Saturday November 11, 2017 is the date, 1430 the time, and Geneva, the place. The 2017 edition of the Only Watch auction to raise money for research on Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy courtesy of a charity auction of unique timepieces has… Read More ›
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NEW : Laurent Ferrier Galet Micro-Rotor Montre École Régulateur
You may recall our post earlier this year about Laurent Ferrier’s new Montre École watch, a piece that, with its nods in name and appearance to a watchmaker’s ‘first school watch’, is deeply personal to Mr Ferrier. For those who… Read More ›
H.MOSER ET CIE : Pioneer Perpetual Calendar Steel
You may recall a post from last year about two of Moser’s perpetual calendars – the Endeavour Perpetual Calendar and Endeavour Perpetual Calendar Concept, both powered by the in-house double-barrelled manual-wind Calibre HMC 341 with a seven day power reserve… Read More ›
PHOTOS : Maîtres du Temps Chapter Three
Today’s watch may not be a new one, having been launched at Baselworld 2012, but the Maîtres du Temps collection, which partnered renowned watchmakers to create a single watch, is still a scarce beast. To see one ‘in the wild’… Read More ›
NEWS : Peter Speake-Marin leaves his eponymous brand
In a report on Swiss site 24 heures, it has been announced that Peter Speake-Marin has left the brand he founded sixteen years ago. This is not a sudden decision, but one over which he has been mulling for awhile…. Read More ›
NEWS : New brands to join SIHH 2018
In 2016 the ‘Carré des Horlogers’ became a part of SIHH. This year, the ‘Carré’ was expanded, and some new brands joined SIHH 2017. In news just announced, the SIHH will expand even further, welcoming Ferdinand Berthoud, De Witt, whose… Read More ›
LANG & HEYNE : Albert
Dresden watchmakers Lang & Heyne basically quietly do their own thing, creating a scant few dozen watches a year in a small number of models. You may recall an earlier post on Horologium about a special Friedrich III. Well today,… Read More ›
SPEAKE-MARIN : J-Class Collection One and Two
Earlier this year at Peter Speake-Marin launched a new in-house movement, the COSC-certified automatic Calibre SMA0, which made its maiden appearance in the form of two limited edition pieces called the ‘One’ and ‘Two’. These are the first watches in… Read More ›
H. Moser & Cie : Swiss Alp Minute Retrograde
The headline-grabbing Swiss Alp watch has taken a horologically unexpected turn this year, its rectangular case now with a movement from sister brand Hautlence, inside it. Meet the rather cool Swiss Alp Watch Minute Retrograde. The white gold 48mm case… Read More ›
GREUBEL FORSEY : Signature 1 Platinum
In recent years Greubel Forsey has been characterised by a very public desire to nurture the preservation and continuation of watchmaking skills, first manifested in the form of the Naissance watch (more formally called ‘Le Garde Temps – Naissance d’une… Read More ›
