In my watch wanderings before the start of SIHH week it has become customary for me to visit De Bethune to see some of their pre-Baselworld launches. This time we had a new watch companion, London’s #thewatchnerd; be sure to… Read More ›
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ROGER DUBUIS : Hands-on with the Excalibur Spider Double Flying Tourbillon
Last month at SIHH 2015 Roger Dubuis’ presentation introduced a number of skeletonised models featuring the Astral Skeleton movement with the distinctive Dubuis signature of a star in the movement architecture. Amongst the new models launched was the Excalibur Spider… Read More ›
SIHH 2015 : Montblanc Heritage Chronométrie ExoTourbillon Minute Chronograph (x2)
It would be something even more than an understatment to say that Jerome Lambert’s tenure so far at Montblanc has been an eye opener, but the subject of Horologium’s first SIHH 2015 Montblanc posts is not about something ‘new’ so… Read More ›
SIHH 2015 : Richard Mille RM 51-02 ‘Diamond Twister’
Never a brand to do things by half, and unapologetically so, at SIHH 2015 Richard Mille perhaps surprised us all by saying that they would only announce four models in Geneva, with more releases to be staggered over the year…. Read More ›
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 ›
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 ›
INTERVIEW : Mr. Daniel Riedo, Jaeger-LeCoultre CEO
On the eve of Watches & Wonders 2014 Jaeger-LeCoultre CEO Mr. Daniel Riedo came to Australia for the first time, visiting Melbourne and Sydney on a short and busy trip which also saw him giving Sydney dinner guests the privilege of… Read More ›
JAEGER LE-COULTRE : Master Grand Tourbillon Enamel ‘Crane’
Today’s watch is one example of a series of enamel-dialed avian-themed Master Grand Tourbillon models that have been made by Jaeger-LeCoultre. Two of them feature cranes; this one, featuring a red-crowned crane, is one of them. What these bird watches… Read More ›
NEWS : MB&F HM6 Capitaine Flam and the ‘Space Pirate’
Unlike many who revisit the cultural influences of their youth through the purchasing of collectibles that they either lost or perhaps were unable to obtain at the time due to a lack of pocket money, Max Busser has the enviable… Read More ›
WATCHES & WONDERS 2014 : Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Tourbillon Chronograph
At Watches & Wonders 2014 Audemars Piguet was pretty much carrying on with the SIHH 2014 theme in terms of the history and development of the Royal Oak Offshore, but with the formal launch of a new ROO Tourbillon Chronograph,… Read More ›
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