I really liked the original model. Hermès’ new Le Temps Suspendu is pretty nice too, in the Arceau form. Not a fan of the Cut model, though. horologium.com.au/2025/05/08/n...

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NEW: ochs und junior's new due ore mese 42 two timezones + date brings this model from a customised form to a serially produced model. #watches #timezonewatch horologium.com.au/2025/05/04/n...

Have you ever wondered about the history of the DEI’s regulator clock? In May’s Object of the Month blog our work experience student Dominic explores its origins, and the important role it played in the daily lives of the residents of Exeter. devonandexeterinstitution.org/timekeeping-...

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NEW: Breguet's rather lovely Classique Souscription 2025, its historical antecedents, and a reminder that @thenakedwatchmaker.bsky.social has a deconstruction of the pocket watch. #watches #breguet horologium.com.au/2025/05/01/n...

The new GoS Fullerö Sword, inspired by a Viking Era sword found in 1969, and its link with a Viking tradesman's toolbox. #watches #vikings #Damascussteel #swordmaking horologium.com.au/2025/04/28/n...

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They were replaced by plain cups and a new dial and hand made by Vulliamy when he presented the clock. The names on the clock are in French, and the geographical outlines are those found on the world maps of Pierre Duval, first published in the last quarter of the 17th century.

Those portions of the globe north of the Tropic of Cancer and south of the Tropic of Capricorn are missing on the Society's clock, and with the latter the original dial and hands. These parts of the world might have given precise information for the dating of the clock on geographic grounds.

It is driven off the movement proper of the clock, which also indicates both hours and minutes on a small dial on the underside of the globe. This second-time indication, and the inclusion of a minute hand, make the clock exceptional.

The Society's specimen is a much more elaborate piece, the ball taking the form of a terrestrial globe. The central moving hour-circle is replaced by an hour-band carrying twenty-four skeleton numerals. As it revolves once a day, this band gives a universal time-reading for any part of the globe.

They generally took the form of a plain sphere, around the diameter of which was placed an hour circle. This revolved once in 24 hours, the time being read off the figure of a cherub or other indicating device, as the moving hour-circle passed by.

A limited number of clocks in the shape of a sphere, suspended around a central arbor and driven by their own weight, were made towards the end of the 17th and the beginning of the 18th centuries, mainly in France.

The Society's falling ball timepiece of silver gilt was presented in 1852 with full description and diagrams by BL Vulliamy.

De Bthune's new DB25 Monopusher Chronograph - a simple clean dial in this smaller and slightly different iteration on the EIGHT. horologium.com.au/2025/04/24/n...

NEW: Louis Moinet's 1816 Chronograph is their first watch with an integrated bracelet, which gives it quite a different look to what we're used to from the brand. #watches #chronograph horologium.com.au/2025/04/22/n...

Hermès said today it will open a new factory in France, hiring 260 artisans to staff a leather workshop in Normandy just as its just as its main competitor, LVMH, is threatening to increase production to the US at Europe's expense.

Gold price hits record high above $3,500 on rush to safety

NEW: Roger Dubuis Excalibur Biretrograde Calendar goes back to the brand's beginning. horologium.com.au/2025/04/20/n...

Geneva International Airport would like to use facial recognition to improve passenger flow and security. This was revealed yesterday by public broadcaster RTS. The project is awaiting the green light from the federal government. www.swissinfo.ch/eng/various/...

Bernard Arnault appelle à la création d’une zone de libre-échange entre les Etats-Unis et l’Union européenne, face aux tensions commerciales

The global luxury sector, which has been facing slowing demand and an eroding customer base in the last several months, could be further hit by the escalating trade war between China and the US.

Hermès to hike US prices to offset 10% tariff impact

NEW: Zenith's new G.F.J. Chronometer Limited Edition and the history behind the multiple-award winning movement that this watch commemorates. #watches #zenith #zenithwatches #cal135 #chronometer horologium.com.au/2025/04/16/n...

