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• SIHH 2019 : IWC to debut new Pilot collection

  By horologium on December 29, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  With over eighty years of history behind this collection family, for many watch lovers, and indeed arguably for the broader public, IWC has been synonymous with pilots’ watches. This is especially the case for their historical fliegers, but their modern… Read More ›

• HANDS-ON : Omega Speedmaster Dark Side of the Moon Apollo 8

  By horologium on December 21, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Although Omega’s main focus at this year has been on its Seamaster and Seamaster Diver collections, there has also been an addition to the Speedmaster Dark Side of the Moon series of watches which commemorates the Apollo 8 mission, which… Read More ›

• INDUSTRY NEWS : Swatch Group to hold Zurich fair during Baselworld 2019

  By horologium on December 21, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Hot on the heels of the announcement by the SIHH and Baselworld fairs that they will co-ordinate their fairs for the period of 2020 – 2024 comes the news, reported by Reuters, that the Swatch Group, whose shock announcement that… Read More ›

• INDUSTRY NEWS : SIHH and Baselworld to co-ordinate dates for 2020 to 2024

  By horologium on December 19, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  In press releases from both fairs, the SIHH and Baselworld watch industry fairs have announced something familiar to times past – that their fairs will be held consecutively, commencing in 2020 and for the subsequent fairs until 2024. SIHH 2020… Read More ›

• NEW : G-SHOCK x Transformers

  By horologium on November 22, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  On the 35th birthday of both the G-SHOCK and the Transformers, Casio and toymaker Takara Tomy have joined forces for a special item – an Optimus Prime figure with a G-SHOCK Matrix of Leadership chest piece. Optimus Prime is the… Read More ›

• NEW : Laine GG

  By horologium on November 21, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Finnish Le Locle-based watchmaker Torsti Laine, whose 1817 we covered last year, has launched a new model called the GG, the letters standing for ‘Gelidus/ Guilloché’, and marking the first appearance of this type of decorative work to his watches…. Read More ›

• NEWS : Corum’s new Heritage Lab line

  By horologium on November 19, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Best known for their technically groundbreaking Golden Bridge and popular Bubble collections, last week Corum launched a new ‘Heritage Lab’ collection at their opening of a new Beijing boutique, with the two inaugural Heritage Lab 01 models limited to ninety-nine… Read More ›

• NEW : Hublot’s Big Bang MECA-10 P2P Bitcoin watch

  By horologium on November 13, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Hublot has joined the Bitcoin watch mini trend, with the launch of the new limited edition Big Bang Meca-10 P2P to mark a decade since the crypto currency’s birth. The Big Bang Meca-10 P2P is a limited edition of 210,… Read More ›

• INDUSTRY NEWS : Richemont and Alibaba announce partnership

  By horologium on November 12, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  As a part of their continuing efforts to expand into the mainland Chinese online market, Richemont has joined forces with Chinese e-commerce behemoth Alibaba to develop its Net-A-Porter and Mr Porter online platforms in China. The joint venture will feature… Read More ›

• NEW : Seiko Prospex Street Series

  By horologium on November 8, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  The popular Seiko ‘Tuna’ and ‘Baby Tuna’ watches aren’t ones that tend to make an appearance on Horologium, but as the temperature starts hitting above 30C here, the hot weather means that on weekends, my thoughts turn to resuming the… Read More ›

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