During SIHH 2014 Piaget may have launched the Altiplano 900P, but there was another equally personal-to-the-brand watch released in January that has just hit Australian shores, the Limelight Blooming Rose. As I covered at SIHH 2013 last year, Piaget’s jewellery… Read More ›
Some watch fair releases seem to garner more coverage than others, so today’s post is an introduction to a Watches & Wonders 2014 piece that may well have slipped under your radar, but which fits neatly within Van Cleef & Arpels’ unashamedly… Read More ›
Thirty years after the model was first launched, Watches & Wonders 2014 saw the (re) launch, by IWC of the Portofino Midsize Collection. Never ones to do anything by half measures, the launch was done in typical IWC fashion complete… Read More ›
I am writing to you live from Hong Kong, where it is the ‘preview day’ for the second “Watches & Wonders : The Haute Horlogerie Exhibition in Asia”. The fair runs from 30 September – 2 October 2014 at the… Read More ›
Having already covered the special Cat’s Eye Anniversary model released by Girard-Perregaux this year, today’s post is on one of the regular production models that was also launched at Baselworld 2014, the Cat’s Eye Bloom, which comes in two colours… Read More ›
Earlier this year I featured Vacheron Constantin’s Fabuleux Ornements collection which debuted at SIHH 2014. Recently I had the opportunity, with thanks to Vacheron Constantin Australia, of looking at these stunning watches at greater leisure here in Sydney, and so… Read More ›
At Baselworld 2014 Girard-Perregaux launched a number of new models to add to their successful Cat’s Eye women’s collection. One of these was an Anniversary model, marking a decade since its launch, and previously written about on Horologium here. You… Read More ›
Today’s post is another in the irregular ‘video’ series in which I share horologically themed videos that I come across online. This video dates back to 1934, and comes courtesy of the British Pathé archives by way of PuristSPro. As… Read More ›
Since its launch a decade ago, Girard-Perregaux’s signature Cat’s Eye collection has managed to forge a strong identity and popularity as part of their women’s collection with its myriad of iterations providing plenty of options. In this, its ten year… Read More ›
Having mused about starting with a series of avian pun for this post, I have decided to restrain myself and let today’s two new Cartier Metier d’Art pieces speak for themselves. There is certainly a lot to crow about here…. Read More ›
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