In this the year of the 200th anniversary of the birth of founder Ferdinand Adolph Lange, A.Lange & Söhne have introduced some special models. One of these has been a platinum 1815 with a black dial, but following on from that,… Read More ›
Watches & Wonders 2015
VACHERON CONSTANTIN : Historiques Cornes de vache 1955
One of my favourite releases of 2015 has been from Vacheron Constantin – the Historiques Cornes de vache 1955 chronograph. Given that I saw it during the same few days (in Hong Kong) as I did the A.Lange & Söhne… Read More ›
PHOTOS : Richard Mille RM26-02 ‘Evil Eye’
Intended less as a device to aim at those to whom you wish to give the ‘the eye’ and more as a talisman against bad luck, Richard Mille’s RM26-02 ‘Evil Eye’ was launched a couple of months ago, and we had… Read More ›
INTERVIEW : IWC Creative Director Christian Knoop
During Watches and Wonders 2015 I had the opportunity to interview IWC’s Creative Director Mr. Christian Knoop. Amongst the various topics we discussed was one that I’d also asked of Mr. Hannes Pantli about IWC and its branding/ direction, but Q: You… Read More ›
PHOTOS : Montblanc Tourbillon Cylindrique Geosphères Night Sky
At SIHH 2015 Montblanc launched the red gold limited edition Tourbillon Cylindrique Geosphères. At Watches & Wonders 2015 in Hong Kong, they launched another limited edition version but this time in white gold. A version that to my mind, is… Read More ›
PHOTOS : A.Lange & Söhne 1815 Boutique-only Chronograph
Officially launched at Watches & Wonders 2015, today’s stunning Pulsometer chronograph from A.Lange & Söhne may look familiar. Their 1815 chronograph on which this is based, and with which it shares the same manual-wind Calibre 951.5 movement has, since its… Read More ›
PHOTOS : Panerai’s new Radiomir 1940s – PAM574, PAM575 and PAM620
At Watches & Wonders 2015 Panerai officially launched new versions of the popular 42mm Radiomir 1940s that came out two years ago, containing the new manual-wind Calibre P.1000, replacing the P.999. The new movement has a seconds at 9 o’clock,… Read More ›
NEW : Montblanc 1858 Collection Pilots’ Watch
[NOTE – You may find that this post sounds familiar. Unfortunately I did not know at the time of its original posting that there was a worldwide embargo on the new collection of which these form a part until its… Read More ›
WATCHES & WONDERS 2015: Piaget Limelight Stella
One of the foci of Piaget’s Watches & Wonders 2015 releases was that of their first automatic complication watch for their women’s collection in the form of the Limelight Stella watches. The complication in question? A moonphase, courtesy of the… Read More ›
WATCHES & WONDERS 2015 : Baume et Mercier Clifton 1830 Pocket Watch
In this the year of its 185th birthday Baume & Mercier has chosen to mark it with an unexpected offering that was launched in Hong Kong at Watches & Wonders – a five-minute repeater pocket watch. Named after the year in which… Read More ›
HOROLOGIUM 