Greetings from Hong Kong, where I am, once again, attending the SIHH’s young cousin (as it were) Watches & Wonders as a guest of Richemont Australia. I will be joined by @initialjh, who has taken time from a personal trip… Read More ›
Watch shows
PANERAI : PAM643 to replace the PAM292
A quick post. I popped into The Hour Glass in Sydney to pick up a magazine and through sheer luck of timing, got to see the newly arrived PAM643, a ceramic Radiomir that is so new that it’s not even… 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 ›
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 ›
NEWS : Nine new brands to join SIHH 2016, one to leave
SIHH 2016 will be quite a different proposition to SIHH of recent times, with a new ‘Carré des Horlogers’ (Watchmaker’s Square) featuring nine new brands/ independents joining the Richemont powerhouses, and the departure of Ralph Lauren from the Salon International… Read More ›
TUDOR : the new Pelagos Blue
At Baselworld 2015 Tudor presented a new version of their phenomenally successful Pelagos in matte blue, as well as a ‘MK II’ (so to speak) version of the first black model, about which I wrote (and compared with the first… Read More ›
PIAGET : the rose takes new forms
Having already covered the hand-embroidered Piaget rose dial earlier this year, today it’s the turn of two other interpretations of their floral emblem. For those who wish to know a little about the significance of the Yves Piaget rose,… Read More ›
GREUBEL FORSEY & PHILIPPE DUFOUR : Le Garde Temps, Naissance d’une montre
A query as to whether anyone wanted me to take photos of anything at particular at SIHH 2015 lead to one very unexpected request from a few people – could we take some photos of “the Naissance” please? At this… Read More ›
ON THE WRIST : Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Ultra Thin 1907
I recently had the opportunity to spend some ‘wrist testing’ time with Jaeger Le-Coultre’s Master pink gold Ultra Thin 1907 courtesy of Jaeger-LeCoultre Australia. This was a watch I’d already seen; if memory serves me correctly I’d crossed paths with… Read More ›
HOROLOGIUM 