One of the foci of Piaget’s Watches & Wonders 2015 releases was that of their first automatic complication watch for their women’s collection in the form of the Limelight Stella watches. The complication in question? A moonphase, courtesy of the… Read More ›
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WATCHES & WONDERS 2015 : Cartier Clé de Cartier Mysterious Hour
The new Clé (key) shape was revealed by Cartier at SIHH 2015 and covered earlier by us at this link. There are two distinguishing features to this new collection – the ‘key’ of the name which refers to the new crown… Read More ›
WATCHES & WONDERS 2015 : Jaeger-LeCoultre Geophysic True Second and Geophysic Universal Time
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 ›
WATCHES & WONDERS 2015 : Opening Ceremony
With the CEOs and Managing Directors of participating brands in attendance, Fabienne Lupo, President of the Fondation de la Haute horlogerie and the Chairman of the Hong Kong Tourism Board Dr Peter Lam welcomed guests at the opening ceremony of… Read More ›
WATCHES & WONDERS 2015 : Press Day
Greetings from Hong Kong, where I am, once again, attending the SIHH’s young cousin (as it were) Watches & Wonders as a guest of Richemont Australia. I will be joined by @initialjh, who has taken time from a personal trip… Read More ›
NEWS : Hong Kong luxury sector’s downturn
In signs that the luxury downturn in China has well and truly hit Hong Kong, LVMH and Kering have announced actual and probable closures in the city. For LVMH, the combination of high rents and lower customer numbers have lead… Read More ›
WATCH PROFILE : Richard Mille RM025 Tourbillon Divers Watch Carbon
Some of you may be familiar with the RM025 Tourbillon Chronograph divers watch that was released in titanium with lugs in 18K red gold. Well Richard Mille being the king of ‘light’ watches, it was perhaps par for the course that… Read More ›
WATCH PROFILE : Cartier Rotonde de Cartier Calendar and Power Reserve
With a large collection such as Cartier’s it can be difficult for those who are looking to buy one of their pieces to know where to start once they’ve managed to narrow it down to their collection of choice. If… Read More ›
WATCH PROFILE : Montblanc Bohème Perpetual Calendar Jewellery
As regular readers of Horologium know, the dearth of mechanical complications in women’s watches is something that is occasionally commented upon, so when they do appear there is a certain level of interest. Montblanc are in the throes of an… Read More ›
VAN CLEEF & ARPELS : Lady Arpels Heures Filantes
Some watch fair releases seem to garner more coverage than others, so today’s post is an introduction to a Watches & Wonders 2014 piece that may well have slipped under your radar, but which fits neatly within Van Cleef & Arpels’ unashamedly… Read More ›