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• FRÉDÉRIQUE CONSTANT : Slimline Moonphase Manufacture

  By horologium on September 25, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

    Many of you will recall the 2013 launch of the rather handsome (and rather popular) Slimline Moonphase from Frédérique Constant with the in-house Calibre FC-705 movement. Now, on the heels of their announcement a few months ago that they… Read More ›

• TIFFANY & CO : a new ladies Metro Collection

  By horologium on September 22, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Tiffany & Co’s Sydney public footprint in recent times has been rather notable, not just because of high profile collection jewellery launches, but also because of a rather remarkable geographical coverage of advertising. In contrast, perhaps in large part because… Read More ›

• AUCTION NEWS : George Daniels ‘Space Traveller’ sold for 3,196,250 GBP

  By horologium on September 20, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  (Photo supplied by @rabbit_cubed from the auction preview) Lot 121 in the Sotheby’s ‘Fine Timepieces including George Daniels Masterpieces) collection, aka the ‘Space Traveller’ achieved a hammer price of 2,700,000 GBP yesterday at auction yesterday, for a grand total of… Read More ›

• TAG HEUER : ‘Heuer Globetrotter’ exhibition

  By horologium on September 18, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Last Friday TAG Heuer launched ten exhibitions worldwide under the ‘Heuer Globetrotter’ banner, bringing together important historical pieces from their museum in La Chaux-de-Fonds and from collectors local to each participating locale. All up, there are four hundred watches, timepieces… Read More ›

• FRANCK MULLER : the launch of an Australian limited edition

  By horologium on September 15, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  The Franck Muller brand is known for its combination of large tonneau cases and visually arresting dials. Although they do have watches with other types of cases, there is no mistaking their most well-known case, and their distinctive design codes…. Read More ›

• INDUSTRY NEWS : Oris opens online store on Tmall

  By horologium on September 13, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Oris is the latest watch brand to become a part of Tmall, an online e-commerce platform run by China’s Alibaba Group. They join Tag Heuer, Zenith, and Tissot, all hoping to reach Alibaba’s 500 million users. The Alibaba Group have… Read More ›

• URWERK : UR-105 CT Streamliner

  By horologium on September 11, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Twenty years may not seem like a long time for a watchmaking brand, but in the niche field of independent brands, especially those that go against the grain, it is very much a long time. URWERK is now a well-established… Read More ›

• IWC : 50th anniversary Aquatimer with a Ceratanium case

  By horologium on September 8, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  This year IWC are celebrating the 50th birthday of the Aquatimer, and they have just announced the latest of their celebratory models, a special commemorative limited edition in a Ceratanium® case called the Aquatimer Perpetual Calendar Digital Date-Month Edition “50… Read More ›

• NEWS : Sinn Spezialuhren move into new purpose-built headquarters

  By horologium on September 6, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  German watchmaker Sinn Spezialuhren is celebrating the opening of a new company HQ in Frankfurt am Main that includes a showroom for current collections and an exhibition of historic models. With an area of approximately 7,000 sq metres, it is… Read More ›

• VINTAGE : An unexpected Polerouter

  By horologium on September 4, 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  Today’s post is about a watch from the early 1960s. A vintage Universal Genève Polerouter of no particular individual horological historical importance, it is a watch whose existence only recently became known to me. It belonged to my late grandfather,… Read More ›

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