Last year saw Angelus’ launch of the U20 Ultra-Skeleton Tourbillon (see photo below), a innovative piece using a layer of clear sapphire as its main plate, to which the movement bridges are fastened. This year, launched at Baselworld 2017, Angelus… Read More ›
Watch Profile
BASELWORLD 2017 : Longines Flagship Heritage 60th Anniversary
Although it seems, in recent years, that the popularity of diving into the archives for new releases has markedly increased, Longines has been paying attention to their heritage for awhile. This year has brought some very pared back models, including… Read More ›
BASELWORLD 2017 : Jaquet Droz Grande Seconde Moon
There is a new member of the lunar club fraternity – Jaquet Droz have released an addition to their classic Grande Seconde Collection in the form of a watch with both date and moon phase two different variants – stainless… Read More ›
BASELWORLD 2017 : Blancpain Fifty Fathoms MIL-SPEC
This year Blancpain has added to its Fifty Fathoms collection with a very ‘origin’ inspired model indeed, not only deciding to revive the famed disc on the dial, but to go ‘full milspec’ with the name. It can be difficult… Read More ›
BASELWORLD 2017 : TAG Heuer Autavia
Those of you who follow me on Instagram may recollect photos I posted in January 2017, before SIHH, of the new Autavia from TAG Heuer. Even by soft launch standards it was pretty low key. If you didn’t happen to… Read More ›
OMEGA : Prestige Co-Axial De Ville 50th Anniversary
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the De Ville collection in 2017, Omega has released a very classical set of three 39.5mm models featuring white enamel dials with ‘red 12s’. It is available in polished white gold, yellow gold, and… Read More ›
BASELWORLD 2017 : Zenith Defy El Primero 21
The departure of Zenith CEO Mr Aldo Magada and the increased engagement of Jean-Claude Biver with the brand during this interim period has, not unexpectedly, lead to something surprising – the resurrection of the Defy name. Some of us still… Read More ›
BASELWORLD 2017 : Tudor Black Bay Chronograph
It was only a matter of time before Tudor’s phenomenally successful Black Bay series, which has gone through some colour variants (I own <a href = "http://www.horologium.com.au/2014/04/07/baselworld-2014-tudor-heritage-black-bay-blue/"the blue) and most recently, found itself bronzed, decided that a small complication… Read More ›
LAUNCH : Oris Royal Flying Doctor Service Limited Edition II
Many of you will know of Oris’ support of and partnership with, the Australian Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS), and of their first limited edition model that was launched a couple of years ago. This was no one-off partnership, as… Read More ›
NEWS : TAG Heuer, Movado, Swatch Group and Montblanc launch smart watches
Today we have a time line rundown of some major announcements in the luxury watch/ smart watch world over the past last week, namely : 1. TAG Heuer Connected Modular 45 2. Movado partners with Google for the Movado… Read More ›