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• NEW: Gérald Genta Arena Bi-Retro Sport

  By horologium on September 3, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  The horological tour de force that was Gérald Genta (1931 – 2011) was responsible for some of the most influential and significant watch designs produced in the modern history of wristwatches. That some of them, and variants based on them,… Read More ›

• NEW: Andersen Genève 40th anniversary Jumping Hour

  By horologium on September 1, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Last year Svend Andersen launched a new collection called ‘Art & Culture’ and with it, a limited edition (twelve pieces) launch model called ‘Vita Vinum’ (‘life wine’ in Latin). It was one of the six finalists in the GPHG 2019… Read More ›

• NEW: MB&F TriPod

  By horologium on August 30, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Do things come in threes? Humans look for patterns (‘apophenia’, coined by Klaus Conrad, is the tendency to see connections and meaningful links between unrelated things). As as a creative device, the number three has long been a popular one,… Read More ›

• NEW: De Bethune DB28 Steel Wheels Sapphire Tourbillon

  By horologium on August 29, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  The name of De Bethune’s Steel Wheels was inspired by the name of the Rolling Stones’ comeback album, but the newest horological Steel Wheel is not about comebacks but about the brand segueing in a very De Bethune fashion. It… Read More ›

• NEW: H. Moser & Cie Streamliner Centre Seconds

  By horologium on August 28, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  If you had wondered if the ‘green trend’ we’ve mentioned of late would continue, the answer is in the affirmative, and the latest addition is from H. Moser & Cie, in the form of the new Streamliner Centre Seconds. However… Read More ›

• NEW: Ulysse Nardin BLAST

  By horologium on August 27, 2020 • ( 2 )

  

  The new BLAST from Ulysse Nardin isn’t a ‘blast from the past’ because it combines some old things (tourbillon, skeletonisation) in a thoroughly modern fashion. Nor is it a ‘blast from the past’ because it looks familiar – it is… Read More ›

• NEW: Sarpaneva x Moomin

  By horologium on August 25, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  For a number of years now, the official custodians of the Moomin legacy have celebrated ‘Moomin’s Day’ on the 9th of August, the date chosen because it is the birthday of writer and illustrator Tove Jansson. Her Moominvalley works are… Read More ›

• INDUSTRY NEWS: Swiss Takeover Board on Murdoch entry into MCH Group

  By horologium on August 24, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  The corporate adventures of Baselworld/ HOURUNIVERSE/ Art Basel organiser the MCH Group continue, with the latest update a consequence of the Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) held earlier this month, during which 848 shareholders (91% of the nominal share value) voted… Read More ›

• NEW: Ferdinand Berthoud Chronomètre FB 2RE

  By horologium on August 23, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Fiercely technically-minded brand Ferdinand Berthoud has launched the new Chronomètre FB 2RE; inspired, as the brand’s watches are, by the horological achievements of the man whose name they bear. In 1770 Ferdinand Berthoud was awarded the title of “Clockmaker and… Read More ›

• NEW: Accutron launches as a brand with new Electrostatic movement

  By horologium on August 20, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  At Baselworld 2019 the Citizen Watch Group and Bulova, which it purchased in 2008, debuted the Electrostatic Accutron Concept. Featuring familiar parts of the original Accutron, it used new-to-wristwatches technology to generate power. Now, in an acknowledgment of how much… Read More ›

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