Unveiled in 2010, ‘Galet’ is the name of Laurent Ferrier’s first collection. This year at Baselworld they introduced a new shape to the line. But firstly, for those who are unfamiliar with the brand – who and what is it?… Read More ›
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BASELWORLD 2015 : New TYPE 3 RESSENCE
Many claim to make ‘revolutionary’ changes to the wristwatch, but in 2010 Benoit Mitiens and the new brand of Ressence really did do something groundbreaking – they made the watch (and design) world accept a watch with no crown with… Read More ›
FIONA KRÜGER : Celebration
In a recent post introducing Fiona Krüger and her skull watches mention was made of a new ‘Celebration’ watch. Well here it is. Her third time watch, it is a variation on her previous watches, with the same influences (for… Read More ›
HANDS-ON : De Bethune DB28 GS
The just-finished Baselworld 2015 was where De Bethune formally launched the DB28 GS for which they did a ‘soft launch’ in late January. Those of you who follow Horologium on Instagram will have seen a photo that posted on the… Read More ›
MB&F : Melchior the mechanical robot clock
In thinking about this newly launched mechanical art from MB&F one wonders whether words are, to some degree, superfluous. The connection between Melchior and someone who looks at it is of course partly to do with his mechanical wonder but… Read More ›
EVENT : Collectable & Vintage Wristwatch Forum
The British Horological Institute are holding a Collectable and Vintage Wristwatch Forum at which there will be a number of esteemed speakers. One of them is my friend the #watchnerd, who will be talking about the influence of steampunk on… Read More ›
LIVE PHOTOS : Peter Speake-Marin Velsheda Titanium
Amongst the models launched by Peter Speake-Marin last year was a single-handed watch called the ‘Velsheda’, about which I wrote here. Recently, in the lead-up to SIHH 2015 in Geneva, we caught up with him. It was too brief a… Read More ›
BREVA : Hands-on with the Génie 03 Speedmeter
Billed by Breva as “the world’s first-ever wristwatch with a functional speedometer”, meet the recently launched Génie 03, the brand’s latest quirky outdoors watch. The Génie 01 was a miniature weather station, the Génie 02, an altimeter. As with its… Read More ›
PRE-BASELWORLD 2015: H. Moser & Cie Endeavour Concept Watch Fumé
For an instagram account with comparatively few posts to date, H.Moser & Cie have developed a solid following, and in recent days they’ve been engaged in a bit of horological teasing with their followers about new releases. One of the… Read More ›
LIVE PHOTOS : Romain Jerome commemorates the fall of the Berlin Wall
Romain Jerome’s fondness for using bits and pieces of things in their watches is well established. They like to choose historically significant events but veer into popular culture as well. At the end of last year they added to their… Read More ›
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