Last month at SIHH 2015 Roger Dubuis’ presentation introduced a number of skeletonised models featuring the Astral Skeleton movement with the distinctive Dubuis signature of a star in the movement architecture. Amongst the new models launched was the Excalibur Spider… Read More ›
Although not their most glamorous or technically impressive pieces, two new releases by Jaeger-LeCoultre to their Master range at SIHH 2015 may end up being their most widely talked about. Why? Because they are new versions of two of the… Read More ›
The Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry (FH) has reported that watch exports in 2014 continued to grow, with a total value of 22.2 bllion CHF, an increase of 1.9%, the same as 2013. The first half-year showed a 3.1%… Read More ›
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 ›
It would be something even more than an understatment to say that Jerome Lambert’s tenure so far at Montblanc has been an eye opener, but the subject of Horologium’s first SIHH 2015 Montblanc posts is not about something ‘new’ so… Read More ›
The house of Cartier presented a mindboggling fraction-over-one-hundred new models at SIHH 2015, but obviously there was not time to introduce them all during that brief time, and especially not during the press presentations, which focused on their key pieces… Read More ›
A.Lange & Söhne’s SIHH 2015 offerings were largely tweaks and updates of models apart from a few notable exceptions, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. In the case of the new Datograph Perpetual in white gold with a dark… Read More ›
SIHH 2015 brought not one but two meteorite models from participating brands. If you had wanted to make a bet with me before the fair about the chances of this happening, I’m pretty sure I’d have lost it. Parmigiani’s ersion… Read More ›
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 ›
Amidst all the talk about the Royal Oak Concept RD#1 minute repeater there were a few women’s watches that were announced during the Audemars Piguet press presentation. These additions to the Millenary range are part of what AP called their… Read More ›
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