When is a pocket watch not a pocket watch? When even its creators don’t use the term but call it “a grand über complication”. Oh, and there’s also when the ‘pocket’ watch can’t actually fit into a pocket. We are… Read More ›
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HANDS-ON : with Greubel Forsey’s GMT
Earlier this year when I was in London I visited Marcus Watches, a watchnerd ‘destination’ London boutique on Bond St that carries many brands but in particular, is known for being the supporter of a number of ‘independents’. In the… Read More ›
An Explosive Encounter : the C3H5N3O9
MB&F and URWERK aren’t strangers to Horologium, and the combination of their quirky and at often groundbreaking approach to timepieces last year courtesy of the C3H5N3O9 Nitroglycerine Experiment ZR102 was unexpected and generated a lot of buzz, but also paid… Read More ›
BASELWORLD 2013 : Glashütte Original Senator Chronometer Regulator
Another Baselworld 2013 release by Glashütte Original this year is a new Regulator model with the classic regulator design of a centre minute display and other indicators positioned as subsidiaries. The dial is lacquered silver-grainé with the hour display at 12… Read More ›
BASELWORLD 2013 : H.Moser & Cie’s Nomad Dual Time
After a look at Jaquet Droz’s so-minimalist-you-could-blink-and-not-realise-what-you-were-looking-at Grande Heure GMT, today is about another pared back dual time zone watch that was launched at Baselworld 2013 – the Nomad from H.Moser & Cie. Another elegant interpretation of a two time… Read More ›
EXCLUSIVE : ‘Uniikki’ – a ‘pièce unique’ from Stepan Sarpaneva
Of all the abused words in the English language the word ‘unique’ is currently one of the most assaulted. Thrown around as though it is going out of style, it is applied with reckless abandonment to things of which there… Read More ›
Made in England : a visit to Meridian Watches
Earlier this year I accompanied the watchnerd to visit Meridian Watches in the heart of Norwich, Norfolk. A new English brand, it is the culmination of a longstanding friendship between locals Simon Michlmayr, a WOSTEP and Peter Roberts Hackney trained… Read More ›
DE BETHUNE : Starry nights and a deadbeat seconds perpetual calendar
Having had the opportunity to meet David and Alessandro Zanetta of De Bethune when they were in Sydney last year, it was with pleasure that I found myself in their Geneva salon at the Four Seasons Hotel at the end… Read More ›
HYT presents the new H2
The HYT team have announced the new H2, a further development of last year’s H1 using the same basic concepts and technology, this time created in collaboration with Renaud & Papi. You can read more about the H1 at the… Read More ›
Does size matter?
I was recently part of a watch related group email (obviously not a rare occurrence), the subject of which was also clearly not a rare occurrence – watch sizes. The discussion was about a particular watch that someone is (was?)… Read More ›
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