Fast. That’s one way to describe Tudor’s worldwide growth in recent years. As discussed with Bani McSpedden of watch-next.com at the recent launch of the Fastrider Black Shield ‘Black’ held in Sydney by Gregory Jewellers, it really seems as though… Read More ›
Sydney
PHOTOS : Omega’s White Side of the Moon
Two years ago the Omega Speedmaster went to the ‘Dark Side of the Moon’ and last year, it went grey with a lunar dust theme. At Baselworld 2015 they launched their latest/ last ‘Side of’ variant the ‘White Side of… Read More ›
PHOTOS : IWC’s Portugieser Yacht Club – something old, something new
As most of you will know by now, 2015 is IWC’s year of the Portugieser. As you all know 2015 is IWC’s year of the Portugieser, with a new collection having been launched at SIHH 2015 to celebrate its 75th… Read More ›
PHOTOS : Girard-Perregaux 1966 Collection Enamel Dial LE
Some of us are browsers. We enter a boutique, start at the entrance, and let our eyes glance over all (or almost all) of the watches. Our step falters. We linger here and there when something piques our interest, when we… Read More ›
PHOTOS : Piaget Gouverneur Tourbillon
As this point, Australia is not a market with a Piaget boutique, and thus it is difficult for locals to be able to see some of their more complicated and ‘haute’ pieces, although there is obviously nothing stopping someone from… Read More ›
PHOTOS : Chopard L.U.C Regulator
In 2006 Chopard produced their first Regulator model, and at Baselworld 2015 they rebooted its look. With thanks to Chopard Australia, I had the opportunity to look at one recently. As I’ve mentioned before, the L.U.C. Collection is my favourite… Read More ›
PHOTOS : Tudor’s North Flag
Perhaps in some ways a follow-up to the Ranger of 2014, the North Flag, Tudor’s Baselworld 2015 release which I had the chance to see during a promotional Tudor ‘tour’ at The Hour Glass Sydney, has been perhaps their most… Read More ›
PHOTOS : Longines Column-Wheel Single Push-Piece Heritage Chronograph
In recent years Longines have reissued a number of monopusher chronographs from their Museum as a part of its Heritage collection. A few months ago we looked at the new 2015 Pulsometer Chronometer monopusher with its Calibre L788.2 in a… Read More ›
ON THE WRIST : IWC Portugieser Annual Calendar
At SIHH 2015 IWC released the Portugieser Annual Calendar, their first such complication and one about which we wrote at this link. With thanks to IWC Australia we recently had the opportunity of having one of these new Annual Calendars… Read More ›
PROJECT : The Dying Art of Time
A little while ago Verity Chambers told me on Twitter about a project that forms part of the Advanced Diploma of Journalism for which she is a teacher. Called ‘The Dying Art of Time’, her students are looking at horology… Read More ›