The SIHH 2018 preview announcements are continuing, and a notable one has just come from IWC. Next year they will be marking their sesquicentennial year with a ‘Jubilee Collection’ that will consist of twenty-seven models, including limited editions from the… Read More ›
In 2016 Harry Winston launched a limited edition series of watches called the Premier Precious Weaving Automatic 36mm. Behind this somewhat prosaic name were watches that featured interesting delicate woven dials made from Tahitian mother-of-pearl and silver threads woven into… Read More ›
It can be argued, with some degree of justification I think, that one of the standout (in the literal sense of its prominence) watches of 2017 has been Konstantin Chaykin’s Joker, launched at Baselworld this year. With an unconventional take… Read More ›
In 2018 Audemars Piguet will be celebrating the 25th birthday of the Royal Oak Offshore. A younger brasher and more colourful relation of the Royal Oak, itself a seminal luxury sports watch, the ‘ROO’ has managed to establish its own… Read More ›
In 2012, Robert-Jan Broer posted a picture of his Speedmaster on Facebook using the words ‘Speedy Tuesday’. Since then, the #SpeedyTuesday hashtag has gained a dedicated following, particularly on Instagram, and become its own social media community. In what is… Read More ›
For those who are followers of the A. Lange & Söhne Watchmaking Excellence Award the name of watchmaker Torsti Laine is not totally unknown. For others, he probably needs a small introduction. Harking originally from Finland, where he was a… Read More ›
Watch brands love a reason to create a special watch, especially for their horological landmarks, as it were. Last year, Girard-Perregaux released the ‘La Esmeralda’ wristwatch, an homage to a pocket watch of the same name, famed for its three… Read More ›
If you have ever delved into vintage timepieces, especially early military wristwatches, you will probably have come across trench watches. These watches were promoted as being for, as the name states, suitable for military service, and were characterised by features… Read More ›
Two years ago MB&F released their Legacy Machine Perpetual, a perpetual calendar with a new movement by Stephen McDonnell that used a patented ‘mechanical processor’, about which you can read at this link. This Legacy Machine features an integrated perpetual… Read More ›
In 1861 Tiffany was making a small number of watches in a workshop in Geneva. Nowadays, awareness of its watch history may be inextricably tied to its New York boutique and certain storied watch brand names, but a couple of… Read More ›
HOROLOGIUM 