Departing my previous blogging abode did not mean cutting ties completely, and with Baselworld alive and kicking for the year, @onomatopia, @initialjh and I found ourselves animatedly discussing the new Frédérique Constant Slimline Moonphase. So much so in fact, that… Read More ›
Baselworld 2013
BASELWORLD 2013 : Jaquet Droz Grande Heure GMT
Jaquet Droz’s ‘Majestic Beijing’ collection contains my favourite JD model the ‘Twelve Cities’ (Les Douze Villes), and it is also the thematic home of the elegant Eclipse watches from last year. Some of the stalwarts of this collection are the… Read More ›
BASELWORLD 2013 : Omega Speedmaster Dark Side of the Moon
There have been two new Omegas that have stood out for me so far at Baselworld 2013, and the new Speedy Dark Side of the Moon is one of them. This classic and Omega stalwart, whose iterations are seemingly infinite,… Read More ›
BASELWORLD 2013 : Glashütte Original re-designs Senator collection
Glashütte Original (GO) have decided to stick close to home and re-launch a newly re-designed Senator collection courtesy of the Panorama Date and Panorama Date Moonphase, both in 40mm sized cases and available in stainless steel or red gold and… Read More ›
BASELWORLD 2013 : Zenith’s Christoph Colomb Hurricane
Baselworld releases often have the watch industry equivalent of a restaurant’s ‘soft opening’ up to months before the actual fair, and so it was at the end of January 2013 in Geneva when I visited Zenith’s temporary digs and saw… Read More ›
HYT presents the new H2
The HYT team have announced the new H2, a further development of last year’s H1 using the same basic concepts and technology, this time created in collaboration with Renaud & Papi. You can read more about the H1 at the… Read More ›