We have already mentioned that this year the town of this town Glashütte is celebrating 175 years of watchmaking, the date based on when Ferdinand Adolph Lange established his watchmaking business there in 1845. Glashütte is also home to the… Read More ›
German watches
NEW: A.Lange & Söhne’s Honeygold “Homage to F. A. Lange”
To mark thirty years since the brand’s modern rebirth, A. Lange & Söhne has launched three special watches in its proprietary ‘Honeygold’ in honour of Ferdinand Adoph Lange. They are the 1815 Thin Honeygold, the 1815 Rattrapante Honeygold, and the… Read More ›
NEW: Moritz Grossmann BACKPAGE Transparent
Moritz Grossmann have taken the obvious step and turned the dial of their BACKPAGE model, which is centred around the manually-wound Calibre 107.0 on the dial side, transparent, so as to highlight the feature after which it is named. With… Read More ›
NEW: Glashütte Original PanoMaticLunar Forest Green
So you may have been wondering if it’s just you or if there have been a lot of blue dials this year (there have been) and feeling in need of some other colour options. Well green might be more your… Read More ›
NEW: NOMOS Ludwig “175 Years Watchmaking Glashütte”
NOMOS is celebrating 175 years of watchmaking in Glashütte with three limited editions of their Ludwig model. Each of the editions are in limitations of 175 pieces each. Although perhaps not amongst their most high profile watches, the Ludwig is… Read More ›
NEW: Glashütte Original Senator Cosmopolite Midnight Blue
Today is a continuation of the theme from the last post about an updated time zone timepiece but this time, the changes are less substantial. In 2015 Glashütte Original presented the new Senator Cosmopolite, a travel watch with 35 time… Read More ›
NEW: A. Lange & Söhne Lange 1 Time Zone (with a new Calibre)
Is fifteen years a long time between changes? There is no actual answer to this question, but in thinking about it, there’s also another thing that might be (re) considered – the perceived ‘need’ to create or present new pieces… Read More ›
NEW: Glashütte Original launches new customisation service
Following its unveiling in China, Glashütte Original have announced a new worldwide customisation service that is available for models in the current collection with a precious metal case. Timepieces will be able to be personalised with precious stone settings or… Read More ›
NEW: NOMOS Glashütte Doctors Without Borders Ahoi
Since 2012 NOMOS Glashütte have been supporting the German Doctors Without Borders (Ärzte ohne Grenzen) with the sale of special ‘red 12’ pieces, and they have just launched two new limited edition Ahois for this year’s fundraising models. To date,… Read More ›
NEW: Glashütte Original Sixties and Sixties Chronograph Annual Edition 2020 Glacier Blue
Glashütte Original’s Sixties line, along with the Seventies models, belong to their retro-inspired Vintage collection, with dials that provide a canvas for colours that reflect both the two decades for which they are named, and the occasional foray into a… Read More ›