Earlier this year Horologium had the opportunity to look at URWERK’s mechanical ‘smart’ watch, the EMC, ‘in the metal’. ‘EMC’ stands for ‘Electro Mechanical Control’ – that is, the combination of a mechanical watch with a micro generator. The idea… Read More ›
Unfortunately, I haven’t (yet) had the opportunity to get my greedy hands on the Vacheron Constantin Patrimony Comtemporaine Minute Repeater, but I did get the chance to gawk at it in its display cabinet at SIHH 2014 earlier this year…. Read More ›
The full name of today’s watch is in fact the Zenith Captain Elite Power Reserve. The ‘Elite’ of the name refers to the movement inside, the automatic Elite 685 calibre, and the watch fits firmly within the traditionally designed Captain… Read More ›
Horologium was recently invited by IWC to attend the Australian launch of this year’s Aquatimer collection, whose worldwide launch was at SIHH 2014 in January. As I am covering the event for another publication, I’ll not be covering it on… Read More ›
Known for its solid and reasonably priced watches, perhaps it is somewhat a lesser known fact that during the course of its 110 year history, Oris has also created the odd movement or two. In fact between 1904 and 1981,… Read More ›
The arrival of a ‘Blue Bay’ model at Baselworld 2014 generated as much buzz as its elder sibling, the very popular Black Bay, did in 2012. To find out about the 2012 version, click here, and to read about the… Read More ›
Baselworld 2014 was where De Bethune formally launched the DB28 Digitale. Fortunately, I was able to see this piece in Geneva in January, and of the two pieces I saw that day, this was the one that lingered for longest… Read More ›
Enough people have carped the diem out of Konstantin Chaykin’s new piece, the first wristwatch with a mechanical hourglass on the dial, so I won’t bother to bore you with any similar thoughts. I’m not sure there’s much left to… Read More ›
People have breathed a sigh of relief. After all the photo and video teasing, Omega fans seem to have what they want – a new Omega Seamaster 300 that is an homage to the original. Debuting in 1957 and since… Read More ›
Horologium readers will know that my horological heart, Peter Speake-Marin wise, lies with his more traditional pieces – the Piccadilly case, the blued hands, the white dial. With this in mind, his release of a new model with these features,… Read More ›
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