Some of you may recall that at Baselworld 2015 H.Moser & Cie formally launched their Endeavour Concept Watch Fumé, a very pared down riff on an existing model. A part of Moser’s experiments with notions of purity and no branding or markers,… Read More ›
SIHH 2016
H.Moser & Cie : Endeavour Small Seconds Bryan Ferry
At the end of 2015 H.Moser & Cie announced a rather unexpected new ‘collaboration’ limited edition variant of their Endeavour Small Seconds with singer/ songwriter/ musician Bryan Ferry. I am probably one of those who is least likely to know… Read More ›
A. Lange & Söhne : Grand Lange 1 Moon Phase Lumen
The recent Australian tour of many of this year’s releases by A. Lange & Söhne, with Joanna Lange co-hosting the local events, provided the opportunity for me to reacquaint myself with my favourite Lange release of 2016 to date –… Read More ›
GREUBEL FORSEY : Signature 1
Greubel Forsey recently hit the headlines for the rather head-exploding price realised by their first Naissance ‘School Watch’ (photo of the prototype below) at a Christie’s auction : HKD 11,296,000. For details on what is so special about this watch,… Read More ›
HANDS-ON : Laurent Ferrier Galet Traveller Boreal in Stainless Steel
Laurent Ferrier is a brand about which we’ve not written much here; in fact the sum total of posts to date has been a rather spartan one in number. This has not been the result of any deliberate decision but… Read More ›
PHOTOS : Oris Great Barrier Reef II
You may recall my earlier post about the new Oris Great Barrier Reef II. To recap, following on from their first collaboration in 2010 Oris has once again partnered with the Australian Marine Conservation Society (AMCS) to issue a new… Read More ›
CARTIER : the road to success
So we’ve decided to have a bit of a cushion case week this week. Meet the new cushion-cased Drive de Cartier collection, which was launched at SIHH 2016 with three inaugural models (plus one colour variant of one). The dials… Read More ›
HANDS-ON : Richard Mille at SIHH 2016
If nothing else Richard Mille can always be counted upon to present a talking point at SIHH. This year it was the RM 50-02 ACJ Tourbillon Split Seconds Chronograph designed in conjunction with Airbus Corporate Jets (above). As well as… Read More ›
HANDS-ON : H.Moser & Cie Swiss Alp Watch
Remember this video? As a piece of low cost guerilla marketing it was inspired, with its coverage far and wide amongst tech press, many (most?) of whom didn’t really seem to get the point, or humour. So yes the video… Read More ›
MONTBLANC : 1858 Chronograph Tachymeter Blue Limited Edition
Following last year’s launch of its 1858 Chronograph Tachymeter in rose gold, which itself was part of a new collection whose new pilots watches have been a market success, Montblanc has extended the collection with the addition of a stainless… Read More ›