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 ›
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WRISTSPOTTING : Chechen-style
(Photo from RBC) In case you haven’t had enough of Russians and expensive watches, the folks at Russian website RBC have helpfully put together a gallery that they have called ‘Switzerland vs Russia’, with photos of officials/ politicians/ heads of state-owned… 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 ›
The ‘mystery’ of Thomas Prescher’s Mysterious Double-axis Tourbillon
Almost a year ago we did a post about Thomas Prescher’s Mysterious Double Axis Tourbillon. Although the time spent with this watch was very short it stayed in my thoughts, and I wondered whether I would ever have the opportunity… Read More ›
MB&F : Music Machine 3
The latest of MB&F’s tenth anniversary releases is a third Music Machine that is both clearly in tune (no pun intended, truly) with the previous Music Machines and very much in line with their anniversary tagline of “A creative adult is a… Read More ›
GREUBEL FORSEY : Art Piece – Hommage à Robert Filliou
Last year Greubel Forsey added to their Art Pieces, with a piece containing another micro-sculpture collaboration with Willard Wigan – an hommage à Robert Filliou model. We managed to get some photos of this piece earlier this year. Alas we were… Read More ›
KARI VOUTILAINEN : Vingt-8 GMT 6 with blue guilloché dial
To meet him, Kari Voutilainen is a very modest man. Low key, much like his much-heralded watches, which hold a special place amongst collectors, especially those who are patrons and supporters of independent watchmakers. His workshop does not make many… Read More ›
HANDS-ON : Thomas Prescher Tempus Vivendi Qatar
In late January Horologium and #thewatchnerd visited Thomas and Heike Prescher at their old (as in about-to-be-vacated) workshop and home in a town near Biel/ Bienne. What was originally intended to be half a day with them turned out to… Read More ›
HANDS-ON : Romain Jerome Batman
In late 2014 Romain Jerome did a collaboration with Warner Bros. on behalf of DC Entertainment to celebrate the 75th Anniversary of Bob Kane/ DC Comics’ Batman. Earlier this year I had the chance to see it in the bat-metal… Read More ›
GREUBEL FORSEY : Tourbillon 24 Secondes Vision
Commemorating its 10th anniversary this year, Greubel Forsey presented a few new watches at SIHH 2015 of which two stood out – the Tourbillon 24 Secondes Vision that is the subject of this post, and the Philippe Dufour collaboration (by… Read More ›
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