We reviewed Horage’s Lensman 1 a few months ago and were impressed with both the design and price of an in-house, Swiss-made tourbillon. It had a bit of a camera theme with laser-etched numbers on the caseband mimicking an aperture ring, a fixed bezel resembling a focusing ring, an onyx stone inset in the crown […]
According to the BBC, the Swiss chocolate bar, Toblerone, is being forced to remove the image of the iconic Swiss Matterhorn mountain peak on its pyramid-shaped packaging, due to some of its production moving from Switzerland to Slovakia. The reason? Not Swiss enough. Clearly, having “Swiss made” on the label is valuable, especially for products … Continued
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If you spend any time on the watch internet whatsoever, you’ll quickly become familiar with ETA and Sellita, eventually recognising Kenissi, Vaucher and others. While the big two manufacturers are responsible for most of the industry’s Swiss movement supply, with other smaller ones filling the gaps, notable manufacturers are often underappreciated. One such maker is … Continued
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As prestigious as the tourbillon is, the watches that include them can often suffer from an air of pretension, as if the complication is all they need to represent the pinnacle of horology. For those watch enthusiasts who prefer more substance, the Horage Lensman 1 merges horological significance with a genuine passion for film photography … Continued
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In less than twenty years, Horage has developed three in-house movements, including a tourbillon and micro-rotor. Its inaugural K1 automatic is even the base of Bremont’s new ENG300 automatic calibre (Bremont purchased access to K1’s IP). This small independent brand has done a lot in a short period of time. We reviewed Horage’s first tourbillon […]
Horage is an independent Swiss brand founded in 2007 and has already developed three in-house movements. There’s the K1 automatic in models like the Autark and Omnium, K2 micro-rotor in the new Supersede integrated sports watch and K-TOU tourbillon in its second watch, the Lensman 1. This latest piece follows the Tourbillon 1, which was […]
The watch community enjoys an intimate relationship with photography. Like many other elements of our lives in this digital era, the watches we buy are not only flexed on our wrists, but also on our social-media profiles. Decades ago, the idea of the wrist-roll or wrist-shot did not exist amongst watch buyers. Today, however, photography … Continued
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Not everybody will be familiar with the independent Biel-based brand Horage, but with two modular in-house movements under its belt, it might be a name worth remembering. Frustrated by the lack of accessible movements on the market, the founders of the brand decided to approach their watchmaking dream back to front and decided to tackle […]
Horage is an original company within the Swiss watch industry. Based in Biel, the small brand ended up developing their own k1 automatic caliber, designed with the objective to be an efficient and reliable movement built on industrial production standards, but also deliver the flexibility in complications and decoration of a “manufacture” movement. At their […]
Just a few years ago, TAG Heuer shocked the industry with the Carrera Heuer-02T Chronograph, the “cheapest” Swiss tourbillon at the time. Just shy of CHF 15,000, nothing outside of the Asian market could touch it. Borrowing from the Carrera Heuer-01 case, it was sporty and quite controversial. Let’s say a few Swiss giants weren’t […]