I have a liking for ‘mystery dials’, and 2017 has brought with it a rather impressive new one from Cartier, who have combined a minute repeater and double tourbillon into such a watch. Not only this but rather intriguingly, it… Read More ›
Hands-on
FABERGÉ : Lady Compliquée Peacock Black
In the latter part of last year that #thewatchnerd arranged for a joint visit to the Fabergé boutique in London, which had kindly agreed to showing us some of their watches. We had been motivated by the desire to see… Read More ›
ZENITH : Range Rover collaboration SE now in Australia
Launched at the Paris Motor Show in the latter part of 2016, the inaugural Zenith x Range Rover watch has finally arrived on Australian shores. I had the chance to take a look at it a couple of days ago,… Read More ›
HANDS-ON : De Bethune’s Kind of Blue Tourbillon Meteorite
In January of this year, along with #thewatchnerd team, we paid a visit to De Bethune in Geneva, during which we saw two rather remarkable Milky Way themed watches – the DB25L Milky Way which we covered earlier, and this pièce unique… Read More ›
ROMAIN JEROME : Moon Orbiter GMT
In many ways Romain Jerome’s DNA Collection best personifies the early years of the brand and the sort of watches for which it gained prominence, with their names reflecting the samples of objects and things that found their way into… Read More ›
LOUIS MOINET : Mobilis Double Tourbillon and Kaleidoscope
Mobility. Movement. The new Mobilis from Louis Moinet is aptly named, with its kaleidoscope dial based on no less than two one-minute flying tourbillons, whose unusual rotation in opposite directions power and thus animate, the kaleidoscope at 12 o’clock. With… Read More ›
PHOTOS : Vacheron Constantin Patrimony Moonphase and Retrograde Date
Vacheron Constantin came up with some impressive ‘uber watches’ during SIHH 2017 involving matters celestial, but as we mentioned earlier, one of the core pieces is a new addition to the much loved Patrimony Retrograde line, and here are some photos and… Read More ›
SIHH 2017 : ROGER DUBUIS Excalibur Quatuor Cobalt MicroMelt®
There is no part of Roger Dubuis that doesn’t exude an extrovert’s confidence. Their SIHH presentations always reinforce this message, and what has come from them so far in 2017 shows that they are not in any danger of changing their… Read More ›
SIHH 2017 : BAUME & MERCIER Clifton Club
If you’ve been following us for a few years as we’ve covered the SIHH you will have noticed that Baume & Mercier has been trying a number of different hats on for size, as it were. This year, CEO Alain Zimmerman… Read More ›
Cnidarian dreams: MB&F’s HM7 Aquapod
By #thewatchnerd [Today’s post is by our London-based partner #thewatchnerd, who attended SIHH 2017 at the invitation of Jaeger-LeCoultre U.K. #thewatchnerd’s post is being simultaneously posted on his site and is replicated here in its entirety. Photos are by @initialjh if… Read More ›
HOROLOGIUM 