During ‘Geneva week’ before the start of SIHH 2014 we visited a couple of brands, of which De Bethune was the first. As it was also the brand that I first visited during my inaugural ‘Geneva week’ in 2013 it… Read More ›
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EVENT : Peter Speake-Marin collection in Sydney
Earlier this year I caught up with Peter Speake-Marin at the Geneva Time Exhibition and saw some models from his current collection that I had not yet had the opportunity to see. These pieces and more, including the Triad which… Read More ›
Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève 2013 Prize Winners
The Grand Théâtre de Genève was the scene of the 2013 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG). One and a half thousand guests joined the President of the Swiss Confederation, Mr Ueli Maurer, to celebrate the watch industry, with fifteen… Read More ›
NEWS : MB&F’s Legacy Machine 2 and what is resonance anyway?
Prior to MB&F’s launch of their first Legacy Machine, the air of anticipation in the watch world was both widespread. Its arrival proved the eager anticipation was not unfounded. The combination of history, modernity and that MB&F touch has turned… Read More ›
PHOTO ESSAY : a pair of Vianney Halter Classics
At Baselworld 1999 and 2000 Vianney Halter and Janiver SA showed off his ‘Classic’ model, delivery of which commenced in 2001 and continued for almost a decade before it was discontinued. The total run was 250 pieces, of which 115… 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 : 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 ›
HANDS-ON : Kari Voutilainen’s Vingt-8
Horologium has a particular fondness for independent watchmaking and today we bring another example, courtesy of a local collector who kindly brought his new toy along when we met for a coffee. Kari Voutilainen, born in 1962, is a Finnish… Read More ›
‘Shades of Grey’ from Grieb & Benzinger
Grieb & Benzinger are a German brand best known for their skeletonised watches, some of which use vintage movements (there have also been watches under the ‘Benzinger’ brand). They have just announced a new collection of white gold watches called… Read More ›
NEWS : Vianney Halter returns with the Deep Space Tourbillon
As I write this I am watching an old episode of ‘Star Trek : Deep Space Nine’ on Australian free to air tv – yes, truly. Major Kira has discovered that the Bajoran Central Archives show her as having been… Read More ›
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