For an instagram account with comparatively few posts to date, H.Moser & Cie have developed a solid following, and in recent days they’ve been engaged in a bit of horological teasing with their followers about new releases. One of the… Read More ›
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AUDEMARS PIGUET : Royal Oak Offshore Diver 42
Audemars Piguet’s best selling Royal Oaks (Offshore or otherwise) have been through more variants than any of us remember, occasionally rather vividly so. It is therefore somewhat comforting to see a new model that is sedate and more flexible in… Read More ›
VACHERON CONSTANTIN : Metiers d’Art Mecaniques Gravées
During this, the year of their 260th anniversary, Vacheron Constantin have added to their Métiers d’Art collection with two new platinum watches with hand-engraved in-house movements – calibres 22601/1 and 4400/1. What these two pieces share in common are the… Read More ›
LIVE PHOTOS : Romain Jerome commemorates the fall of the Berlin Wall
Romain Jerome’s fondness for using bits and pieces of things in their watches is well established. They like to choose historically significant events but veer into popular culture as well. At the end of last year they added to their… Read More ›
FIONA KRÜGER : Memento Mori
Firstly, a disclosure. The photos that appear in this post are ‘best under the circumstances’ photos. For ones that do the watches justice, go to Fiona’s website. So why did I take them and choose to share them? Well if… Read More ›
LIVE PHOTOS : De Bethune DB25T Zodiac
In my watch wanderings before the start of SIHH week it has become customary for me to visit De Bethune to see some of their pre-Baselworld launches. This time we had a new watch companion, London’s #thewatchnerd; be sure to… Read More ›
MB&F : the end of the HM3 road
Launched in 2013, the HM3 riff known as the MEGAWIND has proven to be a popular variant for MB&F. Today MB&F launches the final edition of the HM3, a MEGAWIND with added C3 SuperLuminova. If you want proof of the… Read More ›
NEW MODEL : ZENITH Academy Christophe Colomb Hurricane Grand Voyage II
In 2013 Zenith launched the Christophe Colomb Hurricane Grand Voyage, a limited edition piece that was part of the Academy Christophe Colomb Hurricane collection. The very distinctive Christoph Colomb complications fall under Zenith’s ‘Academy’ collection, and feature the large fishbowl-like… Read More ›
ROGER DUBUIS : Hands-on with the Excalibur Spider Double Flying Tourbillon
Last month at SIHH 2015 Roger Dubuis’ presentation introduced a number of skeletonised models featuring the Astral Skeleton movement with the distinctive Dubuis signature of a star in the movement architecture. Amongst the new models launched was the Excalibur Spider… Read More ›
JAEGER-LECOULTRE : the Master goes black
Although not their most glamorous or technically impressive pieces, two new releases by Jaeger-LeCoultre to their Master range at SIHH 2015 may end up being their most widely talked about. Why? Because they are new versions of two of the… Read More ›