For Baselworld 2014, Longines has again chosen to add to its ‘Heritage’ line by re-releasing another military aviation watch. You may recall the re-release of the Avigation Type 7 in 2012, about which I wrote here and last year, the… Read More ›
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BASELWORLD 2014 : Zenith Pilot Type 20 Tribute to Charles Kingsford Smith
Following on from Horologium’s post earlier this month about the Zenith Pilot Montre d’Aeronef Type 20 GMT 1903 is the announcement of a Zenith limited edition for Australia that is also based on the Type 20 and of course, also… Read More ›
BASELWORLD 2014 : Peter Speake-Marin Velsheda
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 ›
BASELWORLD 2014 : Omega teaser video
A week or so ago Omega sent out a darkened photo via Facebook, setting Omega fans in particular into a photoshopping frenzy. Well photoshop no more, as they have released this video teaser. On the basis of this video, in… Read More ›
NEWS : Oris Artelier Jumping Hour
Oris have announced a new addition to the Artelier collection, to be formally launched at Baselworld 2014, and featuring their first jump hour watch. Regular readers of Horologium will know that I have a particular fondness for jumping hours, and… Read More ›
HANDS-ON : Jaeger-LeCoultre’s Master Compressor Chronograph Ceramic
With the plethora of dress watches announced by Jaeger-LeCoultre at SIHH 2014, a new limited edition sports watch was almost missed by some, but for fans of all-black ceramic pieces, and of chronographs, there was something of interest. The new… Read More ›
CARTIER : Birds of a Feather
Having mused about starting with a series of avian pun for this post, I have decided to restrain myself and let today’s two new Cartier Metier d’Art pieces speak for themselves. There is certainly a lot to crow about here…. Read More ›
PRE-BASEL 2014 : Zenith’s Pilot Montre d’Aéronef Type 20 GMT 1903
In the run-up to Baselworld brands will often issue pre-releases of new watches, before an official Baselworld launch. Today’s offering from Zenith is one such watch, a piece that I had the opportunity to look at in Geneva in January…. Read More ›
SIHH 2014 : CARTIER Rotonde de Cartier Astrocalendaire
Cartier likes to create show stopping haute horlogerie pieces, and headlining this year’s offerings at SIHH 2014 was a perpetual calendar tourbillon known as the ‘Astrocalendaire’. Housing a variant of the in-house automatic Calibre 9459 MC, this complication comes in… Read More ›
SIHH 2014 : BAUME & MERCIER Clifton Retrograde Date
The emphasis throughout the Baume et Mercier presentation at SIHH 2014 was on ‘affordable luxury’, with ‘quality’ and ‘price’ being keywords. With this in mind, amongst the new additions to the Clifton line announced by Baume et Mercier at SIHH… Read More ›
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