In 2012, after a period of flux and uncertainty about the brand’s image, JEANRICHARD repositioned themselves and launched a new identity with a streamlined triumvirate range based on ‘land, water and air’ in the form of the 1681, Terrascope, Aquascope,… Read More ›
The Bullhead was one of Baselworld 2013’s most talked about releases from Omega and, in the run up to its appearance at boutiques and retailers, is still a hot topic of horological conversation. Running perhaps in a dead heat in… Read More ›
Today’s featured watch is not a watch that you happen across every day. Nor every month, for that matter. Having heard that it was newly arrived at Sydney boutique J.Farren-Price, I grabbed the opportunity to look at the ‘ne plus… Read More ›
Today Horologium brings you a post about a model that we wanted to mention when it was launched at Baselworld 2013 but were unable to do so due to the lack of press photos available. For me, this was the… Read More ›
To have handled one Greubel Forsey GMT is special enough, but following on from having seen the white gold model earlier this year in London, I recently had the opportunity to see the new-for-2013 red gold model to ‘complete the… Read More ›
Horologium has a particular fondness for independent watchmaking and today we bring another example, courtesy of a local collector who kindly brought his new toy along when we met for a coffee. Kari Voutilainen, born in 1962, is a Finnish… Read More ›
On 8 July 2013 the Swiss Federal Competition Commission handed down a decision altering their previous agreement with the Swatch Group allowing the Group to cut watch movement and component supplies to non-Swatch Group companies. Whilst the Commission agrees in… Read More ›
In May 2013 the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry (FH) announced that industry and government leaders had signed a memorandum regarding China’s plans to cut tariffs on Swiss watches incrementally over the next decade, with an end result of… Read More ›
Grieb & Benzinger are a German brand best known for their skeletonised watches, some of which use vintage movements (there have also been watches under the ‘Benzinger’ brand). They have just announced a new collection of white gold watches called… Read More ›
It started with a pocket watch. The three gold bridges movement has been an enduring feature of Girard-Perregaux’s high-end timepieces since Constant Girard’s obsession with the tourbillon lead to the production of his ‘tourbillon with three nickel bridges’ pocket watch…. Read More ›
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