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• NEW : H. Moser & Cie. Endeavour Tourbillon Concept Vantablack®

  By horologium on December 22, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Last year we shared with you H.Moser & Cie’s Endeavour Perpetual Moon Concept Vantablack®, a watch whose dial material, for those with no experience with it, really has to be seen to be fully appreciated. As mentioned previously, Vantablack® is… Read More ›

• NEWS : Lawsuit launched against California crocodile and alligator ban

  By horologium on December 19, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  In the 1950s to 1960s the American crocodile and American alligator (the latter of which are more commonly known to watch people as Alligator mississippiensis) were overhunted to near extinction, with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service placing both… Read More ›

• INDUSTRY NEWS : Greubel Forsey Departs SIHH/ Watches & Wonders Geneva

  By horologium on December 18, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  The departures from watch fairs continues, with Greubel Forsey announcing that they will not be attending the re-named Watches & Wonders Geneva from 2020 onwards. Also following in the path of much larger brands who have changed tack, they will… Read More ›

• NEW : Oris Big Crown Bronze Pointer Date

  By horologium on December 16, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  We did a ‘bronze fortnight’ earlier this year featuring a number of new 2019 pieces, but the month is not yet over, and there has been time for another bronze model to make a late appearance into this year’s bronzed… Read More ›

• HANDS-ON : David Candaux DC6-Solstice

  By horologium on December 12, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  A third generation watchmaker and AHCI member, this year David Candaux presented the DC6 Half Hunter Tourbillon Series. The Solstice collection that is the subject of today’s post uses the same design, movements, and finishing as the Half Hunters, but… Read More ›

• HANDS-ON : Chopard Alpine Eagle

  By horologium on December 10, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  The new Alpine Eagle may be the first new Chopard collection family in a little while, but this new integrated bracelet sports watch has its roots (and design sensibility) in the youth of Co-President Karl-Friedrich Scheufele. Not only is this… Read More ›

• NEWS : Danish court issues injunction against use of artwork on wristwatches

  By horologium on December 5, 2019 • ( 0 )

  Denmark’s Maritime and Commercial Court has issued a temporary injunction stopping a painting from being destroyed and its resultant ‘parts’ used for a line of watches. Kanske Denmark ApS had bought the artwork by Tal R (Tal Rosenzweig), titled ‘Paris… Read More ›

• INDUSTRY NEWS : Resignations at ochs und junior

  By horologium on December 2, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  In a post on his Instagram account, ochs und junior CEO Beat Weinmann announced his departure and that of four others from the brand he co-founded in 2006 with Kurt König and Ludwig Oechslin. Known for its distinctive aesthetic as… Read More ›

• NEW : Montblanc Heritage Small Seconds L.E. 38

  By horologium on November 28, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Early this year Montblanc released two Minerva-branded salmon dial watches as a part of its Heritage collection. The headline act was the Heritage Pulsometer LE (100 pieces) with its Manufacture manual-wind monopusher Calibre MB M13.21 column wheel chronograph movement based… Read More ›

• NEW : Vacheron Constantin Overseas Black Dual Time

  By horologium on November 25, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  You may recall the release by Vacheron Constantin last year of a new Black range in the popular Overseas line. Now, a new traveller-oriented Dual Time joins the Overseas Black family. With the same deep black lacquered dial and stainless… Read More ›

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