When the talk started about the Geophysic 1958 model being not a one (or rather two) off but part of a new collection, people wondered a bit. The 1958 was a successful and well-received homage/ reissue for Jaeger-LeCoultre that… Read More ›
Hands-on
PHOTOS : Chopard L.U.C Regulator
In 2006 Chopard produced their first Regulator model, and at Baselworld 2015 they rebooted its look. With thanks to Chopard Australia, I had the opportunity to look at one recently. As I’ve mentioned before, the L.U.C. Collection is my favourite… Read More ›
PHOTOS : Tudor’s North Flag
Perhaps in some ways a follow-up to the Ranger of 2014, the North Flag, Tudor’s Baselworld 2015 release which I had the chance to see during a promotional Tudor ‘tour’ at The Hour Glass Sydney, has been perhaps their most… Read More ›
PHOTOS : Longines Column-Wheel Single Push-Piece Heritage Chronograph
In recent years Longines have reissued a number of monopusher chronographs from their Museum as a part of its Heritage collection. A few months ago we looked at the new 2015 Pulsometer Chronometer monopusher with its Calibre L788.2 in a… Read More ›
HANDS-ON : a custom Lang & Heyne Friedrich III
For admirers of German watchmaking the brands that most commonly seem to first spring to mind are A.Lange & Söhne if we’re talking luxury, and names such as Glashütte Original, Sinn, Stowa and Nomos to name but a few, when… Read More ›
ON THE WRIST : IWC Portugieser Annual Calendar
At SIHH 2015 IWC released the Portugieser Annual Calendar, their first such complication and one about which we wrote at this link. With thanks to IWC Australia we recently had the opportunity of having one of these new Annual Calendars… Read More ›
MB&F HMX : the most affordable MB&F (yet)
A while back MB&F told us that one of their 10th anniversary watches would be their most price-accessible watch to date. This alone was enough to have many waiting patiently to find out not just the price, but also of… Read More ›
ON THE WRIST : Baume et Mercier Capeland Shelby Cobra
A little while back I attended the Sydney launch of Baume et Mercier’s tribute to the classic Shelby Cobra racing car, and got some ‘quick and dirty’ photographs of both the models, stainless steel and red gold. When I was… Read More ›
PIAGET : the rose takes new forms
Having already covered the hand-embroidered Piaget rose dial earlier this year, today it’s the turn of two other interpretations of their floral emblem. For those who wish to know a little about the significance of the Yves Piaget rose,… Read More ›
GREUBEL FORSEY & PHILIPPE DUFOUR : Le Garde Temps, Naissance d’une montre
A query as to whether anyone wanted me to take photos of anything at particular at SIHH 2015 lead to one very unexpected request from a few people – could we take some photos of “the Naissance” please? At this… Read More ›
HOROLOGIUM 