With the imminent dimming of Big Ben’s chimes for awhile I thought I’d take the opportunity to share a watch I only saw for the first time during 2016 – Christophe Claret’s Soprano, which not only has a 60-second flying… Read More ›
Minute Repeaters
JAPAN: Watch trip of a rambling enthusiast
Today we have a guest post from collector/ enthusiast @crunchylatte in which he shares his horological adventures visiting some key Tokyo watch destinations. Enjoy. DISCLAIMER: These are merely the ramblings of one watch enthusiast, and all views expressed are his… Read More ›
VACHERON CONSTANTIN : a record-breaking 57 complication pocket watch
Eight years, three master watchmakers, fifty-seven complications, 2826 parts, ten patents, ten ‘firsts’, 957grams, 98mm in size, one reference number (Ref. 57260). Oh, and one hashtag, of course. Venerable house of horology or not, Vacheron Constantin’s 260th birthday is in… Read More ›
INTERVIEW : Mr. Daniel Riedo, Jaeger-LeCoultre CEO
On the eve of Watches & Wonders 2014 Jaeger-LeCoultre CEO Mr. Daniel Riedo came to Australia for the first time, visiting Melbourne and Sydney on a short and busy trip which also saw him giving Sydney dinner guests the privilege of… Read More ›
JAEGER-LECOULTRE : The Rendez-Vous Ivy Minute Repeater
Last week Jeager-LeCoultre CEO Mr. Daniel Riedo paid his first visit to Australia. One of the purposes of his visit was to talk about the Maison’s women’s watches, and a dinner was held at Quay Restaurant in Sydney in honour… Read More ›
WATCH PROFILE : Vacheron Constantin Patrimony Contemporaine Ultra-Thin Calibre 1731
Unfortunately, I haven’t (yet) had the opportunity to get my greedy hands on the Vacheron Constantin Patrimony Comtemporaine Minute Repeater, but I did get the chance to gawk at it in its display cabinet at SIHH 2014 earlier this year…. Read More ›
EVENT : Jaeger-LeCoultre celebrates 180 years – Sydney
As part of Jaeger-LeCoultre’s 180th anniversary in 2013 it has been holding dinners and events around the world. A few weeks ago the celebrations hit Sydney, with a gala dinner held at Guillaume at Bennelong, one of Sydney’s finest restaurants… Read More ›
HANDS ON : Parmigiani Toric Quaestor Pegase
Parmigiani Fleurier’s Toric collection forms part of its ‘Haute Horlogerie’ line of men’s watches. The Toric models are powered by a hand-wound movement that is developed in-house, and contained within a 46mm case. The Toric Quaestor men’s watch is available… Read More ›
VIDEO & World Tour Dates : The Bird Minute Repeater
So there was this video of a watch that I saw… Actually, to call it a ‘watch’ somehow seems inadequate. It’s more a mindboggling work of art, this automata from Jaquet Droz, and it is not surprising that the watch… Read More ›
VIDEO : How a watch is made – three perspectives
Today’s post is the first in Horologium’s new series in which we will share interesting ‘time’ related videos that we come across. They may be newly released short films/ clips or old ones, but they will hopefully be ones that… Read More ›
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