For those who have found it hard to find a complete list of Panerai’s SIHH 2012 offerings, here’s a run down of OP’s new models for this year. HISTORIC RADIOMIR CALIFORNIA 3 DAYS Ø 47 MM PAM00424 MOVEMENTHand-wound mechanical, Panerai… Read More ›
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SIHH 2012 : Piaget’s Altiplano Skeleton – setting new records for ‘thin’
Although it was announced a couple of months ago, Piaget has now formally launched the stunning Altiplano Skeleton at SIHH 2012. At 38mm, this dress watch holds two ‘firsts’. At 5.34mm it is the world’s thinnest automatic skeleton watch and… Read More ›
Glashütte Original Senator Observer 1911 Julius Assmann
The newly announced Glashütte Original Senator Observer 1911 Julius Assmann, limited to 25 pieces (the age at which Assmann founded his watch ‘manufacture’), pays homage to the founder of GO, Julius Assmann, and famed Polar explorer Roald Amundsen. Why… Read More ›
Cartier Grand Complication Skeleton pocket watch
In recent years Cartier has unveiled a “grande complication” for each SIHH, featuring a tourbillon, perpetual calendar and monopusher chrono. In 2012, Cartier’s piece won’t be a wristwatch, but a pocket watch. Visually similar to both the caliber 9362 MC… Read More ›
Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève 2011 : results
The 2011 Aiguille d’Or Grand Prix has just been awarded to De Bethune for its DB28 at the 11th Geneva Watchmaking Grand Prix (GPHG) on Saturday 19 November. The Grand Prix was founded in 2001 by the Geneva Watchmaking Grand… Read More ›
"Piaget Exceptional Creation" – The Hour Glass
A few weeks ago, there was a Piaget exhibition at The Hourglass in Sydney, and I popped around to take a look. This is a brand for which I have an abiding fondness born of having a father who was… Read More ›
Hermès "suspends time" with ‘Le Temps Suspendu’
Hermès is not normally my first (or even tenth) port of horological call, but the announcement at Baselworld 2011 of the Arceau Le Temps Suspendu grabbed my attention for its whimsy. With Les Temps Suspendu, Hermès’ Arceau watch, created in… Read More ›
A bit of Moonshine and some Northern stars from Stepan Sarpaneva
My fondness for Stepan Sarpaneva’s moon continues unabated. Many find it too gloomy or despondent in appearance, but to me it’s a contemplative, poignant, and only slightly mournful moon, reminiscent of Georges Méliès. Finally, after much anticipation, the moon’s latest… Read More ›
Glashütte Original – Living in the ’70s
I am old enough remember the 1970s, albeit as a young child, but the fashion and design of that decade may well be ones that some of us prefer to forget. Baselworld 2011 has brought a new offering from Glashütte… Read More ›
Credor Spring Drive Minute Repeater
A little while ago I blogged about a very special Seiko, the Limited Edition Astron. BaselWorld 2011 brings another new commemorative watch from Seiko, which is celebrating its 130th anniversary this year. Meet the almost half a million dollar (yes… Read More ›
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