H. Moser & Cie’s launch of the new Pioneer Centre Seconds Funky Blue Black Edition was accompanied by an unusual announcement, a #Pioneertour, during which this new watch would go around the world for a year courtesy of ‘guardians’, the… Read More ›
Hands-on
HANDS ON : Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Selfwinding Perpetual Calendar Ultra Thin
A number of months ago we introduced the new Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Selfwinding Perpetual Calendar Ultra-Thin. Containing the 2.89mm thick Calibre 5133, a movement that made its inaugural appearance in the record-breaking RD#2, it is a 41mm sized case… Read More ›
HANDS-ON : Andersen Genève Vita Vinum
Earlier this year Andersen Genève introduced a new collection called ‘Art & Culture’ and with it, a limited edition (twelve pieces) launch model called ‘Vita Vinum’ (‘life wine’ in Latin). One of the six finalists in the GPHG 2019 ‘Artistic… Read More ›
HANDS-ON : MB&F Legacy Machine FlyingT
Although there is no explicit marketing of them as such, MB&F’s watches have very much been dominated by men when it comes to ownership, although they can happily reside on wrists of types. Nonetheless, 2019 has seen the brand… Read More ›
HANDS-ON : Hautlence HL Sphere 01
Earlier this year Hautlence launched the HL Sphere 01, about which we wrote at this link. A wrist form of the HL Kinetic table clock, it displays hours and minutes via a spherical ‘jumping hour’ and a retrograde minute display…. Read More ›
HANDS-ON : Peter Roberts Grand Complication 5 ‘Concentrique’
Historically significant figures in English watchmaking such as Tompion, Mudge, Arnold, Earnshaw and Harrison are well known amongst watch and clock enthusiasts. Their works are in museums and significant collections, and if their pieces come up for sale, they command… Read More ›
HANDS-ON : MB&F HM9 Flow ‘Air’
Although launched last year, the first Horological Machine 9 Flow, ‘Air’, only finally reached its Australian retailer The Hour Glass (Sydney) this year. Having not had our usual opportunity to see it earlier due to unexpected circumstances, the delay has… Read More ›
HANDS-ON : Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Ultra Thin Perpetual Enamel White Gold
At the beginning of this year Jaeger-LeCoultre announced a micro collection of three new limited edition models in their Master Ultra Thin line. The Tourbillon (fifty pieces), Perpetual Calendar (one hundred pieces), and Moon (one hundred pieces), all in white… Read More ›
NEW : Zenith Defy Classic Ceramic White (and Blue)
There was a ‘soft launch’ earlier this year, but it was only at Baselworld 2019 that the new siblings of Zenith’s Defy Classic Black – the new Ceramic White and Ceramic Blue models, took a step forward. Of the two… Read More ›
BASELWORLD 2019 : Bvlgari Octo Finissimo Chronograph GMT Automatic
Launched in 2012, the Octo collection arguably didn’t pick up momentum until 2014, when it went into Piaget’s ultra-thin territory with its record-breaking manually wound Octo Finissimo Tourbillon. Since then, they have gone into overdrive and more than established their… Read More ›
