Two years ago, I wrote a post about the Daniels Anniversary watch, which you can read at this link. Less than a year before I saw the Anniversary, at Salon QP 2015, Roger Smith announced new Series 1, 2, 3… Read More ›
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TRILOBE : Les Matinaux
If you go to the website of new Le Locle based watch brand Trilobe, you will see the following – “The inaugural series “Les Matinaux” will be unveiled in September 2018”. The fact that their first watch has not yet… Read More ›
OCHS UND JUNIOR : day/night
Ochs und Junior continue on their highly individualistic and minimalist approach to watches with the launch of the new ‘day/ night’, conceptualised and designed by Dr. Ludwig Oechslin. This is not a watch with a typical ‘day/ night indicator’. This… Read More ›
ARMIN STROM : Pure Resonance
This year, Armin Strom has taken their ‘Mirrored Force Resonance’ technology and created a second movement presented in a new watch collection called ‘Pure Resonance’. Earlier this year we had the opportunity to see the ‘Fire’ and ‘Water’ Pure Resonance… Read More ›
FERDINAND BERTHOUD : Chronomètre FB 1R.6-1
Earlier this year, Chopard co-CEO Karl Friedrich Scheufele’s young brand Ferdinand Berthoud released an interesting new regulator-style watch, the Chronomètre FB 1R.6-1. Inspired by the Marine Chronometer No.7 made by the brand’s namesake Ferdinand Berthoud more than two centuries ago,… Read More ›
VAN CLEEF & ARPELS : Piezoelectricity and the Midnight Zodiac Lumineux
Van Cleef & Arpels has both a watch and jewellery history in themes relating to astronomy and western astrology. Although it will not be formally launched until later in 2018, earlier this year we had the opportunity to see some… Read More ›
RESSENCE : Type 2 e-Crown® Concept
One of the most intriguing new watches I’ve come across so far this year has been the Ressence Type 2 e-Crown Concept. Self-evidently, ‘e-Crown®’ refers to ‘electronic crown’, a new time setting technology developed by Ressence that stretches the brand’s… Read More ›
CHARLES FRODSHAM & CO : English heritage from clocks to wristwatches
Steel Case, Arabic Dial (© Charles Frodsham & Co Ltd 2018) Over the years I have learned that for me, the element of luck (in being in the right place at the right time, as well as luck in the… Read More ›
HANDS ON : Piaget’s record-breaking Altiplano Ultimate Automatic 910P
At the end of last year, Piaget made an announcement which in a way was expected (in the sense that Piaget is famed for breaking such records) but was still a surprise. We covered the details and specs of the… Read More ›
HANDS-ON : Baume & Mercier Clifton Baumatic Chronometer
Announced just before the start of the SIHH 2018, Baume & Mercier did surprise us this January with the announcement of the new Baumatic Chronometer (one model variant COSC-certified), which we had the opportunity to see in Geneva. First of… Read More ›
