (AU$233,000-$311,000) at Bonhams’ Fine Clocks and Scientific Instruments Sale on 13 December 2011…. Read More ›
MoonFighter : Crazy or Cool?
I mentioned Romain Jerome’s Space Invaders watch earlier this year. Now, the brand that believes that there are never too many things that you can put bits of the moon into has come up with the “MoonFighter” pen range. A… Read More ›
IWC watchmaking workshop & lunch at Becasse
Steady hand, sharp eye-sight…the invitation to attend a IWC Watchmaking Master Class seemed a tad beyond my capabilities, as those who know me can affirm. (umm…’loupe’, heh) Never let it be said that I am not prepared to give watchmaking… Read More ›
The "I’m Watch" smartwatch
White gold version A few steps up from the LunaTik iPod watch conversion kit, Milan based Blue Sky s.r.l. is about to release the “I’m Watch”, promoted as the world’s first smartwatch. Designed with Android-based phones in mind, but apple… Read More ›
A wearable sundial from Nomos Glashütte
Nomos Glashütte is a German Manufacture that does not get much coverage compared to many other brands that one could argue are similar, but it is a brand with a lot of admirers amongst collectors and enthusiasts of both of… Read More ›
Zoomin Watch concept
This is about a watch that is only an idea at the moment. It’s not haute horology and it has probably barely rate a blip on anyone’s watch radar, but I saw it and I quite like it. It’s called… Read More ›
A review of the iPod LunaTik
One of the coolest horological products to reach the market recently is the LunaTik, a conversion kit that turns the latest touch-screen Apple iPod Nano into a wrist watch. This is clearly not haute horlogerie, but nevertheless it is interesting,… Read More ›
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