Horologium endeavours to cover a broad range of watches and brands across many price points, and it is with this in mind that today’s post is about a watch from a brand that you’ll see widely advertised even if you… Read More ›
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Omega’s Ladymatic Collection and some thoughts on women’s watches
With men’s watches so dominant in the watch industry it is easy for women’s watches to be an afterthought. Men are the major market/ consumers of watches after all, especially in the ‘luxury’ area. There are, however, an increasing number… Read More ›
BAUSELE : Australia in a watch
It is rare for quartz watches to be featured on Horologium. This is not because we’re ‘movement snobs’, but because our focus is on mechanical timepieces, and if a quartz watch is going to be mentioned, there is going to… Read More ›
EVENT : Ingenieurs for breakfast with IWC
Following the launch of this year’s Ingenieur collection at SIHH 2013 IWC have been busy with local events worldwide for those who could not make it to Geneva. An invitation to the Sydney one meant that I could spend a… Read More ›
NEWS : Vianney Halter returns with the Deep Space Tourbillon
As I write this I am watching an old episode of ‘Star Trek : Deep Space Nine’ on Australian free to air tv – yes, truly. Major Kira has discovered that the Bajoran Central Archives show her as having been… Read More ›
HANDS-ON : Girard-Perregaux’s 1966 Jewellery
Bejewelled watches don’t often make an appearance at Horologium, so today’s post will be of particular interest to those who like a a precious stone or two on their watches. Or in this case, 807 diamonds, to be precise. Meet… Read More ›
HANDS-ON : Ball’s Fireman Night Train DLC
Webster Clay Ball (October 6, 1847 – March 6, 1922) was a jeweller and watchmaker in Ohio, and the first jeweller to use the United States Naval Observatory’s time signals i.e. Standard Time. His foray into what would become Ball’s… Read More ›
HANDS-ON : Zenith Captain Winsor Annual Calendar Boutique Edition
The recently launched Zenith Captain Winsor Annual Calendar Boutique Edition is a collaboration with Musée International d’Horlogerie (MIH), with whom Zenith has previously collaborated on a similar watch with a different dial. Earlier this year I had the opportunity to… Read More ›
LAUNCH EVENT : Oris Royal Flying Doctor Service Limited Edition
You may recall my previous post on the new Oris Flying Doctor LE. I now have some ‘in the metal’ thoughts about it to share with you, thanks to an invitation to its launch at Gregory Jewellers in Sydney. This… Read More ›
HANDS-ON : with Urwerk’s Zeit Device
When is a pocket watch not a pocket watch? When even its creators don’t use the term but call it “a grand über complication”. Oh, and there’s also when the ‘pocket’ watch can’t actually fit into a pocket. We are… Read More ›
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