BREAKING: Hermès surpasses rival LVMH as the world's most valuable luxury stock in a stunning reversal of fortunes

NEW: PIAGET goes back to the 1960s, and the link between this new model, Rolex, and Baume et Mercier. #watches #womenswatches #watchesandwonders2025 horologium.com.au/2025/04/14/n...

Peruvian president avoids impeachment over 'Rolexgate' scandal

ICYMI - Vacheron Constantin launched three Platinum Traditionnelle Openface Limited Editions to mark 270 years. #watches #perpetualcalendar #tourbillon #watchnerd horologium.com.au/2025/04/12/w...

WATCHES & WONDERS 2025: Chopard L.U.C. Quattro Mark IV horologium.com.au/2025/04/10/w...

I am reminded of the Omega Marine, which originally came on a seal strap. horologium.com.au/2013/12/29/h...

Last post today. I received this unfortunate and sad email from #ChristopherWard. The tariffs are incredibly destructive for direct-to-consumer watch brands (who pass on the whole tariff to us as the importer) and there's a good chance that some of them won't survive. So wrong on so many levels!

WATCHES & WONDERS 2025: Parmigiani Fleurier Toric Quantieme Perpétuel. Not *quite* a perpetual calendar, but still good looking. #watches #watchnerd #perpetualcalendar horologium.com.au/2025/04/09/w...

Plus all the imported deli items from Europe, tinned goods. all of it. Sidenote to my post during Watches & Wonders musing about the tariff-related chat there, I wonder if this means that U.S. watch industry related hospitality will also change. Maybe not LVMH, but less French champagne etc?

WATCHES & WONDERS 2025: Cartier Reissues the Tank à Guichets and why I am reminded of Rolex. #watches #watchnerd #Cartier #Rolex horologium.com.au/2025/04/08/w...

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WATCHES & WONDERS 2025: Some more unusual colour combinations (plus two more sedate ones) - NOMOS Glashütte brings the worldtimer to its most casual family with the Club Sport neomatik Worldtimer #watches #watchnerd #worldtimer horologium.com.au/2025/04/06/w...

WATCHES & WONDERS 2025: Frederique Constant Classic Perpetual Calendar Manufacture. The Swiss brand with the most competitively priced perpetual calendar with an in-house movement updates (smaller, slimmer) this well-priced model. #watches #watchnerd horologium.com.au/2025/04/06/w...

Haven't yet seen anyone do a watch world version of the 'List five famous people you've met, but ONE is a lie' game going around.

WATCHES & WONDERS 2025: Laurent Ferrier brings the previously limited edition Classic Auto into the permanent collection in the form of the blue Horizon. #watches #watchnerd #watchesandwonders horologium.com.au/2025/04/04/w...

WATCHES & WONDERS 2025: At under 52g the new Ulysse Nardin Diver [AIR] is the lightest mechanical diving watch to date, but it's also about using the upcycled materials that appeared in an earlier concept watch. #watches #divingwatch #diving #watchesandwonders horologium.com.au/2025/04/04/w...

Clockmaker John Harrison was born #onthisday in 1693. Learn about the adventures of his famous marine chronometer (which include some pirate action during the mutiny on the Bounty!) in the digitised papers of the Board of Longitude: cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/...

WATCHES & WONDERS 2025: IWC's new Ingenieur Automatic 35 and a reminder of a time not *so* long ago when their marketing of the Inge was quite narrow. #watches #IWC #watchnerd #watchesandwonders horologium.com.au/2025/04/03/w...

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WATCHES & WONDERS 2025: IWC's new Ingenieur Automatic 35 and a reminder of a time not *so* long ago when their marketing of the Inge was quite narrow. #watches #IWC #watchnerd #watchesandwonders horologium.com.au/2025/04/03/w...

WATCHES & WONDERS 2025: A. Lange & Söhne Minute Repeater Perpetual. I always enjoy the Big Watch from ALS in GVA. horologium.com.au/2025/04/03/w...

I'm glad that they got a mention and any coverage of the fair is good, but it was a rather peculiar experience listening to a fashion reporter on a news podcast talking about the AHCI fair in GVA. This has been a highlight for me since it started a few years ago. Hanging out in the evenings.