Following on from my previous post covering two Linde Werdelin SpidoLite II Titanium models, this second post is about a watch from the other main collection wing of Linde Werdelin’s offerings, the Oktopus II Moon Gold. As the next ste… Read More ›
Sydney
HANDS-ON : the Grand Seiko Spring Drive GMT
Seiko’s Spring Drive technology has been featured on Horologium before. You can read more about the ‘hybrid’ mechanical-quartz Spring Drive movement at the previous posts and how technologically and mechanically significant a development it has been for Seiko, but this… Read More ›
EVENT : A jubilee evening with Jaeger-LeCoultre
A few weeks ago Jaeger-LeCoultre Australia hosted a dinner in Sydney to introduce some of releases in this, their 180th anniversary year. Held at Sake Restaurant, a mix of collectors, enthusiasts and others were given the opportunity to try and… Read More ›
PHOTO ESSAY : a pair of Vianney Halter Classics
At Baselworld 1999 and 2000 Vianney Halter and Janiver SA showed off his ‘Classic’ model, delivery of which commenced in 2001 and continued for almost a decade before it was discontinued. The total run was 250 pieces, of which 115… Read More ›
PARMIGIANI & THE HOUR GLASS : the Bugatti Super Sport ADLC
Clear blue skies, a blindingly bright sun and temperatures hovering around 20C. Sydney during what was, even for this city, an incredibly warm August, played host to the annual Sydney International Boat Show at Darling Harbour, but it was not… Read More ›
INSECT LAB : cybernetic sculptures
The use of watch parts from (hopefully non-functioning) vintage wrist and pocket watches for creative endeavours beyond movement cufflinks can be a divisive issue amongst watch enthusiasts. Where some see a useful appropriation and reinvention which gives a watch a… Read More ›
HANDS-ON : Greubel Forsey’s GMT in rose gold
To have handled one Greubel Forsey GMT is special enough, but following on from having seen the white gold model earlier this year in London, I recently had the opportunity to see the new-for-2013 red gold model to ‘complete the… Read More ›
HANDS-ON : Girard-Perregaux Tourbillon with Three Gold Bridges Diamond-Set
It started with a pocket watch. The three gold bridges movement has been an enduring feature of Girard-Perregaux’s high-end timepieces since Constant Girard’s obsession with the tourbillon lead to the production of his ‘tourbillon with three nickel bridges’ pocket watch…. Read More ›
Omega’s Ladymatic Collection and some thoughts on women’s watches
With men’s watches so dominant in the watch industry it is easy for women’s watches to be an afterthought. Men are the major market/ consumers of watches after all, especially in the ‘luxury’ area. There are, however, an increasing number… Read More ›
BAUSELE : Australia in a watch
It is rare for quartz watches to be featured on Horologium. This is not because we’re ‘movement snobs’, but because our focus is on mechanical timepieces, and if a quartz watch is going to be mentioned, there is going to… Read More ›
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