Parmigiani Fleurier’s Toric collection forms part of its ‘Haute Horlogerie’ line of men’s watches. The Toric models are powered by a hand-wound movement that is developed in-house, and contained within a 46mm case. The Toric Quaestor men’s watch is available… Read More ›
Hands-on
HANDS-ON : Sea-Gull 1963 Reissue
Today’s watch is one I was offered the chance to play with for a few weeks by Queensland collector Col, who generously sent his newly acquired Sea-Gull 1963 Reissue to me before he’d even had a chance to wear it… Read More ›
EVENT : A jubilee evening with Jaeger-LeCoultre
A few weeks ago Jaeger-LeCoultre Australia hosted a dinner in Sydney to introduce some of releases in this, their 180th anniversary year. Held at Sake Restaurant, a mix of collectors, enthusiasts and others were given the opportunity to try and… Read More ›
A look at some ‘jump hour’ watches
Inspired by conversations online with English watch and clock collector AlanL and Sydney enthusiast Danny, whom I had the pleasure of meeting at a Jaeger-LeCoultre SIHH 2013 novelties dinner (about which I will cover in a separate post), this post… Read More ›
HANDS-ON : ORIS Aquis Depth Gauge
Oris are known for producing solid tool watches, including a number of divers’ models. This year, they have released the first divers’ watch which measures depth by means of the intuitively horrifying idea of allowing water to enter the timepiece…. Read More ›
HANDS-ON : Omega’s new Constellation Sedna and its new 18K rose gold alloy
Following on from my posts about Omega’s new 2013 offerings of the Bullhead and the Speedmaster ‘Dark Side of the Moon’ is a third post about one of Omega’s other big announcements for the year, the new Constellation Sedna, made… Read More ›
HANDS-ON : JEANRICHARD – a new beginning
In 2012, after a period of flux and uncertainty about the brand’s image, JEANRICHARD repositioned themselves and launched a new identity with a streamlined triumvirate range based on ‘land, water and air’ in the form of the 1681, Terrascope, Aquascope,… Read More ›
HANDS-ON : Omega’s Speedy goes to the dark side of the moon
The Bullhead was one of Baselworld 2013’s most talked about releases from Omega and, in the run up to its appearance at boutiques and retailers, is still a hot topic of horological conversation. Running perhaps in a dead heat in… Read More ›
HANDS ON : Omega’s 2013 Bullhead
Today Horologium brings you a post about a model that we wanted to mention when it was launched at Baselworld 2013 but were unable to do so due to the lack of press photos available. For me, this was the… Read More ›
HANDS-ON : Greubel Forsey’s GMT in rose gold
To have handled one Greubel Forsey GMT is special enough, but following on from having seen the white gold model earlier this year in London, I recently had the opportunity to see the new-for-2013 red gold model to ‘complete the… Read More ›