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MANUFACTURE ROYALE : 1770 Micromégas Révolution limited edition
You may recall our earlier post about the 1770 Micromégas. It was Manufacture Royale’s first watch containing an automatic in-house calibre and also had another first, a double tourbillons with two...
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HAUTLENCE : Pinball for the wrist
Last year, Hautlence released the rather mindboggling and random mechanical wrist piece called the ‘Playground Labyrinth’ (originally released in limited editions in a titanium case with either a rose...
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HYT : H3 Iceberg
In 2015 HYT launched a radically new look to their liquid display watches in the form of the H3, with a linear time indicator using two bellow mechanisms located on in the top right and left corners of...
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GREUBEL FORSEY : Signature 1 Platinum
In recent years Greubel Forsey has been characterised by a very public desire to nurture the preservation and continuation of watchmaking skills, first manifested in the form of the Naissance watch...
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NEWS : Partnership between H. Moser & Cie and Christie’s
H. Moser & Cie. are nothing if not unpredictable, and once again they have surprised us, announcing a partnership with Christie’s to auction a special single piece each year, the proceeds of which...
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H. Moser & Cie : Swiss Alp Minute Retrograde
The headline-grabbing Swiss Alp watch has taken a horologically unexpected turn this year, its rectangular case now with a movement from sister brand Hautlence, inside it. Meet the rather cool Swiss...
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SPEAKE-MARIN : J-Class Collection One and Two
Earlier this year at Peter Speake-Marin launched a new in-house movement, the COSC-certified automatic Calibre SMA0, which made its maiden appearance in the form of two limited edition pieces called...
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LANG & HEYNE : Albert
Dresden watchmakers Lang & Heyne basically quietly do their own thing, creating a scant few dozen watches a year in a small number of models. You may recall an earlier post on Horologium about a...
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NEWS : New brands to join SIHH 2018
In 2016 the ‘Carré des Horlogers’ became a part of SIHH. This year, the ‘Carré’ was expanded, and some new brands joined SIHH 2017. In news just announced, the SIHH will expand even further, welcoming...
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NEWS : Peter Speake-Marin leaves his eponymous brand
In a report on Swiss site 24 heures, it has been announced that Peter Speake-Marin has left the brand he founded sixteen years ago. This is not a sudden decision, but one over which he has been mulling...
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PHOTOS : Maîtres du Temps Chapter Three
Today’s watch may not be a new one, having been launched at Baselworld 2012, but the Maîtres du Temps collection, which partnered renowned watchmakers to create a single watch, is still a scarce beast....
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H.MOSER ET CIE : Pioneer Perpetual Calendar Steel
You may recall a post from last year about two of Moser’s perpetual calendars – the Endeavour Perpetual Calendar and Endeavour Perpetual Calendar Concept, both powered by the in-house double-barrelled...
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NEW : Laurent Ferrier Galet Micro-Rotor Montre École Régulateur
You may recall our post earlier this year about Laurent Ferrier’s new Montre École watch, a piece that, with its nods in name and appearance to a watchmaker’s ‘first school watch’, is deeply personal...
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AUCTION : Only Watch 2017
Saturday November 11, 2017 is the date, 1430 the time, and Geneva, the place. The 2017 edition of the Only Watch auction to raise money for research on Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy courtesy of a charity...
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PODCAST : #thewatchnerd
This weekend, for a change, we thought would point you to a podcast. Time 4a pint is a watch-related podcast hailing from London that has spawned a series of GTGs that have allowed some of its...
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URWERK : UR-105 CT Streamliner
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...
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AUCTION NEWS : George Daniels ‘Space Traveller’ sold for 3,196,250 GBP
(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...
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GoS : Gustafsson and Sjögren’s Sarek goes ‘ice blue’
The GoS Sarek, which we covered last year (click on this link), had its premiere as a prototype at Baselworld 2016. Coming in a 43mm stainless steel case, it not only had their largest Damascus dial up...
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OCHS UND JUNIOR : Buy a perpetual calendar and assemble it yourself
Today we want to share with you something genuinely unusual. Ludwig Oechslin’s Ochs und Junior are the makers of one of the most minimalist perpetual calendars available. Now, should you be considering...
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MB&F : Legacy Machine Split Escapement
Two years ago MB&F released their Legacy Machine Perpetual, a perpetual calendar with a new movement by Stephen McDonnell that used a patented ‘mechanical processor’, about which you can read at...
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