For a few years now, brands have been reaching into ‘their’ 1960s and 1970s for inspiration. Many brands have gone down the path to those decades for, in particular, sports watches, but to modernise dress watches from that period is… Read More ›
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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 ›
LIVE PHOTOS : De Bethune DB25T Zodiac
In my watch wanderings before the start of SIHH week it has become customary for me to visit De Bethune to see some of their pre-Baselworld launches. This time we had a new watch companion, London’s #thewatchnerd; be sure to… Read More ›
HANDS-ON : with Urwerk’s tweedy side
Late last year Urwerk announced what was a surprisingly ‘old-fashioned’ limited edition of their UR-110. Aptly announced during London’s Salon QP, team Urwerk held a private launch of the UR-110 ‘Eastwood’, a collaboration with English tailor Timothy Everest. I had… Read More ›
SIHH 2015 : PANERAI Equation of Time Radiomir and Luminor in stainless steel
The most complicated watches released by Officine Panerai at SIHH 2015 were the two ‘equation of time’ models in stainless steel – the PAM516 in the Radiomir 1940 case (PAM516) which will be in a limited edition of 200, and… Read More ›
SIHH 2015 : Richard Mille RM 51-02 ‘Diamond Twister’
Never a brand to do things by half, and unapologetically so, at SIHH 2015 Richard Mille perhaps surprised us all by saying that they would only announce four models in Geneva, with more releases to be staggered over the year…. Read More ›
SIHH 2015 : Vacheron Constantin ‘Harmony’ Tourbillon Chronograph
Harmony of form and function, harmony in music, of thought, of companionship, of the tastebuds. A common word, but perhaps unexpected as the name of the new Vacheron Constantin collection introduced at SIHH 2015 to mark their 260th anniversary. As… Read More ›
HANDS-ON : De Bethune DB28 Dark Shadows
With a series of DB28 watches having already proven to be amongst De Bethune’s most popular lines and perhaps its most well-known, Baselworld 2014 saw the release of the seemingly all-black DB28 Dark Shadows, which I had the opportunity to… Read More ›
Hublot’s cricket collaboration and a new Australian brand ambassador
With Australian skipper Michael Clarke probably sidelined by a match injury as Australia won the first test match against India (taking a 1-0 lead) yesterday, he can perhaps take the extra time to play around with his new Hublots. It… Read More ›
HANDS-ON : with MB&F’s HM6 ‘Space Pirate’
A little while back Horologium introduced MB&F’s latest Horological Machine, the Space Pirate. A little while after its launch MB&F Head of Communications Charris Yadigaroglou came to Australia with the new HM6 for its Australian launch, and I had the… Read More ›
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