Earlier this year Hautlence launched the HL Sphere 01, about which we wrote at this link. A wrist form of the HL Kinetic table clock, it displays hours and minutes via a spherical ‘jumping hour’ and a retrograde minute display…. Read More ›
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NEW : Audemars Piguet Millenary Frosted Gold Philosophique
MeisterSinger may be the brand that has become synonymous with single-handed wristwatches, but however small this club may be, Audemars Piguet have reminded us that they too, have gone down this path. Audemars Piguet introduced its a manual-wind single-handed Philosophique… Read More ›
NEW : Arnold & Son Globetrotter Night
Last year Arnold & Son (owned by the Citizen Group) added to its Instrument Collection a watch they said was inspired by the marine chronometers of John Arnold (the man after which the brand is named) – a visually engaging… Read More ›
NEW : Louis Moinet Chronosphere
Hearing about unusual displays or unexpected complications is something we are particularly interested in, and today is about one of these. Louis Moinet have announced their new Chronosphere, a chronograph with a retrograde seconds, which is the first time that… Read More ›
NEW : Ulysse Nardin New Executive Tourbillon Free Wheel LE : Osmium, Aventurine, Straw Marquetry, and Carbonium® Gold
In 2018 Ulysse Nardin Ulysse launched a new model called the Executive Tourbillon Free Wheel, featuring an eye-catching dial with parts of the movement (the tourbillon, power reserve, gear train, and barrel) floating above the dial’s surface. The use of… Read More ›
NEW : URWERK UR-100 SpaceTime
I was reading Gary’s piece in Quill & Pad as I was writing this post about URWERK’s latest release. He mentions, amongst other things, the topic of patronage of independent brands for him as a collector, as well as their… Read More ›
NEWS : Citizen partners with HAKUTO-R lunar exploration program
Citizen Watch and private lunar exploration company ispace have announced a partnership for HAKUTO-R, the world’s first commercial lunar exploration program. Citizen’s role will be largely the application of its Super Titanium™ material (pure titanium processed using Citizen’s proprietary Duratect… Read More ›
NEW : MING 17.06
In 2017 a group of six watch collectors banded together to start a brand called ‘MING’, named after Ming Thein, a well known watch collector and photographer, particularly in online watch fora. Perhaps an easy way to summarise this brand… Read More ›
NEWS : Christie’s new five week online course on the history of watches
The education arm of Christie’s are starting a new online course entitled ‘History of Watches: 1700 to Now’. A five week video-based programme, it will cover the development of watches from their first appearance in pocket form to today’s wristwatches…. Read More ›
AUDEMARS PIGUET : Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar 41 White Ceramic
There seem to have been quite a few perpetual calendars released this year, and a number of them have featured 2019’s popular colour, blue. Today is about another to add to this bundle, but this time with a more modern… Read More ›
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