VACHERON CONSTANTIN : Le Chronograph dans le Temps
For those who are familiar with Geneva one of the horological points of interest, as it were, is the building that houses Vacheron Constantin on the Quai d l’Ile, its location also the name of one of...
View ArticleVintage Blues : the Longines Conquest Munich 1972
It is impossible to write about anything involving the 1972 Munich Olympics without acknowledgement of the events that not only dwarfed them, but which have also proven to be the dominant enduring...
View ArticlePHOTOS : Longines Pulsometer Chronograph
During Baselworld 2015 we mentioned the new Pulsometer monopusher released by Longines. As noted at the time, this follows on from a 2013 Asthmometer-Pulsometer chronograph and is one of the latest in...
View ArticlePHOTOS : Longines Column-Wheel Single Push-Piece Heritage Chronograph
In recent years Longines have reissued a number of monopusher chronographs from their Museum as a part of its Heritage collection. A few months ago we looked at the new 2015 Pulsometer Chronometer...
View ArticleLONGINES : (Another) Column-Wheel Single Push-Piece Chronograph
You may recall that a little while ago we wrote about a Longines Heritage Collection Column-Wheel single pusher chronograph with a black dial that was also available in a white-dialled version which...
View ArticlePHOTOS : IWC Portofino Monopusher Chronograph
Debuting at Watches & Wonders 2015, IWC released a new Portofino Monopusher Chronograph which we had the opportunity to see in Hong Kong. Available in either red gold (with white dial) or a rather...
View ArticleMONTBLANC : 1858 Chronograph Tachymeter Blue Limited Edition
Following last year’s launch of its 1858 Chronograph Tachymeter in rose gold, which itself was part of a new collection whose new pilots watches have been a market success, Montblanc has extended the...
View ArticleLANG & 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...
View ArticleNEW: Longines Avigation Watch Type A-7 1935
The recent history of Longines’ Avigation watches is not unknown here, nor in fact is the model name of Avigation Type-A 1935 an unfamiliar one. Like the Avigation Type-A 1935 that we covered in 2016,...
View ArticleNEW: Chronograph Monopoussoir Sylvain Pinaud x Massena LAB
Early last year we saw Sylvain Pinaud’s Origine in Geneva, one of the watch highlights of the year. In that post we mentioned his debut timepiece, the Monopoussir Chronograph, which was formally...
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