As part of its pre-SIHH announcements the Titans of Thin announced the new Altiplano Chronograph, about which I wrote at this link. Today’s photos provide some live photos of this piece, so that you may compare the press release photos… Read More ›
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SIHH 2015 : Vacheron Constantin ‘Harmony’ Tourbillon Chronograph
Harmony of form and function, harmony in music, of thought, of companionship, of the tastebuds. A common word, but perhaps unexpected as the name of the new Vacheron Constantin collection introduced at SIHH 2015 to mark their 260th anniversary. As… Read More ›
DE BETHUNE : the DB28 Maxichrono goes white
You may recall >a previous post about the DB28 Maxichono released at Baselworld 2014 which featured a monopusher chronograph that had its seconds hand, 60-minute counter and 24-hour counter all co-axially mounted in the centre, along with the hour and… Read More ›
WATCH PROFILE : Richard Mille RM025 Tourbillon Divers Watch Carbon
Some of you may be familiar with the RM025 Tourbillon Chronograph divers watch that was released in titanium with lugs in 18K red gold. Well Richard Mille being the king of ‘light’ watches, it was perhaps par for the course that… Read More ›
HANDS-ON : Longines Heritage Diver
This year Longines has added to its well-regarded modern ‘heritage’ models with pieces such as the Heritage 1935 and the Heritage Collection 24-Hour Single Pusher Chronograph. Today we look at the Heritage Diver, another 2014 addition to the Longines Heritage… Read More ›
PRE-SIHH 2015 : PIAGET Altiplano Chronograph
Earlier this year Horologium wrote about the Altiplano 900P that was released at SIHH 2014, the 3.65mm thin watch that was the product of three years of research and the thinnest mechanical watch in the world at its release. We… Read More ›
EVENT : Grand Finals weekend, Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo 2014
You may have heard of or seen the Blancpain Super Trofeo watches and be aware of Blancpain’s support of motorsports, but perhaps you may not be totally across about what the Super Trofeo is. I confess that I wasn’t as… Read More ›
HANDS-ON : Longines Heritage Collection 24-Hour Single Pusher Chronograph
That the Longines Heritage collection is my favourite of their lines is no big surprise, I’ve certainly blogged as such during the short life of Horologium (e.g. the the 1938 Collection), so it was with great pleasure that I accepted… Read More ›
HANDS-ON : GIRARD PERREGAUX Chrono Hawk Pink Gold
During Baselworld 2014 Girard-Perregaux introduced a new addition to their Chrono Hawk sports chronograph range, in pink gold. With thanks to Avstev, I recently had the opportunity to see this piece in Sydney. The new sixty-two part case is 18K… Read More ›
HANDS-ON : the Bremont Codebreaker
Sometimes it seems that Bremont is pretty much as ‘British’ as they can possibly be, as military-aligned as they can be. Whether it is special editions for airforce squadrons, their links with Martin Baker or their ‘Victory’ watch, their enthusiasm… Read More ›
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