The just-finished Baselworld 2015 was where De Bethune formally launched the DB28 GS for which they did a ‘soft launch’ in late January. Those of you who follow Horologium on Instagram will have seen a photo that posted on the… Read More ›
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LIVE PHOTOS : Peter Speake-Marin Velsheda Titanium
Amongst the models launched by Peter Speake-Marin last year was a single-handed watch called the ‘Velsheda’, about which I wrote here. Recently, in the lead-up to SIHH 2015 in Geneva, we caught up with him. It was too brief a… Read More ›
BREVA : Hands-on with the Génie 03 Speedmeter
Billed by Breva as “the world’s first-ever wristwatch with a functional speedometer”, meet the recently launched Génie 03, the brand’s latest quirky outdoors watch. The Génie 01 was a miniature weather station, the Génie 02, an altimeter. As with its… Read More ›
EXTREMELY PIAGET: Black Tie Vintage Inspiration
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 ›
AUDEMARS PIGUET : Royal Oak Offshore Diver 42
Audemars Piguet’s best selling Royal Oaks (Offshore or otherwise) have been through more variants than any of us remember, occasionally rather vividly so. It is therefore somewhat comforting to see a new model that is sedate and more flexible in… Read More ›
VACHERON CONSTANTIN : Metiers d’Art Mecaniques Gravées
During this, the year of their 260th anniversary, Vacheron Constantin have added to their Métiers d’Art collection with two new platinum watches with hand-engraved in-house movements – calibres 22601/1 and 4400/1. What these two pieces share in common are the… Read More ›
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 ›
FIONA KRÜGER : Memento Mori
Firstly, a disclosure. The photos that appear in this post are ‘best under the circumstances’ photos. For ones that do the watches justice, go to Fiona’s website. So why did I take them and choose to share them? Well if… 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 ›
MB&F : the end of the HM3 road
Launched in 2013, the HM3 riff known as the MEGAWIND has proven to be a popular variant for MB&F. Today MB&F launches the final edition of the HM3, a MEGAWIND with added C3 SuperLuminova. If you want proof of the… Read More ›
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