Unless you’ve been off-grid internet-wise for the past few week, you will know about the announcement by Bremont of their new limited edition the ‘Wright Flyer’, which will incorporate original material from the 1903 Wright brothers’ flyer, and the still-ongoing… Read More ›
For most of us, an altimeter on the wrist is an indulgence, a cool thing that we will never use. Perhaps we aren’t even entirely sure what it is, let alone how to read it on our watches. Broadly speaking,… Read More ›
Hammer. Some are known just by the single moniker. Instead of repeating what has been written about him many times before, both in his own words and by others, I direct you to this link. If you are new to… Read More ›
The Maison of Blancpain, whose Villeret Collection is both one of its core strengths and yet still, so much under the radar of many, recently added a new piece to the collection – the ‘Volant Une Minute 12 Jours’, aka… Read More ›
Zenith CEO Jean-Frédéric Dufour (photo taken January 2013, Geneva) has just been announced as the new CEO (Director-General, in French) of Rolex, replacing Gian Riccardo Marini, who has been CEO since 3 May, 2011. Mr. Dufour was appointed as Zenith… Read More ›
A week or so ago Omega sent out a darkened photo via Facebook, setting Omega fans in particular into a photoshopping frenzy. Well photoshop no more, as they have released this video teaser. On the basis of this video, in… Read More ›
What’s a sporting event without an official watch? Hublot have just announced the official watch of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. It’s a chronograph, but bi-retrograde (a first for the brand) and, being designed for football, has an… Read More ›
Oris have announced a new addition to the Artelier collection, to be formally launched at Baselworld 2014, and featuring their first jump hour watch. Regular readers of Horologium will know that I have a particular fondness for jumping hours, and… Read More ›
The Federation of the Swiss watch industry has reported good results for 2013, with exports at a record 21.8 billion CHF, a 1.9% increase (approx 400 million CHF) on 2012’s figures. The second half of 2012 (+3.0%) showed a greater… Read More ›
At SIHH 2013 there was a small ‘thinnest’ battle going on but of course, Piaget’s relentless drive to maintain their position at the top of the ‘ultra thin’ watch pecking order is always a given, and at SIHH 2014 it… Read More ›
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